[Advaita-l] [advaitin] Works of Sri Vidyashankara

[Sunil Bhattacharjya]

Namaste,

I feel that as Sri Vedantadeshika himself was a disciple of Sri Vidyashankara in Kanchipuram, he would have certainly valued Sri Vidyashankara's   bhashya on the Bhagavadgita, even though he might have shafted later on to Sri Ramanujacharya's camp, Secondly had Sri Vidyashankara not composed an advaitic version of the Bhagavad Gita bhashya, we would certainly have had a bhasya by the eminent Sri Vidyaranya. 

Secondly the order given by Vedantadeeshika as follows need not necessarily have been in the quoted chronological order. The chronological order could have been   पिशाच - रन्तिदेव - गुप्त  - यादवप्रकाश -  शङ्कर - भास्कर -  नारायणार्य -  यज्ञस्वामि -  प्रभृतिभि:, If Adi Shankara would have composed the Bhagavadgita bhashya there was no need of Sri Yadavaprakasha to write another bhashya on the Bhagavad Gita bhashya.

Would you kindly help us by quoting  the exact words / concepts in  the Ramanuja-bhashya, which can prove that the  Shankara's bhaṣya preceded  Ramanuja's  bhāṣya and that Ramanuja-bhashya indeed refuted Shankara-bhashya of the Bhagavad gita specifically and that what Sri Ranujacharya wrote was not a general refutation of Adi Shankara's advaitic views.

Regards,
Sunil KB


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On Tue, 12/27/16, V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] [advaitin] Works of Sri Vidyashankara
 To: "Venkatraghavan S" <agnimile at gmail.com>, "A discussion group for Advaita Vedanta" <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
 Date: Tuesday, December 27, 2016, 9:27 AM
 
 On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at
 7:17 PM, Venkatraghavan S via Advaita-l <
 advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
 wrote:
 
 > Namaste,
 > Sri VedAnta deSika, an eminent
 VishishTadvaitin, in his commentary on the
 > Gita mentions a list of commentators from
 other traditions of the Gita
 > (18.66) -
 पिशाच - रन्तिदेव - गुप्त
 - शङ्कर - यादवप्रकाश -
 भास्कर -
 >
 नारायणार्य -
 यज्ञस्वामि -
 प्रभृतिभि:.
 >
 > This list is generally considered to be in
 chronological order (I believe F
 > Otto
 Schrader discusses this in one of his works). Secondly,
 VedAnta
 > deSika, being a
 visiShTAdvaitin, cannot be said to have a vested interest
 > in attributing the gIta bhAshya to
 Shankaracharya (i.e. with a view to
 >
 improve the latter's bibliography).  Thirdly, Sri
 DeSika is known as a
 > contemporary of
 Sri VidyAraNya, who was Sri VidyASankara's disciple. If
 the
 > gIta bhAshya was indeed composed by
 Sri VidyASankara, then I would imagine
 >
 that Sri DeSika would be better placed to opine on it than
 say, us, as he
 > was one generation below
 Sri VidyASankara.
 >
 
 I think the clinching evidence that
 Shankara's bhaṣya preceded Ramanuja's
 was pointed out in another post by citing the
 very words/concepts that
 Ramanuja's
 bhāṣya contains in refutation of Shankara, found in the
 latter's
 bhāṣya.
 
 On another note, the Paiśāca bhāṣya is
 available in the 11 commentaries. Is
 the
 Ranti deva's too published?  'Gupta' listed
 above is Abhinava Gupta, I
 think. But dis he
 precede Shankara?
 
 
 An aside: It is reported that BNK Sharma has
 stated that Abhinava Gupta has
 cited from
 the Srimadbhāgavatam in his Gita commentary. Has anyone
 located
 the place where he has cited?
 
 regards
 subbu
 
 >
 > Regards,
 >
 Venkatraghavan
 >
 >
 > On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 5:04 AM, Praveen
 R. Bhat via Advaita-l <
 > advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
 wrote:
 >
 > >
 (Apologies, my earlier reply missed this list)
 > >
 > > Namaste
 Sunilji,
 > >
 > >
 If that feeling were to be true, what could be the reason
 for the earlier
 > > *Bhashyakara*
 Shankaracharya's works to survive while the
 followers'
 > works
 > > to vanish, if existent?
 > >
 > > Under
 kenavAkyabhAShya, the TIkAkAra says in its very first line
 that
 > since
 > >
 kenamantra was not analysed in the shArirIka-nyAya,
 therefore,
 > Bhashyakara
 > > wrote the vAkyabhAShya, even after
 writing the padabhAShya! That should
 >
 be
 > > sufficient to establish that
 both, the padabhAShya as well as
 >
 vAkyabhAShya
 > > are from the same
 Bhagavatpadacharya's pen. The gitabhAShya doesn't
 even
 > > need a defence to establish
 that it is Bhashyakara's work, because we
 > > wouldn't have a prasthAna*traya*
 otherwise!
 > >
 >
 > gurupAdukAbhyAm,
 > > --Praveen R.
 Bhat
 > > /* Through what should one
 know That owing to which all this is known!
 > > [Br.Up. 4.5.15] */
 > >
 > > On Mon, Dec
 26, 2016 at 9:04 AM, Sunil Bhattacharjya
 > > sunil_bhattacharjya at yahoo.com
 [advaitin] <advaitin at yahoogroups.com>
 > wrote:
 > >
 > > >
 > >
 >
 > > >
 >
 > > There is a feeling among many that the
 Shankara-bhashya on the Bhagavad
 > >
 > gita as well as the Shankara- vakyabhashya on the Kena
 Upanishad may
 > not
 >
 > be
 > > > the works of Adi
 Shankara.
 > > >
 > > > It is generally believed that
 after the genius of Adi Shankara there
 >
 were
 > > > two great scholars, Sri
 Abhinava Shankara and Sri Vidyasankara, and
 > this
 > > > should
 obviously mean that these two great scholars also could
 have
 > left
 > >
 > their great works. It will be nice, if any scholar has
 any idea on the
 > > > works of Sri
 Vidyashankara, he or she may kindly let us know about
 > that.
 > > >
 > > > Regards,
 >
 > > Sunil KB
 > > >
 > >
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