[Advaita-l] References in Shankara's BSB

[Kathirasan K]

Namaste

Shankara quotes the Mandukya Karikas in Sutras 2.1.9 & 1.4.14.

*Kathirasan K*


On 21 January 2016 at 16:56, Bhaskar YR via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Its interesting to see - Mandukya not quoted ..
>
> praNAms
> Hare Krishna
>
> AFAIK shankara somewhere in sUtra bhAshya quotes kArika of mAndUkya and
> mentions his paramaguru's name gaudapAdAchArya  as 'saMpradAyavit' and
> 'vedAntArtha saMpradAyavit'.  But I donot know the exact reference.
>
> Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
> bhaskar
>
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> Namaste
>
> On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 12:25 PM, V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > Now the references to Upanishads which form the core of his commentary
> > on the Vedanta Sootras
> >
> > Upanishads:
> >
> > He isolated the Upanishad lore from the rest of the Vedic body and
> > narrowed it down to ten or twelve Upanishads. Even here, he did not
> > include the ritualistic portion of the Vedas. This was in contrast to
> > the classification followed by the later Acharyas.
> >
> > Paul Deuessen the German Indologist in his work” The Systems of the
> > Vedanta”, diligently counted the number of references made to
> > Upanishad texts in Sri Shankara’s Vedanta Sutra Bashya. He found, Sri
> > Shankara, in his Bashya, quoted Upanishad texts as many as 2,000
> > times. The Upanishads from which he quoted frequently and the number
> > of quotes were: Chandogya (810), Brihadaranyaka (567), Taitereya
> > (142), Manduka (129), Katha (103), Kaushitaki (88) and Svethavatara (53).
> >
> > The other Upanishads he referred to were: Prashna (39), Aithereya
> > (22), Jabaala (13), Ishavasya (8) and kena (5).
> >
>
> Its interesting to see - Mandukya not quoted ..
>
>
> >
> > Besides he quoted from “Agni Rahasya” (Shathapatha Brahmana),
> > Narayaniyam (Taitteriya Aranyaka) and “Pingani Rahasya Brahmana” as if
> > to suggest they carried as much authority as the Upanishads.
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