[Advaita-l] Dashashloki of Sankara

[V Subrahmanian]

On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 8:28 PM, Nirnajan Saha <nsaha12 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Dear Subrhamanianji,
>
> Thank you indeed for all these authentic information (Madhusudana's
> commentary itself validates its authorship, but people still quarrel) .
> Could you please point out exactly the reference to BSB, where the
> Pancaratra matter occurs,
>


The reference to Pamcaratra in BSB is 2.2.42-45

Actually all the schools that are refuted in BSB as non-vedāntic are listed
in the Dashashloki as well.



> and also share your views on my second query i.e. (ii) distinction
> between the Śaṅkara known through Mādhava's narratives and the historical
> person.
>

I am not aware of the Shankara as a historical person as we seldom have any
information about him apart from some references in others' works.

regards
subbu

>
>
> Best regards,
> Niranjan
>
>
> On Tuesday, 28 March 2017 8:03 PM, V Subrahmanian <
> v.subrahmanian at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> In the Dashashloki, Shankara, as he has done in the Brahmasutra bhashya,
> held that the ultimate reality of the Vedanta is not the one taught by the
> Pāncharātra :  न तत्पाञ्चरात्रम्.
>
> vs
>
> On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 7:56 PM, V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 7:28 PM, Nirnajan Saha via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-
> vedanta.org <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>> wrote:
>
> Dear List,
> Namaste!
> Could some of you please shed light on, with concrete references--(i)if
> Sankara was the author of the Dashashloki, (ii) distinction between the
> Śaṅkara known through Mādhava'snarratives and the historical person.
> While we don't find any problem in accepting its authorship to Sankara,
> people raise doubt as well.
>
>
> At the beginning of the commentary to the Dashasloki, Sri Madhusudana
> Saraswati says in his 'Siddhantabindu':
>
> इह खलु साक्षात्परम्परया वा सर्वान्  जीवान् समुद्दिधीर्षुः भगवान् शङ्करः
> अनात्मभ्यः विवेकेन आत्मानं नित्यशुद्धबुद्धमुक्तस्वभावं संक्षेपेण बोधयितुं
> दशश्लोकीं प्रणिनाय ।
>
> With a view to redeem all jīva-s directly or indirectly from samsāra,
> Bhagavan Shankara composed this work 'Dashashloki' thereby discriminating
> the Self that is of the nature of being ever pure, consciousness,
> ever-liberated, from the not-self, giving that knowledge in a concise
> manner.
>
> Apart from the above direct mention of the authorship and the work,
> Madhusudana Saraswati has even invoked the blessings of Shankaracharya in
> his first invocatory verse:
>
> श्रीशंकराचार्यनवावतारं विश्वेश्वरं विश्वगुरुं प्रणम्य ।
> वेदान्तशास्त्रश्रवणालसानां बोधाय कुर्वे कमपि प्रयत्नम् ॥
>
> At the end of the work, MS composes some verses, and the first among them
> is:
>
> न स्तौमि तं व्यासमशेषमर्थं समग्रसूत्रैरपि यो बबन्ध ।
> विनापि तैस्सङ्रथिताखिलार्थं तं शंकरं नौमि सुरेश्वरं च ॥
>
> Here MS bows to Shankara the sutrakara and Sureshvara.
>
> Thus, we have the authority of Madhusudana Saraswati on Shankara's
> authorship of the work.
>
> In the same way, Amalananda, 13CE, has authenticated the Prapanchasāra as
> that of Shankara.
>
> Vidyaranya has mentioned in the Panchadashi that the Vākyavritti is that
> of Shankara.
>
> Of course, Sureshwara himself has stated that Upadeshasahasri is that of
> Shankara.
>
> MS has also cited a line in his Gūḍhārthadīpikā from the Vishnuṣaṭpadī
> stotram popularly said to be of Shankara, though without mentioning his
> name.
>
> regards
> vs
>
>
>
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