[Advaita-l] Place of Origin of Mandana and Vacaspati

[V Subrahmanian]

Regarding Mandana Misra (not the author of the Brahma Siddhi) who is
admitted as the pre-sannyasa Sureshwaracharya, perhaps if one relies on the
Madhviyia Shankara vijaya, one can place him in the town Mahishmati.
Whether he came to settle down there from somewhere else would need some
more research.

regards
vs

On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 3:38 AM, Venkatraghavan S via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste Sri Niranjan ji,
>
> Not sure about Mandana Misra, but was aware of an argument for Vacaspati
> Misra living in Mithila, so mentioning that here.
>
> In the last verse of the Bhamati, Sri Vacaspati Misra refers to having
> written the work under one king, Nrga. Professor Surendranath Dasgupta says
> that no one has been able to trace who this king may be. However, in the
> introduction to the translation of Samkhya tattva kaumudi, Mahamahopadhyaya
> Ganganath Jha opines that this refers to a predecessor of Nanyadeva of
> Mithila, called KirAtAdhipati - the rationale stated is that KirAtAs are
> well known to be those who had human vehicles, explaining the use of the
> word "nrga" by Acharya Vacaspati. On this basis, he argues that the Acharya
> was from Mithila.
>
> Regards,
> Venkatraghavan
>
>
> On Sat, May 20, 2017 at 5:23 PM, Nirnajan Saha via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > Dear List,
> > Might somebody shed light on the place of origin of Mandana Mishra and
> > Vacaspati Mishra (as one of our students hailing from Mithilanchal feels
> > that both of them come from that region)?
> >
> > With sincere regards,Niranjan Saha
> >
> >
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