[Advaita-l] A short selection from three commentaries to the Amarakosha

[V Subrahmanian]

A few selections from three commentaries on the Amarakosha by:

1. Lingayasuri (12th Century CE) 2. Mallinatha (1350-1450 CE.)
3. Bommaganti Apparaya (1385-1410 CE)

The following selection highlights:

1. The existence of the Devi Bhagavatam before the 12th Century CE
2. Existence of the Devi Shatakam of Anandavardhana (8th-9th Century CE)
3. The citation of the Lalita Sahasra Nama (perhaps the earliest)
4. The citation of the Soundarya Lahari twice (perhaps the earliest)
5. The Advaitic following of the Amarakosha commentators
6. The Shiva paaramya given expression to by these ancient/medieval
commentators
7. Hari-Hara abeda idea by the 12th Century commentator
8. Turiya Shiva and Turiya Vishnu idea
9. The Devi Paaramya that follows from the citation
10. That the commentators were all vaidikas/vedantins
11. Citation of Shankaracharya’s Vishnu Sahasra Nama Bhashyam in a
non-Vedantic work

The complete details with images can  be seen here:

http://www.mediafire.com/file/gq06jgaocenwc75/Amarakosha_Lingayasuri_com_Selections.pdf/file

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subrahmanian.v