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

[V Subrahmanian]

On Tue, Dec 25, 2018 at 1:38 PM V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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)
>

In the pdf uploaded I had missed out the inclusion of this particular entry:

*Mallinatha (14th Century CE) cites the Lalita Sahasra nama
‘कुरुविन्द्रमणिश्रेणिकनत्कोटीरशोभिता’ (…मण्डिता is another reading).*

Kindly include this entry while reading the pdf.

Thanks




> 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
>
> regards
> subrahmanian.v
>