[Advaita-l] Regarding the Pancharatra, Shankara is one with Purvamimamsa

[Kalyan]

 I am wondering how far the theories of multiple Kapilas or multiple Buddhas are maintainable.

It is a remarkable coincidence that both are held to be incarnations of Vishnu. While Kapila #2 (the hero) has also propounded Sankhya like Kapila #1(the villain), Buddha #2 (the hero) has the purpose of deluding the folks from the "correct" doctrine. Meanwhile Buddha #1 (the villain) is criticized. All these hero-villain duos sharing the same names, is straining one's credulity.


    On Saturday, July 14, 2018, 7:26:17 AM GMT+5:30, V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 While I did not open the link on Book 12 provided by you, let me quickly say that there is a whole section in the Srimadbhagavatam for the teaching of the moksha shaastra by Kapila, an incarnation of Vishnu, to his mother Devahuuti.  This Kapila-instruction is not held to be the same as the sankhya doctrine propounded by Kapila muni (an admittedly different entity) whose doctrine is refuted in 

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