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

[V Subrahmanian]

On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 12:30 PM, Kalyan <kalyan_kg at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I am wondering how far the theories of multiple Kapilas or multiple
> Buddhas are maintainable.
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> 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.
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Let me add one more to this:  There is the Hero Vasudeva, Krishna.  There
is also a (poundraka) Vasudeva, villain, who dressed and tried to pass off
as the hero.

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