[Advaita-l] Is Badarayana same as Vyasa?

[K Kathirasan]

Namaste 

Yes, I did. Sureshvara refers to Vyasa with untraceable verses in the Brhadaranyaka Vartika and he even claims him to be the son of Satyavati in one verse. But could not find anything about Badarayana.

Kathirasan K


> On 17 Jul 2018, at 6:44 PM, V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Kthirasan ji,
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> Have you made any search in the Brhadaranyaka Vartika for any references to the Brahma sutras, Vyasa, Badarayana?
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> regards
> subbu
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> On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 4:07 PM, K Kathirasan via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org <mailto:advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>> wrote:
> Namaste
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> This reference to Vyasa from Upadesha Sahasri could be referring to Vyasa, the author of Mahabharata (therefore, the Bhagavad Gita). Moreover, Shankara uses the word Vyasa in Brahma Sutra Bhashya 2.1.12 clustering it with Manu as if he was not the author of the Brahma Sutras and a person from the past. In the Gita introduction, Shankara clearly attributed the Gita to be authored by Vyasa. And Sureshvara too quotes Vyasa in his Vartika and the Naishkarmyasiddhi with untraceable verses (not from the Brahma Sutras). Both Shankara and Sureshvara address Vyasa as Sarvavedarthatattvavit (somewhat)  and hence the Upadesha Sahasri could be referring to the all-knowing Vyasa who is the author of Mahabharata and the Puranas perhaps. 
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> Kathirasan K
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