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

[V Subrahmanian]

On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 1:41 PM, Kalyan <kalyan_kg at yahoo.com> wrote:

> //The obvious has not been grasped.  The above shows that even in
> Shankara's time the Vyasa-Badarayana identity as author of Brahmasutras was
> very well established. That is why the Bhamati, Bhaskara and Shankara
> quotes were given. //
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> The obvious has not been grasped. If the identity was well established,
> why do Shankara, Bhaskara and Ramanuja make no mention of it?
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Unless there was a need felt for it.  For them there was no confusion about
> this. Amalananda of the 12 - 13 CE, too at the beginning and the end of the
> Kalpataru (on the Bhamati) pays obeisance to 'Vyasa, the sutrakaara.'. But
> Manu has not been considered the author of BS by anyone as far as I know.
> Shankara has cited Manu as a Vedantin in the BSB itself. Also Padmapada in
> Panchapadika pays obeisance to Badarayana as the Vedacharya.
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