[Advaita-l] Is Badarayana same as Vyasa?

[V Subrahmanian]

The Bharata Savitri is a part of the Harivamsha which itself is an appendix
of the Mahabharata.  In this text there is are a few verses that bring out
the Vyasa-Badarayana non-difference identity:

http://www.dvaipayana.net/harivamsa/bharatasavitri-v2_utf.html


व्यासं वसिष्ठनप्तारं शक्तेः पौत्रमकल्मषम् |
पराशरात्मजं वन्दे शुकतातं तपोनिधिम् || १ ||

व्यासाय विष्णुरूपाय व्यासरूपाय विष्णवे |

नमो वै ब्रह्मनिधये वासिष्ठाय नमोनमः || २ ||

अचतुर्वदनो ब्रह्मा द्विबाहुरपरो हरिः |
अफाललोचनः शंभुर्भगवान् बादरायणः || ३ ||

मुनिं स्निग्धांबुजाभासं वेदव्यासमकल्मषम् |
वेदव्यासं सरस्वत्यावासं व्यासं नमाम्यहम् || ४ ||

While the 1, 2 and 4 verses have the name vyasa, the 3 has a description of
Vyasa as a combination of the Trimurtis and names it Badarayana. The other
name of Vyasa, as the son of Parashara, is also indicated in the first
verse.

regards
subbu