[Advaita-l] Is Badarayana same as Vyasa?

[V Subrahmanian]

2018-07-25 4:45 GMT+05:30 D.V.N.Sarma డి.వి.ఎన్.శర్మ <dvnsarma at gmail.com>:

> What about other purvacharyas and other sampradayas like
> Baudhayana(Visistadvaita)? Are they equally valid?
> Obviously not for advaitins. That is why one falls back on
> padavakyapramanatah.
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Regarding Baudhayana, there is no certainty of his identity.  Vedanta
Desika is said to have identified him with Upavarsha, an Acharya considered
by Shankara as a Vedantin, Advaitin, 'Bhagavan Upavarshah'.  Also, the text
said to be of Baudhayana, a vritti on Brahmasutras, was not available to
anyone except Ramanuja.  My take is: if Shankara had seen that text, he
would have interpreted it in accordance to Vedanta, advaita.

regards
subbu

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