[Advaita-l] {भारतीयविद्वत्परिषत्} Any early citation of the Yogavasishtha?

[V Subrahmanian]

Some discussion on this topic in BVP:

On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 8:05 PM, V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
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> On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 7:02 PM, 'shankara' via भारतीयविद्वत्परिषत् <
> bvparishat at googlegroups.com> wrote:
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>> Subbuji,
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>> You may refer to 'Vasishtha Ramayana A Study' by TG Mainkar where he
>> quotes views of various scholars who studied the date of VR, in chapter 6,
>> 'The date of Vasishtha Ramayana'. He points out that Sarvajnatman (900 CE)
>> quotes from VR in Samkshepa Sarirka 2.182.
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>> https://archive.org/stream/VasishthaRamayanaAStudyMainkarT.
>> G.Meherchand/Vasishtha%20Ramayana%20A%20Study%20Mainkar%20T.
>> G.%20Meherchand#page/n188/mode/1up
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> Thanks Shankara ji,
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> I went through the page you had linked above.  I also read the
> Sankshepashariraka  II.182 verse cited therein:
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> In the above account, we are reminded of the famous verse of the Valmiki
> Ramayana, Yuddha kaanda:
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> https://sa.wikisource.org/s/65y  <https://sa.wikisource.org/s/65y>
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> इत्युक्तो लोकपालैस्तैः स्वामी लोकस्य राघवः ।
> अब्रवीत्रिदशश्रेष्ठान् रामो धर्मभृतां वरः ।। ६.१२०.११ ।।
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> *आत्मानं मानुषं मन्ये रामं दशरथात्मजम् । *
> यो ऽहं यस्य यतश्चाहं भगवांस्तद् ब्रवीतु मे ।। ६.१२०.१२ ।।
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> इति ब्रुवन्तं काकुत्स्थं ब्रह्मा ब्रह्मविदां वरः ।
> अब्रवीच्छृणु मे राम सत्यं सत्यपराक्रम ।। ६.१२०.१३ ।।
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> भवान्नारायणो देवः श्रीमांश्चक्रायुधो विभुः ।
> एकशृङ्गो वराहस्त्वं भूतभव्यसपत्नजित् ।। ६.१२०.१४ ।।
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> अक्षरं ब्रह्म सत्यं च मध्ये चान्ते च राघव ।
> लोकानां त्वं परो धर्मो विष्वक्सेनश्चतुर्भुजः ।। ६.१२०.१५ ।।
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> And all the other verses that follow these are of the nature of portraying
> the svarupa of Rama.
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> From the above, I think the reference in the Sanksepashariraka is a
> pointer to the VR and not necessarily the YV.  If Mainkar was referring to
> the YV, there is not any clinching evidence for matching it with the
> Sank.Shaa..  If there are any words like 'sankalpita ajnanam' ,etc. in the
> YV in the particular episode of Brahmaa - Raama dialogue, then maybe there
> is a suggestion in the SS for the YV.
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> I request others here to please make an assessment of Mainkar's
> proposition.  There are two more commentaries to the SS that I have not
> checked for this verse.
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> Thanks and warm regards
> subrahmanian.v
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>> regards
>> shankara
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>> On Saturday, 28 July, 2018, 1:01:55 PM IST, V Subrahmanian <
>> v.subrahmanian at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Namaste
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>> In the commentary of Shankarananda (12 -13 CE) for the
>> Paramahamsopanishat, we see a citation of the Yogavasishtha:
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>> In the works of Vidyaranya (admitted to be a disciple of the above
>> author) we find the YogavasishTha cited profusely.  To my knowledge
>> Shankarananda is the earliest one to cite from this text.  Has anyone seen
>> this text cited by an author earlier to this one?
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>> The reason for my search is that there are people who think that this
>> work is a much later one and early Advaitins have not cited it.  Vidyaranya
>> refers to the author of this text as 'Valmiki'.  It is also known as
>> VasishTha Ramayanam, Jnana VasishTham, etc.
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>> Thanks and regards
>> subrahmanian.v
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