[Advaita-l] Doubt on how Bhagavad padha 'identified' himself

[H S Chandramouli]

Namaste.

Birth place mentioned as Kerala.

Regards

On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 3:31 PM V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks for the information. Has the Madhva author given the place of birth
> of Shankara? If so, what?
>
> On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 3:28 PM H S Chandramouli <hschandramouli at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Namaste.
>>
>> Sri SSS has covered the topic in his work Sri Shankara Bhagavatpada SAra
>> Sarvasva. According to that, while most of the Shankara Vijaya texts
>> mention Kerala as the birth place of Sri Bhagavatpada, one by Sri
>> Anantandagiri, who claims to be a direct disciple of Sri Bhagavatpada,
>> mentions Chidambaram as the birth place.
>>
>> There is also a mention in two texts Madhva Vijaya and Mani Manjari by a
>> Madhwa scholar Sri Narayana Pandita about the birth of Sri Bhagavatpada.
>> Needless to say it is in bad taste.
>>
>> As I am not particularly interested in this type of subjects, I am not
>> going into the details. I am responding since you specifically asked for
>> the information. For details the text itself may please be referred.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>>>
>>>>