[Advaita-l] Fwd: The historicity of the Madhaviya Shankara Vijaya

[Krishnaprakasha Bolumbu]

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> Recently I stumbled upon a lecture by one dvaitin from Uttaradi matha
>> wherein he mentioned that Madhwa Vijaya was written by Narayana Pandita and
>> Raghavendra Vijaya was also written by another person by the same name.
>> Also, there are many similar incidents in the lives of Madhwa and
>> Raghavendra Tirtha. Around the same time I got this from you in advaita
>> mailing list:
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>> "My interest in this is getting condensed because of an observation of
>> mine in the 'Mani Manjari', a work admitted by Madhvas as of one Narayana
>> Pandita who is a contemporary of Madhva. This work has in it a dialogue
>> that is famous in the Madhaviya Shankara Vijaya, as between Mandana Misra
>> and Shankara.  The lines 'कुतो मुण्डी?',  'आगलान्मुण्डी', etc. is found in
>> the Mani Manjari, almost as it is in the Shankara Vijaya.  It is well known
>> that the author of the Vijaya is later to the time of Madhva by at least
>> one century.  Hence my guess that the Brihat Shankara Vijaya must have
>> existed much before even Madhva and that Narayana Pandita must have taken
>> parts from it to concoct his story of Shankara.  A further research in this
>> is worth, I think."
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>> As you have pointed out  the words are not only strikingly similar, same
>> words have been used in a different metre and context though. The following
>> verses are from ManiManjari chapter 7.
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>> 7.10
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> Kuto munda iti praha agalatmunda ityamum
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> Mandanastvaha panthanam prcchamityatha so'abravit
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>> 7.11
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> Kimaha pantha iti te matha randeti Mandanah
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> Ahatam Bhiksukah satyamada pantha it eechalam
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>> Madhaviya Shankara Vijayam reads:
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>> 8.16
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> कुतॊ मुण्ड्याजलान्मुण्डी पृच्छ्यतॆ मया ।
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> किमाह पन्थास्त्वन्माता मुण्डॆत्याह तथैव हि ॥
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>> 8.17
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> पन्थानं त्वमपृच्छस्त्वां पन्थाः प्रत्याह मण्डन ।
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> त्वन्मातॆत्यत्र शब्दॊऽयं न मां ब्रूयादपृच्छकम् ॥
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>> Back to the topic, can Narayana Pandita who wrote the Raghavendra Vijaya
>> be the same person as the one who wrote Madhwa Vijaya as well? One thing to
>> be noted is that Narayana Pandita being a direct disciple of Madhwa, palm
>> leaf  copies of sarvamoola granthas are not available at his source. They
>> are available only at sources of Hrishikesha Tirtha and Jayatirtha. If this
>> is true, then Narayana Pandita doesn't have to refer to Pracheena Shankara
>> Vijayam as the source, as Raghavendra undertook deeksha in 1621 CE and
>> Madhaviya Shankara Vijayam was already available by then.
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