[Advaita-l] [advaitin] Shri Harsha's Khandana Khanda Khadya (English)

[Praveen R. Bhat]

Namaste Jaldharji,

On Tue, Aug 3, 2021 at 9:35 PM Jaldhar H. Vyas via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

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> Yes Nyaya was dualistic from the beginning but as I mentioned before it
> was predominantly Shaiva dvaita at first and only Vaishnava dvaita later
> on.
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Yes, that was the intention in saying that Naiyyayikas were dvaitins, not
the modern day Dvaita-Vedantins though. In one of the
mangalAcharaNas addressed to Shiva, I recall someone explaining that the
Tarkikas jovially blackmail Shiva that if he doesn't help them understand
the padArthas, they will complain to Parvati that he is hiding Ganga on his
head! :-)

However it should not be thought thay Nyaya demands only a dualistic
> interpretation.  Annam Bhatta, the author of the most popular introductory
> work on Nyaya throughout India, the Tarka Samgraha was an Advaitin.  He
> describes his father one Tirumala as "Advaitavidyacharya".  He himself
> also wrote a vrtti on Brahmasutra Shankarabhashya called mitakshara which
> has been published I think.


Thanks, I recall reading this. As an aside, Sadhu Nischaladasa has done a
good summary of the utility of other darshanas in Vicharasagara.

--praveen