[Advaita-l] [advaitin] Vidwan Sri S K Ramachandra Rao in praise of Shankaracharya

[V Subrahmanian]

On page 8 of the attached pdf (p.xii of the printed book), SKR Rao says:

//Many ideas like Mulaavidya,.....six-fold pramanas....) are not found in
Shankara's own works.//

However, the following two pramanas: Arthapatti (Presumption) and
Anupalabdhi (non-perception) which might be seen as 'uncommon' (apart from
the common Pratyaksha, Anumana, Upamana and Shabda) are indeed used
abundantly by Shankara in his PTB, a sample of which is provided below:

Arthapatti: बृहदारण्यकोपनिषद्भाष्यम्तृतीयोऽध्यायःतृतीयं ब्राह्मणम्

………वा अन्यस्मिन्वा फले अकल्पिते पुरुषा न प्रवर्तेरन्निति मोक्षः फलं
कल्प्यते *श्रुतार्थापत्त्या,* यथा विश्वजिति ; ननु एवं सति कथमुच्यते,
विश्वजिन्न्यायो न

(If not fruit is specified, one will not be enthused to perform an action
and hence the fruit of Moksha is presumed, through the shrutyarthaapatti,
just like in the Vishvajit yaga, even though a specific fruit is not
explicitly stated, the svarga fruit is presumed)
श्रीमद्भगवद्गीताभाष्यम्त्रयोदशोऽध्यायःश्लोक २ - भाष्यम्

यथाप्रसिद्धितस्तु विधिप्रतिषेधशास्त्रश्रवणान्यथानुपपत्त्या


श्रीमद्भगवद्गीताभाष्यम्अष्टादशोऽध्यायःश्लोक ६६ - भाष्यम्


तद्विधानान्यथानुपपत्तेश्च नित्यानुष्ठानायासदुःखं पूर्वकृतदुरितफलम् इति
अर्थापत्तिकल्पना च अनुपपन्ना, एवं विधानान्यथानुपपत्तेः

(The expression 'anyathAnupapattyaa..kalpyate' means: arthApatti pramana.)



Anupalabdhi pramana:
तैत्तिरीयोपनिषद्भाष्यम्षष्ठोऽनुवाकःमन्त्र १ - भाष्यम्

………कस्मात् ? यदस्ति, तद्विशेषतो गृह्यते ; यथा घटादि । यन्नास्ति, तन्नोपलभ्यते
; यथा शशविषाणादि । तथा नोपलभ्यते ब्रह्म ; तस्माद्विशेषतः अग्रहणान्नास्तीति
। तन्न, आकाशादिकारणत्वाद्ब्रह्मणः ।
  (If X were to exist, it must be specifically grasped, just as a pot. If X
does not exist, it will not be grasped, like the hare's horn.)  This is an
example of anupalabdhi.

regards
subbu

On Wed, Dec 14, 2022 at 6:11 PM Michael Chandra Cohen <
michaelchandra108 at gmail.com> wrote:

> SK Ramachandra Rao, Sankara and Adhyasa Bhashya
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> https://drive.google.com/file/d/17W1psMkrrYRduTxoGf8YjCgqlt-ZlrWs/view?usp=sharing
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> On Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at 6:32:35 AM UTC-5 Bhaskar YR wrote:
>
>> praNAms
>>
>> Hare Krishna
>>
>>
>>
>> This is for the records sake for others who want to know more about Sri
>> SK Rao.
>>
>>
>>
>> Though he appreciated Sri SSS and his efforts he openly said some of his
>> view points not acceptable to him.  Sri SKR Rao has not studied bhAshya
>> under Sri SSS and his guru was mahamahOpaadhyaaya Sri Paalakkaad Narayana
>> Shastri, he wrote books like shaarada peetada maanikya on HH Sri
>> Chandrashekhara Bharati mahAswaminaH and openly said he is the shishya of
>> Jagadguru Sri Chandrashekhara bhArati mahAswaminaH and he never ever
>> identified himself  and promoted anything in favour of mAdhva lineage, he
>> was directly appointed by Srinigeri Dakshinaamnaya peeta to do more
>> saMshOdhana on shankara’s works ( as I said he was heading Kalpataru
>> Samshodhana Kendra here in Bangalore Sringeri Branch).  He has studied all
>> the available material (both in manuscripts and printed version) when he
>> was doing the research on Consciousness in Advaita under the auspices of
>> Sri Abhinava Vidyaateertha swamigal Scientific Research Academy, Madras
>> (now Chennai).  And he himself said he had an occasion to go through once
>> again all the major and minor works in Advaita both printed and in
>> manuscript and critically examine their value in understanding shankara.
>> So, he was not just the blind follower of Sri SSS to label him as
>> ‘influenced by Sri SSS.  Ofcourse he was not a dump wit to blindly follow
>> whatever said by Sri SSS, he himself was a scholar a veracious reader and
>> critical observer.  So it is totally irrelevant here to highlight he is
>> mAdhva (!!??) he is influenced by Sri SSS etc. etc.  just because he is
>> rising voice against later vyAkhyAnakAra-s.
>>
>>
>>
>> Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
>>
>> *Bhaskar YR*
>>
>>
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>> *Subject:* Re: [advaitin] Vidwan Sri S K Ramachandra Rao in praise of
>> Shankaracharya
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>> Prof SKR Rao was heavily influenced by SSS.
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>> http://www.adhyatmaprakasha.org/Volumes/PDF/english/017/index.pdf
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>> Prof SKR Rao was a Madhva by birth but had a great appreciation for
>> Advaita.
>>
>>
>>
>> regards
>>
>> subbu
>>
>>
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>> On Wed, Dec 14, 2022 at 4:00 PM 'Bhaskar YR' via advaitin <
>> adva... at googlegroups.com> wrote:
>>
>> praNAms
>>
>> Hare Krishna
>>
>>
>>
>> Late Prof. S.K. Ramachandra Rao was heading the Kalpataru Samshodhana
>> foundation here in Sringeri Mutt, Bangalore an ardent disciple of HH Sri
>> Chandrashekhara Bharati interestingly writes in his preface to “ Shankara
>> and Adhyasa Bhashya” as follows :
>>
>>
>>
>> //quote//
>>
>> Shankara is one of the most misunderstood thinkers of India.  Later
>> writers claiming to be his followers have misrepresented him and his
>> critics have damned him relying almost entirely on these later writers.
>> Padmapaada’s panchapaadika (and glosses over it), vimuktaatman’s
>> Ishtasiddhi and to an extent Vaachaspati’s Bhaamati have been responsible
>> for the presentation of Shankara’s thought which was attacked by Raamaanuja
>> and Maadhva.  Had these Acharyaas confined their attention to shankara’s
>> own writings, much of the controversy would certainly have been avoided,
>> and sectarian differences would greatly have been minimized.
>>
>> //unquote//
>>
>>
>>
>> This is his very first para in that preface.  And in the fourth para
>> after acknowledging and appreciating the contributions of later
>> vyAkhyAnakara-s, he observes as follows :
>>
>>
>>
>> //quote//
>>
>> Many Ideas (like mUlaavidyA, vivarta, mahAvAkya, six fold pramaana,
>> avidyA lesha) which are now major details of Advaita cannot be found in
>> shankara’s own writings.  They belong to the development of thought that is
>> post shankara.  There is a need to examine whether these ideas were
>> necessary to explain some basic conceptions of shankara or they have served
>> to camouflage and distort the original thought.  Did shankara really
>> dismiss the world as an illusion?? We do not find evidence for it in
>> vedanta sutra bhaashya at any rate.
>>
>> //unquote//
>>
>>
>>
>> And now, no need to rush the socalled traditional opinion on SKR and his
>> observation, as one can easily expect pattern of those thoughts from the
>> desk of traditionalists 😊
>>
>>
>>
>> Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
>>
>> bhaskar
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