[Advaita-l] Regarding Introduction Panchayatan to Shanmata

[V Subrahmanian]

On Mon, Mar 6, 2023 at 12:21 PM sammit khandeparker via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Dear respected scholars,NamaskarI have a question. Why did Bhagwadpad Sri
> Adi Shankarachrya started Shanmat. Worship of five gods was already there.
> What was the rational for this new upasana paddhati ? Dhanywad.
>

While there is no textual evidence for Shankaracharya having 'started' the
Shanmata-s, here is an article where it is shown that the concept of
Shanmata is not Shankara-unfriendly based on his prasthana traya bhashyas:

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=f5078b8526&attid=0.1&permmsgid=msg-f:1704528874871710936&th=17a7b3fb101fe4d8&view=att&disp=safe

regards
subbu




> Kind regards,
> Dr. Sammit P. S. Khandeparkar PhD(Religious Studies)
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