[Advaita-l] Is Veda Vyasa also known as 'SrikanTha'?

[jaldhar at braincells.com]

On Sun, 5 May 2024, V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l wrote:

> At the end of his gloss on Shankara's Gita bhashya, Sri Anandagiri pens a
> few verses:
>
> गीताशास्त्रमहार्णवोत्थममृतं वैकुण्ठकण्ठोद्भवं
> श्रीकण्ठापरनामवन्मुनिकृतं निष्ठाद्वयद्योतितम् ।
>
> The Gita shastra nectar was spoken out by the Lord Vishnu/Krishna and was
> composed by one who is also called 'Srikantha'. It looks like Veda Vyasa is
> known by this name too.
>
> Is there any evidence for this?

I don't think so. Even in the Shaiva puranas, Vedavyasa is an avatar of 
Vishnu Bhagavan only.  There are 108 and 1008 namavalis of Vedavyasa


>  Or does the second line mean something else?

Perhaps it can be translated like this?

gItAshAstra = self-explanatory
maharNava = ocean
utham = arising from
amR^itam = amrita
vaitkuNTha = Vishnu, Krishna
kaNTha = throat
udbhavam = originating from
shrIkaNtha = Shiva, Shankara
apara = similar to
nAmavAn = having the name
muni = sage
kR^tam = made by
niShThA = that which is fixed
dvaya = two
dyautitam = explained

"The amrita arising from the great ocean of the Gita Shastra was spoken by 
Krishna Bhagavan.  A sage with a name like Shrikantha has explained the 
two paths therein."


-- 
Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>