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Re: ISKCON -- help with these terms
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To: soc-religion-hindu@uunet.uu.net
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Subject: Re: ISKCON -- help with these terms
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From: shrao@nyx.net (Shrisha Rao)
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Date: 5 Mar 1996 20:48:13 -0700
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Newsgroups: soc.religion.hindu
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Organization: /.o_.r-g*-n*-'za_--sh*n/ n. The act or process of organizing or of being organized; also, the condition or manner of being organized.
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References: <4h0rr2$h6t@babbage.ece.uc.edu> <4h4qkv$kke@babbage.ece.uc.edu>
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Sender: shrao@nyx10.cs.du.edu
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Summary: Does Shankara accept the Tripura Rahasya?
In article <4h4qkv$kke@babbage.ece.uc.edu>,
Giri <gmadras@pinto.engr.ucdavis.edu> wrote:
>Ramakrishnan Balasubramanian <rbalasub@ecn.purdue.edu> writes:
>>It is quoted by Shankara, atleast at one place in his Brahma suutra bhashya.
>>Giri informed me the particulars sometime back through e-mail. I've forgotten
>>the exact place. Maybe he'll reply to your observation.
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> Shankara refers to the story of Samvarta (as found in the tripura
>rahasya) in his brahma suutra bhasya in 3:4:37.
Does he just refer to the story (which could perhaps be also had from
other sources), or does he actually give a quote from that text and
say something like "... iti tripura rahasye"? If just the former, I
would hesitate to say that that work has Shankara's approval. I'm sure
you can see why. The story of Raama is found in a wide variety of
sources of differing virtuosity; if someone refers to Raama somewhere,
one does not automatically infer that he considers a specific
RaamaayaNa authoritative (even if it is the only one available at a
particular place and/or time). So here as well.
Regards,
Shrisha Rao
>Namaste
>
>Giri
