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Re: ISKCON -- help with these terms
shrao@nyx.net (Shrisha Rao) writes:
>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.
>>
>> 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
It is the former. Saraswati says in his book 'Tripura Rahasya'
'In Sutra Bhasya, Sri Shankara has used the story of Samvarta as found
in Tripura Rahasya, in his commentary of 'apicha smrite' (sutra) with
approval.'
As far as i read the suutra bhasya by Shankara, 3:4:37 was the only
place i could find him quote Samvarta. Maybe he does in other places that i am
not aware of.
Also, the key here is story of Samvarta as found in tripura rahasya.
Maybe the story of samvarta is different in various other scriptures, and
shankara quoting this would mean that he is quoting from tripura rahasya.
I am not really sure. Further, only mahatmya and jnana kanda of tripura
rahasya are available. The charya kanda is not even present now. I am not
aware of any dating of TR either, but it definitely seems to be post-buddha.
Maybe someone who is aware of more details can clarify.
Giri
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