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Ramkumar Gopalaswamy • March 20, 2002 


Dear  Srii Jayanarayanan,
 
You have raised an interesting question.
 
>From whatever little introductory Sriibhaashyam I have heard (actually
from a Srii-vaishNava-vaidika scholar but who was 'born' in an advaitin
family), SrI rAmAnuja's interpretation of the Saariiraka-Saastra is
considered consistent & true to the intent of great maharshi-s like
Srii-paraaSara while SrI Sankara's bhaashyam is considered to run
counter to the maharshi-s.

Srii raamaanuja himself quotes maharshi-s from smRti-s (like Sriimad
vishNu-puraaNam) that follow some Sruti-vaakyam-s almost verbatim and
then explains how deviant Srii Sankara's explanations are from the
mantra-dRshta-s like Srii-paraaSara & Srii-vyaasa.  but I do not
remember specifics now. but if you are really interested in the details
I can hook you up with the scholar I heard it from.

Anyway, could you let us know the specifics from the Srii-bhaashyam
book mention below?

Please also let us know the author of the BSB book you have.

Regards
 
rAmAnuja-dAsa
//Ramkumar
 
 
 --- In bhakti-list@y..., Sankaran Kartik Jayanarayanan  
 wrote:
 > I chanced to read a posting by Mani Varadarajan in the ancient 
 USENET
 > newsgroup alt.hindu, and was wondering if Mani's challenge still 
 holds:
 > 
 > http://www.hindunet.org/alt_hindu/1994/msg00757.html
 > 
 > --------------------
 > Subject: Re: superstitions 
 > From: Mani Varadarajan  
 > Date: Wed, 19 Oct 1994 12:11:36 -0700 
 > Newsgroups: alt.hindu 
 > 
 > [..]
 > 
 > Ramanuja, the other major expositor of the Sutras, certainly 
 > cannot be accused of "filtering" the text through the Vaishnava 
 > tantras.  The sole foundational texts for his understanding of the
 > Sutras are the Upanishads, and secondarily the Gita and Vishnu
 > Purana (texts used by Sankara himself). If you can show me where 
 >                                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 > in his Sri Bhashya Ramanuja departs from these exegetical 
 principles, 
 > 
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 > I will wear the ashes of an Advaitin forthwith!
 > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 > --------------------
 > 
 > I'm not sure if the "Sri Bhashya" refers to Ramanuja's Brahma Sutra
 > Bhashya, but if such is the case, then the translation of 
Ramanuja's BSB
 > that I have with me does indeed point out several instances where 
Ramanuja
 > quotes from Puranas other than the Vishnu Purana. 
 > 
 > -Jayanarayanan
 


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