Guest guest Posted February 9, 2006 Report Share Posted February 9, 2006 Ref:Message: 10 Wed, 08 Feb 2006 19:58:48 -0000 "Sunder Hattangadi" <sunderh Re: The Dictionary meaning of Vivartavada advaitin, V Subrahmanian <subrahmanian_v wrote: > Re: Vivartavada > > Namaste V-Ji et al, > > Vivarta, as per Monnier Williams Dictionary, means Namaste, Does anyone have Shankara-Bhashya on Shvetashvatara Upanishad 6:2 : .... teneshitaM karma vivartate ha pRRithyaapyatejo.anilakhaani chintyam || Regards, Sunder Namaste Sunder ji: Recently i was told that Shankara has used this word in the above bhashyam. And i was also told that His authorship of this bhashyam is not undisputedly accepted by the international fraternity of scholars. I shall try to get the exact passage and post it here. I tried in the Ramakrishna Ashram Library and could not find it there. However, a book titled 'Svetasvatara upanishad' by Swami Tyagisananda, published by the Sri Ramakrishna Math, Chennai, contains the following note under the above cited mantra: for the word 'assumes' : The word 'vivartate' in the text seems to suggest the vivarta theory of Sri Shankara, according to which Brahman appears as the world without really undergoing any change. p.114 Warm regards subbu What are the most popular cars? Find out at Autos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 advaitin, V Subrahmanian <subrahmanian_v wrote: > > > Ref:Message: 10 > Wed, 08 Feb 2006 19:58:48 -0000 > "Sunder Hattangadi" <sunderh > Re: The Dictionary meaning of Vivartavada > > advaitin, V Subrahmanian <subrahmanian_v@> > wrote: > > > Re: Vivartavada > > > Recently i was told that Shankara has used this word in the above bhashyam. And i was also told that His authorship of this bhashyam is not undisputedly accepted by the international fraternity of scholars. I shall try to get the exact passage and post it here. I tried in the Ramakrishna Ashram Library and could not find it there. However, a book titled 'Svetasvatara upanishad' by Swami Tyagisananda, published by the Sri Ramakrishna Math, Chennai, contains the following note under the above cited mantra: > for the word 'assumes' : The word 'vivartate' in the text seems to suggest the vivarta theory of Sri Shankara, according to which Brahman appears as the world without really undergoing any change. p.114 Namaste Subbu-ji, Thank you. The Brahma Sutra Bhashya contains at least 14 cross-references/quotations from Shvetashvatara Upanishad, though not to this particular mantra. Regards, Sunder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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