Sivaachaarya brahmins (Some questions on Saiva Siddhanta)

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INDOLOGY, "vpcnk <vpcnk@H...>" <vpcnk@H...>

wrote:

> But in the eyes of smaarthaas, who accept only the authority of the

> Vedas, it would seem so. Also to be noted is that Shankaraachaarya

in

> his BSB has particular condemned the views of the Pancharaatras (by

> whom the Sri Vaishnavas are deeply influenced) as non-Vedic.

 

 

If Smarthas are those "who accept only the authority of the Vedas",

then there are practically no smarthas left in the world; even

Sankaracharya composed so many stotras, one is left to wonder where

his "only authority" lies?

 

Authority or the absense of it is to be inferred from practices and

not a theoratical "ideal type" contruct.

 

 

 

 

>

> > It is not "divided", but to both. Because Divyaprabhandam was

seen

> as

> > a revelation of the vedic essense, it was also called

> > Dramidopanishad. But for different languages, they were not seen

as

> > antogonistic.