Yadavaprakazar (Sanketis)

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INDOLOGY, "naga_ganesan" <naga_ganesan@h...>

wrote:

>

> Yadavaprakasa's philosophy was a type of advaita, and he often

> used Sankara's commentaries which made Ramanuja, imbued with

bhakti, sad.

VA: There is a view that Yadavaprakasha's system was closer to that

of Mandana Mishra than to that of Sri Shankaracharya.

 

 

> For a long time, R. did not want to go against his teacher.

> Oneday, Ramanuja giving oil massage to Yadavaprakasa

> cried profusely when Y. was explaining with Sankara's commentary

> the Chandogya upanishad, ch. I, 6th section, 7th mantra.

> Y. quoted Sankara's explanation of "monkey's piruSTapAkam".

> (I'm transliterating tamil script, so it's not correct

transliteration

> into sanskrit).

 

VA: In this connection, one should also look up Sri Sudarshana Suri's

commentary on Sri Ramanuja's Vedarthasamgraha. Even before Sri

Shankaracharya, there was considerable controversy on the

interpretation of the passage of Chh Up and the Vakyakara Brahmanandi

Atreya Tanka gave 6 explanations.

 

 

> >I don't think Yaadhavaprakaasha was a Vaishnavite. His philosophy

> >seems to be a variant of bheda-bheda, though with an Advaitic

twist.

> >He is supposed to have expelled Ramanauja from his school for

> >questioning his views.

>

> Yes, upon the advice of his own mother and Tirukkaccinampi,

Yadavaprakaasa

 

VA: It is a common belief that Sri Yadavaarya was not a Vaishnava.

But this begs the question - who is a Vaishnava? Can we not term a

believer in the Pancharatra as a Vaishnava of sorts? I say this

because Sri Venkatanatha quotes the now lost commentary of Sri Yadava

Prakasha on Gita 11.53 (in his subcommentary Tatparyachandrika) where

SrI Yadavaprakash clearly s to Vaishnava doctrines. Being an

Advaitin and a Vaishnava are not mutually exclusive.

 

>

> Also, can someone tell whether the 1905 edition is consulted

> in: Rules and regulations of Brahmanical asceticism

> Yatidharmasamuccaya of Yadava Prakasa (Olivelle, P.; 1995)

> Document: English : Internet

VA: As far as I recall, no.