108 - 0 upanishads

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there is a charge from sri vaishnavas that appayya dikshitar of

sankaracharya line along with his team concocted the theory of 108

upanishads, where as there are only 18 upanishads. as this is from a

bonafide sampradaya based on a lot of evidence, it has to be

respected and dealt with. how do gaudiyas counter this ? what is the

madhwa view on this ? any information on this is appreciated.

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achintya, "v_raja_ram" <v_raja_ram> wrote:

> there is a charge from sri vaishnavas that appayya dikshitar of

> sankaracharya line along with his team concocted the theory of 108

> upanishads, where as there are only 18 upanishads. as this is from

a

> bonafide sampradaya based on a lot of evidence, it has to be

> respected and dealt with.

 

Any theory with evidence behind it should be respected and dealt

with, "bona fide" source or not.

 

how do gaudiyas counter this ? what is the

> madhwa view on this ? any information on this is appreciated.

 

Some of the more vocal members of CMS are of the opinion that many of

the 108 Upanishads are forged by Advaitins of recent times. Their

reasoning behind this seems a little shaky to me. As far as I know,

neither Maadhva nor Gaudiiya leaders have given an explicit statement

on the matter. I know for a fact that Vishvanaatha Chakravarti

commented on the Krishna and Gopaala-taapanii Upanishads. I know also

that Srila Prabhupada listed the 108 Principle Upanishads from the

Muktika in his CC commentary (I forget exactly where).

 

Strangely enough, when I brought up this listing several years ago on

soc.religion.vaishnava, the Maadhva response was somewhat ambivalent

at that time. On one hand, they said they never hard of them, but on

the other hand they denied saying that these were unacceptable. It

was only later that they started declaring them to be forgeries after

someone posted evidence from Krishna Upanishad showing that the Lord

does indeed have a Kali Yuga avataar, which runs contrary to Maadhva

theology.

 

K

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what is the opinion of the acharyas of these sampradayas - madhwa and

sri ? i heard that the sri view of rejecting the upanishads was

supported by the acharyas but i never saw anything in writing.