commentary and Sridhara references (fwd)

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** ON COMMENTARY **

 

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PiÎÎýž's Interpretation of

the TiruvýymoÎi. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press.

 

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the Upanisads." Journal of Indian Philosophy 26: 173-87.

 

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The Journal of Asian Studies 55:1 (February) 81-93.

 

Timm, Jeffrey R. 1992. Texts in Context: Traditional Hermeneutics

in South Asia. Albany:

State University of New York Press.

 

 

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Acharya, Padmashri P. 1965. "A Short Note on ¯r“dhara Svýmin and Baladeva

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Oriental Research Institute_, Poona, XXX, 1949, 277-83.

 

Sheridan, Daniel P. 1986. The Advaitic Theism of the Bhagavata Purana.

Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass.

 

-----. 1986b. "¯r“dhara and the Bhýgavata Purýža I.1.1." Annals of

the Bhandarkar Oriental

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-----. 1994. "¯r“dhara and his Commentary on the Bhýgavata Purýža."

Journal of Vai˜žava

Studies 2:3, 45-66.

 

Vireswarananda, Swami, trans. 1964. Srimad Bhagavadgita. Text,

translation of the text, and of the gloss of Sridhara Swami. 2d ed.

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Edited by Jagadisalala Sastri. 1st ed. Delhi: Motilala Banarasidas, 1983.

 

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This may be obvious: Sridhara wrote commentaries on the Vishnu Purana

(Sva-prakAza a/k/a AtmA-prakAza) and Bhagavad-gita (SubodhinI) as well as

the Bhagavata (BhAvArtha-dIpikA). He mentions Bopadeva and Vishnusvamin.

A traditional shloka says:

 

vyAso vetti zuko vetti

rAjA vetti na vetti vA |

zrIdharaH sakalaM vetti

zrI nRsiMha-prasAdataH ||

 

Nabhadasa's Hindi Bhaktamal (c. 1600) mentions (chappay 45) that Sridhara

wrote his Bhavartha-dipika with the blessings of his guru, Paramananda.

But there was some controversy about it, so it was tested by placing it

before the deity of Bindu Madhava at Kashi; after some time, when the

temple door was opened, Sridhara's commentary was found on top of many

others. Writing in 1712, Nabha's Gaudiya vaishnava commentator praises

Sridhara in this way.

See Singh, BhagavatI-prasAda, Ed. _RAdhA-kRSNa-bhakta-koza_,

MathurA: Sat zAstra-prakAzana, ZrI KRSNa-janmasthAna SevA SaMsthAna, 1989.

 

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This is probably more obscure than obvious: the 18th century Marathi

poet/scholar Krishnadayarnava wrote a Marathi commentary on the tenth

canto of the Bhagavata Purana called the Harivarada, which he based

on Sridhara's commentary, calling his own work a "shadow" of

Sridhara's. Krishnadayarnava was prompted to write his commentary by

Eknath, who appeared to K. in a dream. Krishnadayarnava was

suffering from some sort of leprosy and to cure it Eknath, in the

dream, recommended he write the commentary. Apparently it worked.

Seven years into the project Krishnadayarnava's symptoms disappeared.