Why the three Mataacharyas didn't consider Puranas as Pramanas(Standards) ?

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Greetings to Fellow advaitans.

 

I would appreciate if anybody could clear my doubt. Why the three Mata

acharyas(Sankara, Madhwa , Ramanuja)did not consider puranas as

Pramanas ? Why these puranas are not included in Prasthana trayam ?

Why did they include Bhagavad gita along with upanishads though it is

breif essence of all upanishads ?

 

Thanks in Advance.

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Sanjeeva murthy wrote-

Namaste,

it is a good question. Praasthaana trayee deals only with

saarvatrika paripoornaanubhava. analyses completly jaagrat , swapna and

sushuptaanubhava standing in a position called tureeya (maayaa sankhya)

To know & understand Vedaanta a tripod is a must i.e.- shruti, yukti

and anubhava. only Bhagavatpaada Shankara upholds saarvatrika

paripoornaanubhava. not the other two. Now prasthaana means a route-

upanishads are shruti prasthaana, Brahmasutraa's are Nyaaya prasthaana

and the Bhagavadgeethaa is smruthi prasthaana .

Puraanaas only deal with belief point of view. anubhava cannot be

referrred. puraanaas help to make a man to be in paapa bheeti and to

remain in bhakti bhaava.

Bhagavatpaada shankara starts in his bhaashya of bhagavadgeetha -

" tadidam geethaa shaastram samasta vEdaanta saara

samgrahabhootham ...... " it is the quint essence of all upanishads.

shubhamastu,

sanjeeva murthy

 

 

 

 

Anupama's question-

>> I would appreciate if anybody could clear my doubt. Why the three

Mata

> acharyas(Sankara, Madhwa , Ramanuja)did not consider puranas as

> Pramanas ? Why these puranas are not included in Prasthana trayam ?

> Why did they include Bhagavad gita along with upanishads though it is

> breif essence of all upanishads ?

>

> Thanks in Advance.

>