commentary of shrIvidyAratna sUtras

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I have had the opportunity to briefly see a manuscript which was a

commentary by a certain vidyAraNya on the shrIvidyAratna sUtras of

Acharya gauDapAda who is considered the same as the predecessor of

AdishaMkarAcharya.Was this commentary ever published ? I do not know

if this vidyAraNya is the same as the author of the famous

shrIvidyArNava. My knowledgeable sources tell me that the author of

the commentary of the sUtras was probably same as an Acharya of the

Shrigeri Math who was active during the Vijayanagar empire.

Would any further details be available?

Rajita

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Respected rajitha,

 

Your findings are true and the authorship is ascribed to vidyaranya of

sringeri. He was also the author of vidyarnava. However, there is one more

tantra grantha by name " Vidyaranya Tantra " which also ascribed to sri

vidyaranya. The origin of this 2nd vidyaranya and his whereabouts are not

known. However, some of the scholars are of the opinion that he might from the

lineage of amnaaya of Dwaraka Pitha. Because this 2nd vidyaranya is in the guru

lineage of sri Nrisimha Saraswathi of Ganagapura (2nd incarnation of Guru

Dattatreya as per Guru Charitra; the 1st being Sripada Srivallabha of

Pitapuram). This 2nd vidyaranya was also the author of the famous stotra

related to Kali ie., " Karpuraadi Stotra " . The 1st vidyaranya of sringeri

belongs to 11th century whereas the 2nd vidyaranya of dwaraka belongs to 14-15th

century.

 

with regards,

sriram

 

rajita_rajvasishth <rajita_rajvasishth wrote:

I have had the opportunity to briefly see a manuscript which was a

commentary by a certain vidyAraNya on the shrIvidyAratna sUtras of

Acharya gauDapAda who is considered the same as the predecessor of

AdishaMkarAcharya.Was this commentary ever published ? I do not know

if this vidyAraNya is the same as the author of the famous

shrIvidyArNava. My knowledgeable sources tell me that the author of

the commentary of the sUtras was probably same as an Acharya of the

Shrigeri Math who was active during the Vijayanagar empire.

Would any further details be available?

Rajita

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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