Shri Bhaskara refers Acharya Sankara in T.Upanishad

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Shri Bhaskararaya Makhin refers the acharya sankara in his Tripuropanishad

Bhashya.

 

The mantra 9 of T.Upanishad:

 

// ShaShTham sapthama matha vahni sArathi

masyA mUlatrika mAdEshayantah

kathyam kavim kalpakam kAmamIsham

tuShTuvAmso amritatatvam bhajantE //

 

While commenting on this mantra Shri Bhaskara refers acharya sankara to be the

author of Saundaryalahari as:

 

" ata eva shrI madAchAryabhagavatpAdairvaiparItyEnodArah pradarshitah

saundaryalaharyAm; tatrApi prakritashrutyAnuguNyAy shivashaktikAmapadAnAm

chAnyathAvyAkhyAnam katipayAnAm kliShTatvA nnirarthakatvAccha nAdartavyam "

 

The mantra 11 of T.Upanishad:

 

dvA manDalA dvA stanA bimbamEkam

mukham chAdha strINi guhAsadanAni

kAmIm kalAm kAmarUpAm viditvA

naro jAyatE kAmarUpascha kAmyah //

 

Shri Bhaskara while commenting the mantroddhara of Kamakala Mahamantra refer to

the sloka " Mukham bindum kritva.... " of Saundaryalahari and refers to Acharya

Sankara as " bhagavatpAdAshayah " while explaining the bahiryagakrama and

antaryaga krama of Kamakala dhyana.

 

So, invariably it can be concluded that Acharya Sankara was the author of

Saundaryalahari (provided one has the belief in Shri Bhasuranandanatha's

words.....)

 

with regards,

sriram

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Not just tripuropaniShad.h he refers to him in a number of other places.

Additionally among the many commentaries available on saundarlahari some of them

think it is AchArya who composed it.

 

bhAskararAya or others are not interested in the historicity of s.lahari.

Whether it is AchArya or somebody else is less of a concern but the contents are

more important(even for us). Which is why they do not care to analyse like

indologists do, and took the word of elders in their time.

 

He is going by what in his time has become popular and it can be either true or

untrue and we may never know.

 

Take for example the dakShiNAmUrti stotra or other works, they are commented

upon by sureshvara and other disciples so we know that the likelihood that they

are by shankara is high.

 

We talk only about probablities since we cannot tell for sure.

 

One can take an extreme position like a kid/child and say " why beleive only

selective portions of what tradition says.. why not ignore or beleive everything

it says...? " - i remember myself arguing along these lines sometime back :-))

 

I can only say at this point that this is an act of balance and one should know

where to stop, through study and by applying thought.

 

Regards

 

 

, " sriram " <sriram_sapthasathi wrote:

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> Shri Bhaskararaya Makhin refers the acharya sankara in his Tripuropanishad

Bhashya.

>

> The mantra 9 of T.Upanishad:

>

> // ShaShTham sapthama matha vahni sArathi

> masyA mUlatrika mAdEshayantah

> kathyam kavim kalpakam kAmamIsham

> tuShTuvAmso amritatatvam bhajantE //

>

> While commenting on this mantra Shri Bhaskara refers acharya sankara to be the

author of Saundaryalahari as:

>

> " ata eva shrI madAchAryabhagavatpAdairvaiparItyEnodArah pradarshitah

> saundaryalaharyAm; tatrApi prakritashrutyAnuguNyAy shivashaktikAmapadAnAm

chAnyathAvyAkhyAnam katipayAnAm kliShTatvA nnirarthakatvAccha nAdartavyam "

>

> The mantra 11 of T.Upanishad:

>

> dvA manDalA dvA stanA bimbamEkam

> mukham chAdha strINi guhAsadanAni

> kAmIm kalAm kAmarUpAm viditvA

> naro jAyatE kAmarUpascha kAmyah //

>

> Shri Bhaskara while commenting the mantroddhara of Kamakala Mahamantra refer

to the sloka " Mukham bindum kritva.... " of Saundaryalahari and refers to Acharya

Sankara as " bhagavatpAdAshayah " while explaining the bahiryagakrama and

antaryaga krama of Kamakala dhyana.

>

> So, invariably it can be concluded that Acharya Sankara was the author of

Saundaryalahari (provided one has the belief in Shri Bhasuranandanatha's

words.....)

>

> with regards,

> sriram

>