History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c99.226

v7.c99.226

Bādarāyaṇa: between Jaimini and B., Sāmavidhāna Br inserts two names and so B. is thus two generations later than J. 1161n; B. came to be confounded with Vyāsa, Pārāśarya but it is difficult to say when and why this confusion arose, 1169, 1171-73; held by Rāmānuja to be author of V.S. and also of Mahābhārata 1165, illustrations how V. S. deals with references to B 1168; is A. of V. S, acc to Śaṅkarācārya, 1162n, 1164-65; is different from Veda-vyāsa, acc. to Śaṅkarācārya 1166, no satisfactory reason offered why B. is mentioned only nine times in V. S. if all the five hundred fifty-five sūtras were composed by him, 1165; that several individuals separated by a century or more could have borne the name Bādarāyaṇa or Jaimini follows from Āp. Śr. S. and Pravaramañjarī, 1174; would be a grandson or a remoter male descendant of Badara 1169.