The Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies v3.c19.s6: Śaṃkara

The Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies v3.c19.s6

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Śaṃkara

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1. Hacker, B2162; Mayeda, B1942B; Mayeda, “On the author of the Māṇḍūkyopaniṣad—and the Gauḍapādiyābhāṣya,” Adyar Library Bulletin 31-32 (1967-68), pp. 73-94; “On Śamkara’s authorship of the Kenopaniṣadbhāṣya,” Indo-Iranian Journal 10 (1967), pp. 33-55; “Śamkara’s Upadeśāsahasri: its present form,” Journal of the Oriental Institute (Baroda) 15 (1966), pp. 252-257; “The authenticity of the Bhagavadgītābhāṣya ascribed to Śamkara,” Wiener Zeitschrift fur des Kunde Sud- und Ostasien 9 (1965), pp. 155-197.

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2. Ingalls, “The study of Śamkarācārya,” op. cit.

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3. Cf. also Märschner, B1680.

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4. Mayeda, B1942B.

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5. The grounds for this statement are reviewed in S. K. Belvalkar, Vedānta Philosophy Part I: Lectures 1-6 (Poona, 1929).

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6. In Upadeśāsahasri II.18.2, as well as in Gauḍapādakārikābhāṣya IV.100, if we accept the latter work as authentic.

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7. Belvalkar, op. cit.

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8. Kunjunni Raja in Adyar Library Bulletin 24 (1960).

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⁹ Cf. Allen Wright Thrasher, The Advaita of Maṇḍana Miśra’s Brahmasiddhi. Ph.D. thesis, Harvard University, 197.

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10. Ibid. See below, under Maṇḍana Miśra, for references on the Maṇḍana-Sureśvara equation.

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11. For more complete accounts based on this literature see, e.g., Baijnath, B6562; Seshadri, B2156; D. N. Pillai, *Śaṃkara the Sublime* (Calcutta, 1912); K. T. Telanga, *Shamkaracharya, Philosopher and Mystic* (Adyar, 1911); T. S. Narayana Sastri, *The Age of Śaṃkara* (Madras 1916; enlarged ed. 1971); Menon, B1522; Agamananda's introduction to Tattvananda (tr.), *The Quintessence of Vedānta* (Calcutta, n.d.; Ernakulam, 1960).

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12. Belvalkar, op. cit., regards this story as "silly myth-mongering" (p. 233, note); Daya Krishna, B2268A, discusses its implications.

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13. Consult A. Nataraja Aiyer and S. Laksminarasimha Sastri, *The Traditional Age of Sri Samkaracharya and the Math* (Madras 1962), as well as the works cited under the preceding notes.

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14. An "ulcerated sore, or fistula," says K. T. Telanga, op. cit.

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15. Ingalls, op. cit.; see also B2173 and B2177.

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16. Hacker, "Śaṃkara der Yogin und Śaṃkara der Advaitin. Einige Beobachtungen," *Wiener Zeitschrift für des Kunde Süd- und Ostasien* 12-13 (1968-69), pp. 119-148.

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17. Hacker, "Relations of early Advaitins to Vaiṣṇavism", *Wiener Zeitschrift für des Kunde Süd- und Ostasien* 9 (1965), pp. 147-154.

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18. E.g., Ghate, B7609; Radhakrishnan, B8996; B.N.K. Sharma, B1242.

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19. Thibaut, introduction to B1610. See Amalnerkar, B1613; Faddegon, B6672.

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20. E.g., Modi, B1663, B1668; A. K. Banerjee, B6758.

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21. Mahadevan, B2390.

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22. Märschner, B1680; Hacker, B6956, p. 1918.

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23. Ingalls, B2177, p. 295.

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24. Van Boetzelaer's introduction to his translation of Sureśvara's *Taittirīyopaniṣadbhāṣyavārttika* (Leiden, 1971).

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25. R. Balasubramaniam, Introduction to his translation of Sureśvara's *Taittirīyopaniṣadbhāṣyavārttika*, Madras University Philosophy Series 20 (Madras, 1974), pp. 15-16.

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26. Ibid., p. 21.

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27. Mayeda, B1942B; Mayeda, "Śaṃkara's Upadeśasāhasrī," op. cit.; Mayeda's introduction to his edition of *Upadeśasāhasrī* (Tokyo, 1873).

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28. G. A. Jacob, preface to B2394, pp. 8 ff. Cf. Mayeda, B1942B, p. 188.

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29. Mayeda, B1942B, p. 196.

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30. Mayeda, "Śaṃkara's Upadeśasāhasrī," op. cit.

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31. Cited in Mitra, B1688.

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32. R. D. Ranade, op. cit., p. 24.

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33. Hiriyanna, introduction to B1775, pp. iv-v.

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34. S. C. Vidyarnava, B1770.

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³⁵ Budhakar, B2081; R. M. Sastri, B2064; Belvalkar, op. cit.

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³⁶ Mayeda, "On Śaṃkara's authorship of the Kenopaniṣadbhāṣya," op. cit.

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³⁷ Ranade, op. cit., p. 29.

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³⁸ *The Upaniṣads*, translated by F. Max Müller. Part II. Sacred Books of the East 15 (Oxford, 1884; New York, 1962), pp. xxvii.

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³⁹ Anam Charan Swain, "Authenticity of the Bhagavadgītābhāṣya attributed to Śaṃkarācārya," *Mysore Orientalist* 2.1 (1969), pp. 32-38, citing Hacker, B2162, Cf. also Karmarkar, B1587.

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40. Ingalls, "Study of Śaṃkarācārya," op. cit., pp. 7-8.

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41. V. Raghavan, "Bhāskara's Gītābhāṣya," *Wiener Zeitschrift für des Kunde Süd- und Ostasien* 12-13 (1968-69), pp. 281-294, esp. 283 ff.

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42. Mayeda, "The authenticity of the Bhagavadgītābhāṣya," op. cit.

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43. See, e.g., Modi B1582, B1583, B1585.

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44. Cf. Mukherji, B9184; B.N.K. Sharma in Principle Karmarkar Commemoration Volume (Poona, 1948), 180-195; Ray, B6860 (=B1583A); K. S. Iyer in *Vedanta Kesari* 1 (1914-15), pp. 42-47.

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45. In *Journal of the American Oriental Society* 33 (1913), p. 52, note 2; cited in Mayeda, "On the author of the Māṇḍūkyopaniṣad," op. cit.

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46. Suryanarayana Sastri, "Some observations on the Māṇḍūkyakārikās" in *Collected Papers of S. Suryanarayana Sastri* (ed. T.M.P. Mahadevan) (Madras 1961), pp. 262-271.

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47. Belvalkar, op. cit., p. 218.

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48. R. V. de Smet, "The law of karma," *Indian Philosophical Annual* 2 (1966), pp. 328-335.

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49. Ingalls, "Study of Śaṃkarācārya," op. cit., p. 12.

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50. Hacker, "Notes on the Māṇḍūkyopaniṣad," op. cit.

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51. Majumdar, B1260.

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52. Tilmann Vetter, "Zur Bedeutung des Illusionismus bei Śaṃkara," *Wiener Zeitschrift für des Kunde Süd- und Ostasiens* 12-13 (1968-69), pp. 407-423.