The University of Nalanda c11.81

c11.81

But, why should we say that Śaṅkara’s *Māyāvāda* is referred to in the verse? Can it not refer to the same doctrine first propounded by Gaudapāda or his disciples? If Śaṅkara’s doctrine was here alluded to then Kamalaśīla, who gives us the names of the authors of the doctrines referred to by his guru, would surely have given us the name of Śaṅkara, who must have been his guru’s contemporary or immediate predecessor.