SAyaNa & Madhava

[Sven Ekelin]

On Monday, January 11, 1999, Cezary Galewicz wrote:

     > Can anyone help me with a good reference to 14 -century SAyaNa
     > and his brother(?) MAdhava , their relation, any information
     >  concerning their historical setting and whatever could be
     > usefull when evaluating SAyaNa*s preface to his (?) commentary
     > on RV. What is of interest to me in particular is the
     > following:
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     >     Thank You in Advance
     >
     > Cezary Galewicz
     > Institute of Oriental Philology
     > Jagiellonian University
     > Krakow, Poland

The following references might be useful. (Of these, # 3 and # 4 are
not available to me right now.)

# 1) The valuable work *SAyaNa and MAdhava-VidyAraNya* by Munuganti
Kripacharyulu, Guntur 1980. Some 200 pages. The author*s PhD.
Available from the author: *6-6-35, Arundelpet, Guntur - 522 002
(A.P.)*.

# 2) *VedabhAshyabhUmikasaMgraha* (collection of SAyaNa*s
commentaries) ed. by Baladeva Upadhyaya. Kashi Sanskrit Series 102,
Varanasi, 2dn ed. 1985. With the editor*s introductions in hindi,
english and sanskrit.

# 3) An important article in *IA* 1916 by R. Nariasimchar.

# 4) I think that some references are given in Verpoorten*s *MimaMsa*
volume in *HIL*.

     > 1) Were SAyaNa and MAdhava realy brothers?

Yes.

     > 2)  What is the source of our knowledge concerning S &/or M
     >     serving as ministers on Vijayanagara courts of Bukka I &
     >     Harihara II?

Mainly introductory verses to the works, colophons to the works, and
inscriptions.

     > 3) How can one understand the very beginning of S*s Preface
     >    whare it is said that it is MAdhava who is going to explain
     >   (vedArtham vaktum) the aim/meaning of the Veda?

Kripacharyulu, pp. 178 - 179 and 182 - 183.

Upadhyaya, p. [49], cf. p. [47].

     > 4)  If S was influenced by his brother*s teachings can one look
     >     on supposedly PM ideas introduced along with Jaimini sutras
     >     as tainted by Vedantic thought?

The question is somewhat unclear to me. Could you re-phrase it?

     > 4) Could there be any possibility of an influence of another
     >    type of ideas  on SAyaNa  through his brother holding the
     >    post of the Head of SmArta MaTh at ZRNgeri?

Questions # 4) and # 4) seem to presuppose that SAyaNa and MAdhava
held different views to begin with. This might be doubtful. Both are
likely to have been VedAntins, MImAMsakas and smArtas.

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