Madhava, Vidyaranya, Sringeri, and Kulke

[Swaminathan Madhuresan]

--- Vidyasankar Sundaresan <vsundaresan at HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
> Take for example, pre-Vidyaranya authors and texts
> like sarvajnAtman (saMkshepa-SArIraka), vimuktAtman (ishTa-siddhi),
> jnAnaghana (tattva-Suddhi), prakASAtman (pancapAdikA vivaraNa), citsukha
> (tattva-prakASikA), sukhaprakASa (commentary on citsukha's work),
> anubhUtisvarUpa (prakaTArtha vivaraNa?) and Anandagiri (numerous TIkAs and
> vivaraNas), who consciously place themselves in the Sankaran tradition. All
> these authors were saMnyAsins. Even jnAnottama miSra, the author of candrikA
> (commentary on sureSvara's naishkarmya-siddhi), is said to have got his name
> in honor of his father's guru, who was a paramahaMsa parivrAjaka.

 What is not clear in these voluminous discussions is important:
Do we have any evidence for a Sankaran maTha prior to 14th century
Madhava Vidyaranya? Are there any?

Regards,
SM




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