Re: [INDOLOGY] Question regarding Ācāryaśāpa

[Madhav Deshpande]

I found an interesting reference in A. C. Burnell's The Ordinances of Manu,
(Intro. p. xxxvii) to a work titled Anācāranirṇaya composed in Kerala to
discuss "deviations" from Brahmanical Dharmaśāstras.  According the
footnote on this page, this work was evidently attributed to Śaṅkara.  This
may be the source of Śāmaśāstrī Draviḍa Dvivedi using the expression
ācāryaśāpadagdha to refer to these regions.  Here is the passage from
Burnell:

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I wonder if anyone has come across this work titled Anācāranirṇaya.  Any
help?

Madhav Deshpande
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 9:53 AM, Madhav Deshpande <mmdesh at umich.edu> wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
>
>      In one of the curious passages of the Vedavicāra (written by
> Śāmaśāstrī Draviḍa Dvivedī) that I am editing, the author says that though
> the Gurjara's are included among Drāviḍas, other Drāviḍas do not have any
> educational, ritual or marriage relations with them, because like the
> Gauḍadeśa, there is too much anācāra "immoral behavior" among them, and
> like the Brahmins of Kerala, they were cursed by an Ācārya, and therefore,
> other Drāviḍas do not have any relations with them.  Here is the passage
> from the text:
>
> यथा गुर्जराणां द्राविडान्तःपातिनामपि द्राविडैः सह भोजनादिसंव्यवहारादिकं
> नास्ति*, *तथैवाध्ययनादिकमपीति ज्ञेयम् । कुतो गुर्जराणां संव्यवहाराभाव इति
> चेदुच्यते । गौडदेशवद्गुर्जरदेशेऽप्यनाचारबाहुल्यात् तेषामा
> चार्यशापदग्धत्वात्केरलदेशीयब्राह्मणादिवत्संव्यवहाराभाव इति संक्षेपः ।
>
> If anyone has a clue as to what this Ācāryaśāpa refers to, it would help
> me make better sense of this passage.  Similarly, it is not clear what
> anācārabāhulya he is referring to in the Gauḍa/Gurjara and Kerala regions.
> Any suggestions will be helpful.  Best,
>
> Madhav Deshpande
> Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
>


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