[INDOLOGY] Madhavacharya

[Krishnaprasad G]

Please observe the spelling of the names of two individuals in my mail.

On Mon 3 Jun, 2019, 4:24 AM George Hart via INDOLOGY, <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> For the etymology of Māyaṇa see:
>
> The Etymology of the Name Sāyaṇa
> M. B. Emeneau and K. Kushalappa Gowda
> Journal of the American Oriental Society
> Vol. 94, No. 2 (Apr. - Jun., 1974), pp. 210-212
> He argues that Sāyaṇa is from "svāmi(n)" + “aṇṇan" ("elder brother" in
> Dravidian; “svāmin" has a Kannada tadbhava “sāyi”). He goes on to suggest
> that Māyaṇa is from "mā(deva)" (< “maḥadeva") +  aṇṇan. G. Hart
>
> On Jun 2, 2019, at 4:27 PM, Lubomír Ondračka via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
> A nuanced discussion of the problem of the authorship of the SDS (which
> includes the evaluation of Thakur's arguments) is available in Jon
> Yamashita's thesis: A Translation and Study of the Pāṇinidarśana Chapter of
> the Sarvadarśanasaṅgraha (1998), pp. 22–32. It is partly inconclusive:
>
> In conclusion, both internal and external evidence suggests that the
> author of the Sarvadarśanasaṅgraha was not Mādhavācārya, the elder brother
> of Sāyaṇa. Rather, the author must have been at least a generation later
> than Mādhavācārya. Two possible candidates which have been proposed are [1]
> the son of Sāyaṇa — whose name Māyaṇa is to be considered a corruption or
> regional form of "Mādhava", and [2] Cannibhaṭṭa, the naiyāyika author of
> the Tarkabhāṣāprakāśikā – either independently or as part of a committee.
> There is no direct proof to support either choice; the available evidence,
> however, allows each to be given serious consideration as possible
> candidates for the authorship. At most, we can say with certainty that
> under either claim, the Sarvadarśanasaṅgraha would have been composed
> during the fourteenth century under the patronage of the Vijayanagara
> court. (p. 31)
>
> Best,
> Lubomir
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, 2 Jun 2019 16:53:24 +0000
> Matthew Kapstein via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
> In fact, the late Anantalal Thakur demonstrated that the SDS was NOT
> written by माधवाचार्यः but by his protege, the logician Cannibhaṭṭa.
>
> He provides his evidence, which is entirely convincing, here:
> Anantalal Thakur, “Cannibhaṭṭa and the authorship of the
> Sarvadarśanasaṃgraha,” Bulletin of the Adyar Library 25
> (1961): 524–538.
>
> It is odd that few seem to have taken note of Thakur's impressive
> detective work and that most still attribute the SDS to माधवा.
>
>
> best regards,
>
> Matthew
>
>
> Matthew Kapstein
> Directeur d'études,
> Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes
>
> Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies,
> The University of Chicago
> ________________________________
> From: INDOLOGY <indology-bounces at list.indology.info> on behalf of
> Krishnaprasad G via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info>
> Sent: Sunday, June 2, 2019 11:39:03 AM
> To: alakendu das
> Cc: Indology
> Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Madhavacharya
>
> No, Purnaprajna Darsana is founded by Madhvacarya श्रीमध्वाचार्याः
> And the author of Sarvadarsana sangraha is Madhavacharya
> माधवाचार्यः
>
>
> On Sun 2 Jun, 2019, 10:05 PM alakendu das via INDOLOGY, <
> indology at list.indology.info<mailto:indology at list.indology.info
> <indology at list.indology.info>>> wrote:
> Respected scholars,
> As, presently I am deeply involved in preparing an article on
> BrahmaSutra's interpretations,I do need to clarify one doubt .Are
> Madhavacharya of "Sarvadarshan Samgraha" and Madhavacharya of
> "PurnaPragnyaDarshan" fame one and identical?
> If , anybody may kindly help me out.
> Alakendu Das.
>
>
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