[INDOLOGY] Mayavada (was Lines to an Advaitin)

[David and Nancy Reigle]

Of course, the references that Prof. Paturi gave to Śaṅkarācārya's
etymological interpretations of the word māyā, drawn from his father's
commentary on the *Vivekacūḍāmaṇi*, do not come from the *Vivekacūḍāmaṇi*.
They come from Śaṅkarācārya's commentary on the *Bhagavadgītā*, chapter 15,
verse 16, and from Śaṅkarācārya's commentary on the *Māṇḍūkyopaniṣad* and
Gauḍapāda's *Kārikā*, chapter 3, verse 24. Both of these commentaries are
regarded by scholars such as Sengaku Mayeda as being by the same Śaṅkarācārya
who is the author of the *Brahmasūtrabhāṣya*.

"The Authenticity of the Bhagavadgītābhāṣya Ascribed to Śaṅkara," *Wiener
Zeitschrift für die Kunde Süd- und Ostasiens*, vol. 9, 1965, pp. 155-197.

"On the Author of the Māṇḍūkyopaniṣad- and the Gauḍapādīya-bhāṣya," *Adyar
Library Bulletin*, vols. 31-32, 1967-68, pp. 73-94.

Best regards,

David Reigle
Colorado, U.S.A.


On Thu, Apr 9, 2020 at 1:21 PM Hartmut Buescher via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> But what, dear Nagaraj Paturi, has the *Vivekacūḍāmaṇi* to do with
> Śaṅkara,
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> the author of *Brahmasūtrabhāṣya*?
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> Better hesitate, investigate and be careful with your reply.
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> Best wishes, Hartmut
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> PS: Not to speak of contemporary, trans-national scholarship, but has your
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> respected father not been acquainted with (or perhaps rejected) the
> research
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> of Śrī Saccidānandendrasarasvatī of Holenarsipur?
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> On Thu, Apr 9, 2020 at 7:00 PM Nagaraj Paturi via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
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>> >  *māyāvāda* indeed does not to belong to the many *vāda*s alluded to
>> by Śaṅkara himself, and especially
>>  to those by which he refers to his own teaching (*veda-*, *vedānta-*,
>> *brahma-*, *ātma-vāda*). As pointed out by Paul Hacker,
>> Śaṅkara has no specific theory of *māyā* (at least in the
>> *Brahmasūtrabhāṣya*), but mostly uses the term in similes (much like the
>> Buddhists).
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>> --- Not to contradict the view " Śaṅkara has no specific theory of *māyā"
>> , *but just to remember occasions where he gives meaning of the word,
>> resorting to his favourite etymological approach, picking up from my father
>> (Sitaramanjaneyulu Paturi)'s notes to his Telugu commentary on Viveka
>> Chudamani,
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>> अक्षरः - भगवन्मायाशक्तिः - क्षराख्यस्य ( वैराजस्य ) पुरुषस्य
>> उत्पत्तिबीजम् - अनेक्संसारिजन्तुकामकर्मादिसंस्काराश्रयः ( गीताभाष्य -15
>> अध्यायः )
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>> मायाभिः - इंद्रियप्रज्ञाभिः - अविद्यारूपाभिः ( भाष्य गौडपादकारिका  -
>> अद्वैतप्रकरण कारिका 2)
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>> He seems to have taken माङ् - माने as the dhaatu for माया . In words such
>> as निर्माण it has meanings related to  उत्पत्तिबीजम् ,  कर्मादि . as in
>> गीताभाष्य above.
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>> In words such as प्रमाण, it has meanings related to  प्रज्ञा ,  विद्या
>> as in गौडपादकारिकाभाष्य above.
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