the..sillahantadipad, the Sanbandhakta, the Sbdbinjee, the Abocyarthaprakai%a* and the Sarasaigrahas all these com. mentaries on the Sainkspasarraka, when commenting on the reference to Mandana by Sarva jatman in verse [74 of chapter II of the Sanskpasarraka, differentiate Mandana's advaitic pras. thana from Suresvara's prasthana in such a striking way that it would be impossible to equate Mandana with Suresvara. It would also be of great advantage to note here that Jianamrta, in his commentary on the Naiskarnyasiddha , called Vidyasurabhi, while criticising 168 Mandana's view that prasadikhyana brings about Brahman-realization and Sabda cannot and maintaining the soundness of Suresvara's view that sabda can and does bring it about, emphatically suggests 's that, though Mandana is a great Mimbisaka, his advaitasaipradaya, as emodied in Braha siddy, is not satsaipradaya (good and approved advaitic tradition), while Suresvara's advaitic tradition, based as it is on Sarikara's worksis satsapradaya. There are numerous works in Sanskrit purporting to give an account of Sarikara's life. They mix up in a hopelessly confused manner legendary and historical materials. It would be very unreasonable to base any conclusion on the statements contained in these workswithout adducing corroborative evidence from other and more reliable sources. The Government Oriental Manuscripts Library, Madras, contains over a dozen works in manuscript form, which purport to give an account of Sankara's life and some of which, like the Sakaravijaya ascribed to Vidyaranya and Sri Gठvindanatha's Saikaraaryacrita, are
available in print 80. A poem, called the Gurudaisakamya ',
190 visvaveda's commentary
MsR. . 558, Tri. cat. Govt. O+l. Mss. Lib, No 99 xdate. "मण्डनमिश्रस्य तु प्रस्थानान्तरत्वात्तदीयं वचो यथाश्रुतमेवास्तु ।
vedinanda's commentary M5R. No99Tri, Cat. Govt. Orl. Ass. Lib Madras. " अयमेव न्यायो वार्तिकादिषु नेतव्यः, परिहृत्य मण्डनवचः, तस्या- 28 न्यया प्रस्थतत्वात् ।
Anand, s.s.No83, P. 555.
Anand, s.s. No४5, p. 555
Haridas, S.S. No. 28, Ben, 1934, Chap. 2, p. 106.
M. R. No. 3354, Tr. Cat, Govt. orl. Mss. Lib., adras, p. 35०) ines 6 and 7.
D०. do. p. 35 do.
1 Sakariciryacaritre, 2 Mss. D.C. No. 42171 and D.C. No. 274; Safars. jaya vilas, MsD.C. N. 273; Sahiksépassikaravijaya, Ms D.C. No. 274 Aeiryadvadasaka, M. T. Cat. R. No. 46 (4); Acryadigvijaya, Ms, D.C. No. a38b ; 5adaravijay 4, Mss. 4 8-4-5, ०-५०-३, ७-20-8, 58-3-; Guruvijaya, Ms-%
19 5ailariciryacarita, by Govindanitha published by the Kerala Pablishin House, Trichur, Cochin state, 1926 ; Sankaravijaya attributed to Vidyalaya, Anand S:S. No. 4
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