Advaita Vedanta sub-schools Advaita Vedanta
1 advaita vedanta sub-schools
1.1 padmapada - pancapadika school
1.2 vachaspati misra – bhamati school
1.3 prakasatman - vivarana school
1.4 vimuktatman - ista-siddhi
advaita vedanta sub-schools
after shankara s death, several sub-schools developed. 2 of them still exist today, bhāmatī , vivarana. 2 defunct schools pancapadika , istasiddhi, replaced prakasatman s vivarana school.
these schools worked out logical implications of various advaita doctrines. 2 of problems encountered further interpretations of concepts of māyā , avidya.
padmapada - pancapadika school
padmapada (c. 800 ce) direct disciple of shankara wrote pancapadika, commentary on sankara-bhaya. padmapada diverged shankara in description of avidya, designating prakrti avidya or ajnana.
vachaspati misra – bhamati school
vachaspati misra (800–900 ce) wrote brahmatattva-samiksa, commentary on maṇḍana miśra s brahma-siddhi, provides link between mandana misra , shankara , attempts harmonise shankara s thought of mandana misra. according advaita tradition, shankara reincarnated vachaspati misra popularise advaita system through bhamati . 2 works known of vachaspati misra, brahmatattva-samiksa on maṇḍana miśra s brahma-siddhi, , bhamati on sankara-bhasya, shankara s commentary on brahma-sutras. name of bhamati sub-school derived bhamati.
the bhamati school takes ontological approach. sees jiva source of avidya. sees meditation main factor in acquirement of liberation, while study of vedas , reflection additional factors.
prakasatman - vivarana school
prakasatman (c. 1200–1300) wrote pancapadika-vivarana, commentary on pancapadika padmapadacharya. vivarana lends name subsequent school. according roodurmum, [h]is line of thought [...] became leitmotif of subsequent developments in evolution of advaita tradition.
the vivarana school takes epistemological approach. prakasatman first propound theory of mulavidya or maya being of positive beginningless nature , , sees brahman source of avidya. critics object brahman pure consciousness, cannot source of avidya. problem contradictory qualities, namely knowledge , ignorance, attributed brahman.
vimuktatman - ista-siddhi
vimuktatman (c. 1200 ce) wrote ista-siddhi. 1 of 4 traditional siddhi, mandana s brahma-siddhi, suresvara s naiskarmya-siddhi, , madusudana s advaita-siddhi. according vimuktatman, absolute reality pure intuitive consciousness . school of thought replaced prakasatman s vivarana school.
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