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carya mentions Sankara as the founder of a Tantra School. All
these incline us to subscribe to the traditional view.
But it does not seem safe to conclude that the work has been
rightly accredited depending on the words of writers who lived
in days far removed from those of Sankara is generally assigned
to the 8th century A.D., the writers who ascribe the work to him
belong to the 16th and 17th centuries. No reference to this work
has been met with either in the genuine works of Sankara or in
the works of early writers. The list of teachers and disciples in
the Srividyārnava Tantra hardly helps us in the matter. It seems
to differ from the lists preserved in the several mutts of the
Sankara School. It is not possible to say which of these lists is
genuine and which spurious. It seems rather doubtful that the
Vedantic teacher, Sankara, an ardent advocate of Absolute
Idealism should have written this Tantra work. It is common
knowledge that in the history of all religious works are attributed
OLA
to great names to gain for them an authenticity; and doubtless
there are some works, which are not really written by Sankara,
but go under his great name. Saundaryalahari may be one of
such works.
i Tood
Joons
Moral
the is ons ad vsureme
se od s hod
H. R. RANGASWAMI IYENGAR
Supdt. O.R. I. Mysore
JOIA
mingo nerbly in 2
y lo oufey set
noiislawn aboursi ghetos
11
how dnes zobaqua luto n
the vd Lémosles ad Hiv noin posi
CC-0. Jangamwadi Math Collection. Digitized by eGangotri
xiii
carya mentions Sankara as the founder of a Tantra School. All
these incline us to subscribe to the traditional view.
But it does not seem safe to conclude that the work has been
rightly accredited depending on the words of writers who lived
in days far removed from those of Sankara is generally assigned
to the 8th century A.D., the writers who ascribe the work to him
belong to the 16th and 17th centuries. No reference to this work
has been met with either in the genuine works of Sankara or in
the works of early writers. The list of teachers and disciples in
the Srividyārnava Tantra hardly helps us in the matter. It seems
to differ from the lists preserved in the several mutts of the
Sankara School. It is not possible to say which of these lists is
genuine and which spurious. It seems rather doubtful that the
Vedantic teacher, Sankara, an ardent advocate of Absolute
Idealism should have written this Tantra work. It is common
knowledge that in the history of all religious works are attributed
OLA
to great names to gain for them an authenticity; and doubtless
there are some works, which are not really written by Sankara,
but go under his great name. Saundaryalahari may be one of
such works.
i Tood
Joons
Moral
the is ons ad vsureme
se od s hod
H. R. RANGASWAMI IYENGAR
Supdt. O.R. I. Mysore
JOIA
mingo nerbly in 2
y lo oufey set
noiislawn aboursi ghetos
11
how dnes zobaqua luto n
the vd Lémosles ad Hiv noin posi
CC-0. Jangamwadi Math Collection. Digitized by eGangotri