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commentary on the Brahmasutra", in other words to Śankara.
. bhagavān
śrīmacchārīrakamīmāṁsābhāṣyakāraḥ,
tadvigrahaprakāśanāya bhagavataḥ puruṣottamasya pādādikeśānta-
vigrahavarṇanarūpam strotram ārabhamāṇaḥ.....
6
. ittham prārabdham prabandham bhagavatprasādād a-
vighnena parisamāpya, idānīm paramadayāmṛtarasasarasvantaḥ
śrīmanto bhagavantaḥ śārīrakamīmāmsābhāṣyakārāḥ śankarabhaga-
vatpādāḥ
7
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Pūrṇasarasvatī again clearly repeats this attribution when he discusses
in his commentary the motivation for the composition of this stotra, even
though the Puraṇas already provide plentiful descriptions of Vișnu.8
The Madhaviyaśankaravijaya, a hagiographical work about Sankara writ-
ten in the 14th century A.D., refers to a work written by Sankara in which
Visņu is described, and this may perhaps be an allusion to the Viṣṇupādādi-
keśāstotra.
akāri.⁹
Bhaktimandakinī
mumūrşusvajananīpreraṇayā śankarācāryair viṣṇurūpavarṇanam
Thus, even though Pūrṇasarasvatī, the commentator, as well as Madhava,
the author of Madhavīyaśankaravijaya, claim that the Viṣṇupādādikeśastotra
was the composition of Śankara, we cannot, in our present state of knowl-
edge, establish this attribution beyond doubt.
1.4 Pūrṇasarasvatī, author of the Bhaktimandākinī
1.4.1 The life and works of Pūrṇasarasvatī
Most scholars are persuaded that Purnasarasvatī hailed from Kerala and
this is emphasised by the fact that we find extensive descriptions of Kerala
in one of his works, the Kamalinīrājahamsa. 10 But a few feel that he might
be a Vaisnava Brahmin of Kāñcīpuram, since the heroine in one of his works,
the Hamsasandeśa, is described as a native of Kāñcīpuram.¹1
6 Bhaktimandakinī 0:45-47.
7Bhaktimandakinī 51:55-56.
8 Bhaktimandakinī 0:35-39; 1:28.
Madhaviyasankaravijaya 14:00.
Kamalinirajahamsa, 1.5.
10
11 Cf. Hamsasandeśa p. iii.
commentary on the Brahmasutra", in other words to Śankara.
. bhagavān
śrīmacchārīrakamīmāṁsābhāṣyakāraḥ,
tadvigrahaprakāśanāya bhagavataḥ puruṣottamasya pādādikeśānta-
vigrahavarṇanarūpam strotram ārabhamāṇaḥ.....
6
. ittham prārabdham prabandham bhagavatprasādād a-
vighnena parisamāpya, idānīm paramadayāmṛtarasasarasvantaḥ
śrīmanto bhagavantaḥ śārīrakamīmāmsābhāṣyakārāḥ śankarabhaga-
vatpādāḥ
7
****
Pūrṇasarasvatī again clearly repeats this attribution when he discusses
in his commentary the motivation for the composition of this stotra, even
though the Puraṇas already provide plentiful descriptions of Vișnu.8
The Madhaviyaśankaravijaya, a hagiographical work about Sankara writ-
ten in the 14th century A.D., refers to a work written by Sankara in which
Visņu is described, and this may perhaps be an allusion to the Viṣṇupādādi-
keśāstotra.
akāri.⁹
Bhaktimandakinī
mumūrşusvajananīpreraṇayā śankarācāryair viṣṇurūpavarṇanam
Thus, even though Pūrṇasarasvatī, the commentator, as well as Madhava,
the author of Madhavīyaśankaravijaya, claim that the Viṣṇupādādikeśastotra
was the composition of Śankara, we cannot, in our present state of knowl-
edge, establish this attribution beyond doubt.
1.4 Pūrṇasarasvatī, author of the Bhaktimandākinī
1.4.1 The life and works of Pūrṇasarasvatī
Most scholars are persuaded that Purnasarasvatī hailed from Kerala and
this is emphasised by the fact that we find extensive descriptions of Kerala
in one of his works, the Kamalinīrājahamsa. 10 But a few feel that he might
be a Vaisnava Brahmin of Kāñcīpuram, since the heroine in one of his works,
the Hamsasandeśa, is described as a native of Kāñcīpuram.¹1
6 Bhaktimandakinī 0:45-47.
7Bhaktimandakinī 51:55-56.
8 Bhaktimandakinī 0:35-39; 1:28.
Madhaviyasankaravijaya 14:00.
Kamalinirajahamsa, 1.5.
10
11 Cf. Hamsasandeśa p. iii.