Adwait Dipika Part 03

Author(s): S Subramanya Shastri
Publisher: Sampurnand Sanskrit Vishvavidyalaya

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(3) Here he speaks of the case of a non-resident of Kashi knowing about a thing in Kashi through second hand reports of others. Advaitadipika was, in all probability, one of his mature works. The prevailing tone of this work gives some indications of the confidence of the writer in meeting his opponents. The cases of innuendo, satire and sarcasm in the polemics with his philosophical rivals that we find in this work, throw interesting light on this, The following are some random instances : (1) There is a fine sense of satiric humour in the peroration contained in the following parikara-sloka : तस्मात्तवान्यथाख्यातिरन्यथाख्यातिरेव सा। faqatsfa fa fa safecarinat fachero II (p. 358 Vol. II) There is a fine piece of suggestion (dhvani) here that his unhealthy animosity towards Siva has brought upon this illusion on him. (2) There is a similar delightful pun in the peroration of his criticism of the Dvaitin's misinterpretation of TETAA by wrong splitting of the words : TEATCafetei aqaaf itaha 1 (p. 61, Vol. III) (3) He speaks of Acarya Ramanuja as fataarh, with an oblique hint of the concept of Kainkarya even after liberation. (pp. 58 and 61, Vol III). Whereas this satire may not transgress the limits of decency; the Commentator Narayanasrama (a direct disciple of the author) violates these limits when he descends to personal reflections in referring to the followers of Acarya Ramanuja as a Erft as off while commenting on the same passages. A similar tone of great self-confidence is reflected in these two highly poetic verses, which are prefixed to the third Pariccheda : (pp. 216, 217 of Vol II)