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Shankara-Ashankara Bhashya Vimarshah of Bellamkonda Ramaraya Kavi
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This text is an analysis of Shankara's Commentary and commentaries of other acharyas like Ramanuja, particularly of Brahmasutra. The analysis is done to show why one should accept Shankara's Commentary and reject other commentaries. This text is for those who have already undergone the study of Shankara's Bhashyas on Upanishad, Bhagavad Gita and Brahmasutra.
Sri Bellamkonda Ramaraya Kavi was a renowned Sanskrit poet, scholar, yogi, and a staunch advaitin. Born in 1875 at Pamidi Padu, Narasaraopet Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, he lived only for 39 years before passing away in 1914. During the short time he lived, he composed as many as 149 Classic Works in Sanskrit of which unfortunately only 45 have survived.
Ramaraya Kavi was a strong proponent of Advaita Siddhanta as enunciated by Adi Shankaracharya. His interpretations and dialectics of logical disputation of Advaita earned him the name Apara Adi Shankara meaning an incarnation of Adi Shankaracharya. He was also a Yogi from a young age and is supposed to have been initated into Yoga by Bhagavan Hayagreeva himself.
He wrote a number on works on Vedanta which include both those that explain and elaborate upon the core concepts of Advaita Siddhanta and those that refute other philosophies, most notably the refutation of works of Vishishtadvaita authors such as Sri Ramanujacharya and Sri Vedanta Desika. His most notable works include: Sankaraasankara Bhasya Vimarsaha, Vedanta Sangraha, Bhashyarka Prakasha, Advaitanyamatakhandanam, Advaitavijayah, Advaitamrtam, among others.