Did Shankaracharya write a commentary on Svetasvetara Upanishad?

[Krishna Kashyap]

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Yes, Adi Shankaracharya, a prominent Indian philosopher and theologian, is known to have written a commentary on the Svetasvatara Upanishad. This commentary is considered one of his important works and is highly respected in the Vedanta tradition.

However, If I look into Advaita Sharada.net, I cannot find Svetasvetara Shankara bhashya.

in archive this is given:

Please confirm that the available bhashya on svetasvetara is actually from Shankaracharya. we can find this bhashya when we search 

Best Regards,

Krishna Kashyap

[Yogananda CS]

Namaskara,

Here is a related paper: 

https://www.academia.edu/38043281/%C5%9Aa%E1%B9%85kara_and_the_authorship_of_the_%C5%9Avet%C4%81%C5%9Bvatara_Upani%E1%B9%A3ad_Bh%C4%81%E1%B9%A3ya?source=swp_share

regards. . . . . .yoga

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[V Subrahmanian]

There is only a general belief that it is by Shankaracharya. But it is not taught/studied in the sampradaya. The Advaita Ashrama (Ramakrishna Mission) has an English translation, by Swami Gambhirananda who has translated the other Bhashyas of Shankaracharya, based on this Shwetashwatara bhashya.  

regards

subrahmanian.v

On Wed, Jun 5, 2024 at 1:49 PM Krishna Kashyap <kkashy...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Krishna Kashyap]

Thanks Yogananda Ji,. I also searched and got this paper.

Best Regards,

Krishna Kashyap

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[Krishna Kashyap]

This paper is not very conclusive. it analyses the terms: maya, avidya and other words and tries to evaluate if Shankaracharya has used these with the same meaning as in the other upanishad bhashyas. further it tries to determine the time of svetasvetara upanishad itself. However, it does not seem to give us a firm conviction that "positively it is a work of Shankaracharya".

 

Most people do not question his authorship of brihadaranyaka bhashya and so on. That is not the case with Brihadaranyaka Bhashya. 

Best Regards,

Krishna Kashyap