Is Śivādvaita Vedānta a Saiddhāntika School?Pariṇāmavādain theBrahmamīmāṃsābhāṣya:

Abstract

This article examines the intellectual relationship between Śivādvaita Vedānta and South Indian Śaiva Siddhānta during the fifteenth to eighteenth centuries. Attention is given to the theory of transformation (pariṇāmavāda) set forth in Śrīkaṇṭha’s Brahmamīmāṃsābhāṣya, especially in light of Appaya Dīkṣita’s commentarial work. The discussion begins with the analysis of grammatical and hermeneutical arguments common to both schools and concerning the question of Śiva’s (or Brahman’s) causation of the world. It is then shown how Appaya’s interpretation of Śrīkaṇṭha’s pariṇāmavāda as vivartavāda establishes Śivādvaita Vedānta as an independent school, distinct from the mainstream Śaiva Siddhānta of this period. The article concludes with a brief discussion of the status of āgamas in Śivādvaita Vedānta so as to shed light on the motivations behind Appaya’s Śivādvaita project.

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