Badaraiana

Bādarāyaṇa ( India , 1st century BC ) ^[1] was an Indian theologian and writer , author of the Vedanta-sutra . ^[2] [3]

Summary

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• 1 Dating
• 2 Sanskrit name and etymology
• 3 Badaraiana is not Viasa or Krishna Dwaipaiana
• 4 See also
• 5 Sources

Dating

Badaraiana has been dated in various ways. ^[4]

The name Bādarāyaṇa is mentioned for the first time in the Mimamsa-sutra ^[4] written by the religious writer and theologian Yamini (2nd century BC) ―in particular in text I, 5―, which expressly refers to one of the rishis ―Ancient wise creators of the Rig-veda (the oldest text in India, from the middle of the second millennium BC ) -. ^[5]

Throughout time it was dated between the 3rd and 2nd century BC . n. and. and the 1st century n. and. ). ^[4] The current academic consensus dates it to the middle of the 1st century BC. n. and. ^[1]

Sanskrit name and etymology

1. bādarāyaṇa, in the AITS system (international alphabet for the transliteration of Sanskrit ). ^[6]
2. बादरायण, in Devanagari scriptof Sanskrit. ^[6]
3. Pronunciation:
   1. [baadára aiána] in Sanskrit ^[6]or
   2. [badaraián] in various modern Indian languages ​​(such as Hindi, Marathi, or Pali ).
   3. [badoraión] in Bengali).
4. Etymology: patronymic from a certain Badara, unknown; ^[6]
   The word baadara has several meanings: ^[6]
   1. baadara, belonging to or derived from the jujube tree or jojoba tree ; according to the texts of the Ayurvedic herbalist doctor Susruta .
   2. badara, jujube tree .
   3. badara, made of cotton. ^[7]
   4. badara, gross or rude (as opposed to sūkṣma , ‘subtle’); according to a Hindu writer named Śīlāṅka.
   5. badara, cotton bush. ^[7]
   6. badara, name of an ethnic group, according to the geographer and astronomer Varaja Mijira .
   7. badara, the berry of the Abrus Precatorius plant or the plant itself. ^[7]
   8. badara, silk . ^[7]
   9. badara, water. ^[7]
   10. badara, a shell or conch that turns upside down (from left to right). ^[7] [6]

Badaraiana is not Viasa nor Krishna Dwaipaiana

Today, Hindus mistakenly identify Badaraiana with the theologian Viasa (early 1st millennium BC), who is famous for having written the Sama-veda and the Iáyur-veda . He did not actually create those texts but reordered the text of the Rig-veda (the oldest text in India, from the middle of the second millennium BC, composed of ten religious poets, who sign each hymn), and with that text The oldest created the other two Vedas (the Sanskrit name viasa just means ‘bifurcate’): ^[8] the Sama-veda owns 70% of the text of the Rig-veda and the Yáyur-vedaowns 50% of the text of the Rig-veda .

They also believe that Badaraiana is the theologian Krishna Dwaipaiana , the author of the epic text Majabhárata (composed in the 3rd century BC), who in the text itself claims to be the original Viasa.