Liittyneekö tuo "bhaktailu" jotenkin Shankaraan, advaita-veedaantan [veda-anta] superstaraan??
Muistaakseni Shankara mm. nimitti TooTakan [toTaka] jonkin maThan (Dsjootir'in?? [Jyotir]) pomoksi,
vaikka muut tsheelat [chela/cela] ilmeisesti panivat ankarasti hanttiin tuolle nimitykselle,
koska Tootaka ei tainnut olla penaalin terävin kynä, mutta oli kuitenkin bhaktityyppinä
parasta A-ryhmää??
Kohtalaisen hyvin muistin:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TotakacharyaOne day, Giri (tuleva toTakaacaarya) was busy plucking flowers for pooja, when Ādi Śaṅkara sat down to begin a lesson on Advaita Vedānta. He however did not start the lesson saying he was waiting for Giri to come back from his chores and singing lessons. At this, Padmapada pointed to a wall and said that it would be the same if Ādi Śaṅkara taught to this dumb object as he taught to Giri. Now, Ādi Śaṅkara wanted to reward Giri for his loyalty and devotion. Thus he mentally granted Giri the complete knowledge of all the śāstras (sciences). The enlightened Giri composed extempore the Toṭākāṣṭakam, a Sanskrit poem in the toṭaka metre, in praise of the Guru Ādi Śaṅkara. Thus the humble disciple Giri became Toṭākācārya.
https://youtu.be/FliycbYpYg0Voe rähmä! Oliko Shankara oman aikansa sateenkaarilippujengii?
https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_shiva/totaka8.htmlJagadguru Adi ShankarAchArya is
a unique historical figure of India in
that he combined within himself the characteristics of a poet, logician,
an ardent devotee and a mystic and at the same time was the leading exponent
of the system of philosophy called advaita.
