Examining the idea Svarūpa-Tāratamya
śrīgurubhyo namaḥ śrīrādhākṛṣṇābhyāṁ namaḥ vande ’haṁ śrīguroḥ śrīyutapadakamalaṁ śrīgurūn vaiṣṇavāṁś ca śrīrūpaṁ sāgrajātaṁ sahagaṇaraghunāthānvitaṁ taṁ sajīvam sādvaitaṁ sāvadhūtaṁ parijanasahitaṁ kṛṣṇacaitanyadevaṁ śrīrādhākṛṣṇapādān sahagaṇalalitāśrīviśākhānvitāṁś ca sarvasiddhiprado devaḥ gaṇeśa bhagavannamaḥ yathā kṛṣṇo labhet siddhiṃ tathā lokatraye kuru Following is an excerpt from a larger document under progress— We begin by reconsidering the independent āptatva of Śrīpāda Madhvācārya. It is well established by contemporary and 20th century Mādhvite Ācāryas that the names of texts Madhvācārya had quoted are not forged, we do not contest that. However the content he has ascribed to the texts have not been verified yet, For a number of these quotations, no earlier or independent parallel witness has yet been identified. In this case we come to a serious dilemma of how to validate these very quotations found in Madhvācārya’s work assigned under various śrutis. Unless there is an...