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As mentioned before, the colophons of Patanjala-yogasutra-bhashya-vivarana indicate the author as Sankarabhagavatpada (Samkarabhagavatpada). Scholars ascribe the authorship of Patanjala-yogasutra-bhashya-vivarana to Adisankara merely on the basis of these colophons. The great Advaitin Sankaracarya is wellknown in various names viz., Sankara, Adisankara, Sankarabhagavatpada, Sankarapujyapada, Acaryasankara, etc. It is a general tendency of people to add a term of respect to the names of great personalities. Therefore, 'bhagavatpada, pujyapada, acarya, etc.' are to be considered as adjectives and all these names are attributed to Samkaracarya even though they are the names of other persons named Sankara. 130

There are a number of Sankaras in the history of Sanskrit literature and most of them are not mentioned in this study, as it is irrelevant. The most important personality known by the name Sankara is Adisankara, the chief exponent of Advaita Vedanta. The main acaryas of the four mathas established by Adisankara are also called as 'Sankaracaryas.' Occasionally, the works written by these acaryas are recognised as genuine works of Adisamkara. Samkaranarayana of the 9th century A.D., the author of Laghubhaskariyavyakhya (Samkaranarayaniya) is the earliest famous scholar known by the name Sankara other than Adisankara. Sankararya, the author of Sarvapratyayamala and Sarvasiddhantasangraha and Sankarakavi, the author of Srikrsnavijaya, of the 15th century A.D. are usually known as Sankaras. Another famous Sankara is the Sankararya of the 16th century A.D., the author of Rupavataravyakhya (Nivi). To narrow down the study, the search is confined to a number of scholars known exactly as Sankarabhagavatpada. Among these, the foremost one is Payyurbhagavatpada, the author of a commentary on Sabarabhasya called Bhasyapradipa. Another one is the guru of the famous Rsiputra Paramesvara or Paramesvara I. In the introduction to the edition of Mandana's 131

Sphotasiddhi, S.K. Ramanatha Sastri mentions that a number of verses from Patanjala-yogasutra-bhashya-vivarana are found in the Gopalika commentary of Paramesvara. 142 According to the arguments of Ramakrishna Kavi and S.K. Ramanatha Sastri赂¹43 one can accept Vivaranakara as a contemporary of Paramesvara of Payyur family. In the commentary called Svaditamkarani on the text Nyayakanika, Paramesvara himself refers to as a disciple of Srimacchamkarapujyapada. Sumanoramani also has a similar 144 mention. Ulloor Parameswara Iyer and Kunjunni Raja state that the reference to Sankara as 'pujyapada' is used as a salutation to a 145 sannyasin. Several references in Patanjala-yogasutra-bhashya-vivarana strengthen this view." 146 147 Ulloor opines that this Sankara possibly is the author of Sankarasmrti or Laghudharmaprakasika. In another context, Ulloor mentions this author as a scholar named 'Payyur Bhattatiri' who's date is assigned to the 14th century A.D." 148 Ulloor further recognises this Sankara as a disciple of one Govinda Bhagavatpada. 149 The family of Payyur Bhattas has special significance in the history of Sanskrit literature in Kerala. The 132

family has produced a number of scholars as well as poets. Some of them were scholars on the philosophy of Purvamimamsa. The great scholars of Payyur family flourished between the 14th and the 150 15th centuries A.D. Their native place was Velangad or Vedaranya near Porkkalm, about sixteen miles to the northwest of Trichur. The chief deity of the Vedaranya temple is Goddess Gopalika, who is the daughter of Vasudeva and the sister of Lord Krsna.