6 1.3 Authorship of the J vanmuktiviveka Despite all that has been written about the sage Vidy raýya,we have little reliable data on his identity.I want to consider first the clues available in his own writings.In the beginning of the JMV itself,the author outlines the plan of his book,naming the four types of renouncers,and says "Now,the practices of these (renouncers)have been described by us in the commentary on the P r arasmÁti .Here the paramaha ¸sa is described."[1.0.11 ] These words by themselves are the single best evidence we have that Vidy raýya the author of the JMV is the same as M dhava the author of the P M.We find in the introductory verses 6 7 of the P M that the author was the son of M yaýa and ¯r mat ,brother of S yaýa and Bhogan tha.He was the disciple of the ¯aÔkar c ryas Vidy t rtha and Bh rat t rtha.These verses also mentions ¯r kaýÒhan tha,who may have been his family's preceptor.He studied the black Yajurveda and the Baudh yana dharmasÂtra and belonged to the Bh radv ja-gotra.9 His date of birth is unknown;however,according to an inscription preserved at the ¯ÁÔgeri maÒha ,we may be certain he died in 1386.10
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