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Bhamati is a subschool of Advaita Vedanta. It's name is derived from Vachaspati Misra's commentary on Adi Shankara's Brahmasutra Bhashya.[1][2]

Origins of the name "Bhamati"

According to Mithila folklore, Bh!mat" was the wife of Vachaspati Mishra. While Vachaspati Mishra was writing his commentary, his wife Bh!mat" served him without any expectations for years. He was so busy that he had forgotten that he had a wife. After completing his work when he finished writing, he asked Bhamti, "Who are you?" She replied, "I am your wife". Vachaspati Mishra was shocked by his own neglect of his wife, that he named his commentary after her.[2]

References
1. ^ THE BHAMATI AND VIVARANA SCHOOLS (http://www.advaita-vedanta.org/avhp/bhavir.html) 2. ^ a b Rajesh Anand, Vachaspati Mishra (http://www.bijhar.org.sg/index.php? option=com_content&view=article&id=78:vachaspati-mishra&catid=46:literary-personalities&Itemid=75)

External links
Brahmasutra Bhashya, with Bhamati of Vachaspati Misra, Kalpataru of Amalananda and Parimala of Appaya Dikshita (http://archive.org/details/The.Brahmasutra.Sankara.Bhasya.with.Bhamati.Kalpataru.and.Parimala) Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bh!mat"&oldid=511836965" Categories: Mithila Books on Mithila Region Indian philosophy This page was last modified on 11 September 2012 at 12:02. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. See Terms of use for details. Wikipedia is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.

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