Two commentaries on the thousand names: Shankara and Parasara Bhattar

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The same name 'Shiva' in the same hymn is read as Brahman by Shankara and as an attribute by Parasara Bhattar.

Adi Shankara's commentary argues Vishnu is Brahman and reads names such as Shiva as referring to Vishnu, citing the Kaivalya Upanishad on Shiva and Vishnu not being different. Parasara Bhattar, a 12th-century Ramanuja follower, wrote Bhagavath Guna Darpanam from a Vishishtadvaita view, taking Shiva as a quality (auspiciousness) of Vishnu.

Who: Adi Shankara, Parasara Bhattar

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Bhishma on the bed of arrows gives the thousand names trivia-about

The phala-shruti and the claim that one Rama name equals the thousand same-story-other-version

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