[Advaita-l] Gayatri mantra

[D.V.N.Sarma డి.వి.ఎన్.శర్మ]

The vyAkaraNAs in vedic times were called प्रातिशाख्या's.

regards,
Sarma.


On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 10:09 PM, Sunil Bhattacharjya <
sunil_bhattacharjya at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Thank you Siva Senaniji. Yes Vyakarana is one of the six Vedangas. Do you
> think that during the Vedic times there might have been one or more original
> Vyakaranas, which were not extant during the later times of Panini and that
> prompted him to fill up the gap? There is no doubt that Panini did that job
> brilliantly.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Sunil K. Bhattacharjya
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Siva Senani Nori <sivasenani at yahoo.com>
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> Sri Sunil Bhattacharya wrote:
>
> But the million dollar question is did Panini make any retrospective
> corrections in the Vedic texts to fall in line with his Vyakarana. In my
> opinion the Vedic Sanskrit was beyond the scope of panini, though Panini
> derived help from that it formulating his grammar. Now my worry is whether
> we should or should not apply Panini's grammar very strictly for
> interpreting the Gayatri mantra. I shall be grateful if the learned and
> experienced  Sanskrit scholars in the forum throw light on this aspect.
>
> ------- My reply ------------
>
> Panini's vyakarana is a vedanga. It is an anga because it helps to protect
> and understand Veda better and to apply that knowledge. For those who seek a
> pramaana for the above statement, please see the PaspaSaahnikam in the
> Vyaakaranamahaabhaashya written by Patanjali. It starts with the sentence
> "atha SabdaanuSaasanam", followed by the question (after discussing 'atha'):
> keshaam Sabdaanaam? The answer is given: "laukikanaam vaidikanaam ca".
>
> Panini cannot make any changes in Vedas retrospectively, and he did not.
> What is the pramaana? One's teacher and the Vedas themselves. Vedas abound
> in non-Paninian usages. They are expalined by the praatiSaakhyas. Both
> grammar and praatiSaakhyas apply to Vedas, which explains why we meet with
> some un-Paninian usages in Vedas.
>
> To know the meaning of a word, we need Niruktam in addition to vyaakaranam.
> Gayatri mantra has been interpreted by many great people using those two and
> we do not need to do it afresh.
>
> Regards
> N. Siva Senani
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