[Advaita-l] Fwd: "time" as defined in Vedanta pariBAsha.

V Subrahmanian v.subrahmanian at gmail.com
Mon Dec 26 05:33:56 CST 2016


A correction in the Panchadashi verse below:

On Dec 26, 2016 4:44 PM, "V Subrahmanian" <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 2:46 PM, Venkatraghavan S via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
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>> Namaste Chandramouliji,
>> Sure, as long as there is agreement on siddhAnta, one can choose any
shruti
>> approved prakriya.
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>> We can keep arguing which prakriya is better till the cows come home.
>> यया यया भवेत् पुंसां व्युत्पत्तिः प्रत्यगात्मनि।
>> सा सैव प्रक्रिया साध्वी विपरीता ततोऽन्यथा ॥
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> There is a reading that I have heard: For the second half above, it is:
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> सा सैव प्रक्रियेह स्यात् साध्वी सा चानवस्थिता ।
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> In the Panchadashi, Vidyaranya paraphrases that verse of Sureshvaracharya
thus:
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> यया यया भवेत् पुंसां व्युत्पत्तिः प्रत्यगा- त्मनि ।
> सा  सैव प्रक्रियेह स्यात्  साध्वीत्या- चार्यभाषितम् ॥ ७३॥
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> There is simply no limit to the prakriya-s. Thus, what is found in the
śruti and the bhāṣya is not exhaustive; it is upalakṣaṇa.  A present day
Acharya can always devise a prakriya to suit his pupils of a particular
time and clime.
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> regards
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