[Advaita-l] Grammatical question about Mundaka 2.1.1 bhashyam

Praveen R. Bhat bhatpraveen at gmail.com
Thu Dec 17 23:54:06 CST 2015


Namaste Venkateshji,

Running for a class, so a short inline reply please...

On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 10:10 AM, Venkatesh Murthy <vmurthy36 at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> You yourself have given the Tikakara's words
>
>  TikAkAra Anandagiri glosses over the व्युत्पत्ति of the
> word विषय as विषीयते विशेष्यते विद्याऽनेनेति व्युत्पत्त्या विषयशब्दस्य
> वस्तुपरत्वान्नपुंसकलिङ्गत्वं ।
>

Yes.


>

In this the Anyapada in the Bahuvrihi is Vastu.


No, its is the vyutpatti of the word viShaya.


> Vastu is Napumsaka
> Linga word in Sanskrit.
>

Yes.

Therefore it is AparaVidyaa Vishayaha Yasya Vastunaha Tat Vastu
> AparaVidyaaVishayam.
>
>
No.

I cannot see what is the problem in accepting Bahuvrihi Samasa with
> Vastu as Pradhanapada?
>
>
The problem is that here viShaya = vastu, while you're making entire
compound = vastu. Even if you do insist that, viShaya will still be
pradhAna and Panian rules call that as tatpuruSha. You cannot call it
bahuvrIhi because uttarapada is pradhAna.

Kind rgds,
--Praveen R. Bhat
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