[Advaita-l] About Satyakama

[Jaldhar H. Vyas]

On Sun, 26 Jun 2016, Shashwata Shastri wrote:

> Thank you for your answers. I think that is why she was named as Jabala.
> Because of her inconstant and agog nature. 
>

And Satyakama "he who desires truth" is also an allegorical name.  As 
Shankaracharya notes, the point of telling this story is to eulogize 
shraddha and tapa (which includes always speaking the truth) as angas of 
brahmopasana.

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Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>