[Advaita-l] Who is 'Lohitaksha' in the VSN according to Shankara?

[Dr. Yadu Moharir]

 Namaste Subbu-ji,
Can you share your thoughts why would someone would desire for a  'LohitaakSha' progeny ?
Was there a specific backdrop in  Brihadaranyaka Upanishat for the statement ?
Thx
Dr Yadu

    On Monday, October 15, 2018, 11:36:41 AM PDT, V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:  
 
 The name 'LohitaakSha' is there in the Shiva Sahasra Nama of Mahabharata too:

https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_shiva/shivasahasMaha.html?lang=sa

लोहिताक्षो महाक्षश्च विजयाक्षो विशारदः ।

The name 'Lohitaksha' is also found as an adjectival one, as for example,
in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishat 5.4.16:

अथ य इच्छेत्पुत्रो मे श्यामो लोहिताक्षो जायेत त्रीन्वेदाननुब्रुवीत
सर्वमायुरियादित्युदौदनं पाचयित्वा सर्पिष्मन्तमश्नीयातामीश्वरौ जनयितवै
॥ १६ ॥

[If a man wishes that a son with a dark complexion and red eyes
should be born to him, ...]


Om Tat Sat








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