On Mar 26, 2010, at 2:53 AM, cardemaister wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradh...@...> wrote:
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> On Mar 25, 2010, at 6:44 PM, cardemaister wrote:
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> > OMG! Vaj, puhleeze, read e.g. the Wikipedia
> > article on Shiva-suutras... :/
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> Your point?
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You said:
"I found your Brahmanic interpretation of the Shaiva Maheshsvara-sutra
interesting, but I find Sw. Karpatri's history more reasonable."
Speaking about "Brahmanic interpretation" of IMO purely technical
(PaaNinian) Shivasuutras seems rather nonsensical...
Wiki:
Within the tradition they are known as the
akṣarasamāmnāya, "recitation of phonemes," but they
are popularly known as the Shiva Sutras because they are said to
have been revealed to Pāṇini by Shiva (also known as
Maheshvara).
What's nonsensical is claiming the sequence is revealed by Shiva, but
it was Panini who heard it, so therefore it's "Vedic". Obviously if
it came from Shiva, it's Shaivite. Rather typical of the post hoc
glosses of the early Sanskrit translation which attempts to tie
earlier traditions to later ones... Shavite traditions tells us
differently. Unfortunately there's a huge Brahmanic and Vaishnavite/
Vedic bias on Hindu/Sanskrit Wikipedia articles. But this is to be
expected, there are many in India who are not even aware that the
bulk of Hinduism derives from earlier, pre-vedic traditions.
Fortunately, Swami Karpatri, the candidate for Shank. before SBS (and
the primary student of SBS) sets the record straight for us.
In any event, look at the first four sound-units and you'll see the
actual point, and the original pronunciation of "OM".
