[Advaita-l] ANOTHER QUESTION ON RV AND VEDANTA ROOTS...

[V Subrahmanian]

On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 11:16 PM, V Subrahmanian
<v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>wrote:



> The ‘glories’ of mAyA are depicted in a four-fold manner :
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> http://atma.sulekha.com/blog/post/2009/11/four-glories-of-maya-a-study-of-a-rg-vedic-mantra.htm
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> Regards,
> subrahmanian.V


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could be used:

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Om Tat Sat


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> On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 8:35 PM, Anand Hudli <anandhudli at hotmail.com>wrote:
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>> >So, I would like to hear your opinions about whether the vedAnta roots
>> are able to be found in the RV or not, and in what measure we could be
>> certain of that?
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>> A central concept in Advaita Vedanta is that of Maya, so much so that
>> Advaita Vedanta has been called Mayavada by many. Only by understanding
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>> concept of Maya is it possible to have a good grasp of Advaita philosophy.
>> The word Maya in its simple or compound forms has been used in some 75
>> hymns
>> of the Rg Veda. It is useful to make a study of these forms, using
>> Sayana's
>> commentary as a guide. After the study of these Rg Vedic hymns, it is
>> possible to interpret Maya as a mysterious power or deception. Two other
>> hymns are to be studied, with Sayana's commentary, by those interested in
>> finding Vedantic ideas in the Rg Veda. These are the Purusha Sukta (X.90)
>> and the Nasadiya Sukta (X.129). I have briefly discussed the Nasadiya
>> sukta
>> earlier on this list:
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>> http://www.advaita-vedanta.org/archives/advaita-l/2010-March/024123.html
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>> Anand
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