[Advaita-l] Mandukyopanishad for Sanyasis

[Sunil Bhattacharjya]

What does the Acharya say about the paroksha meaning (ie. the inner sense) of this Vrata?

Regards,

Sunil KB

--- On Tue, 5/31/11, Venkata sriram P <venkatasriramp at yahoo.in> wrote:

From: Venkata sriram P <venkatasriramp at yahoo.in>
Subject: [Advaita-l] Mandukyopanishad for Sanyasis
To: advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org
Date: Tuesday, May 31, 2011, 9:49 PM

Dear Mahadevanji,
 
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If it is MundakOpanishad, in a way, this is may be according to one sampradaya.  I believe this Atharva Veda Upanishad got this name, because,  the seeking disciple who wishes to learn this truth,  needed to remain Vrath by remaining shaving his head (Mundaka:)  and on completion of the Vrata,  hee needs to approach the teacher with a Mud Pot containing coal ambers in his Head and prostrate to the Guru, expressing his desire to learn this ultimate truth.

May be he wanted to observe a bit of this sampradaya
 
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This is the "sirOvrata" of Atharva Veda.  I think, this vrata in its literal sense has been
refuted by Acharya Sankara in his Brahma Sutra Bhashya (somewhere in 3rd Section).
 
regs,
sriram
 
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