LalithA SahasranAma [355] samhrtAsesapAsandA

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samhrtAsesapAsandA : Destroyer of all heretics.

 

The Linga Pr. describes the nature of the heretics thus : "Observers

of vows not enjoined in the Vedas and those who are excluded from the

ceremonies enjoined by the Sruti and Smrtis are called heretics, they

are not to be spoken with by the twice-born. The Brahma-vaivarta Pr.

also:"[1] PurAnas, [2] NyAya, [3] MimAmsA, [4] Dharma-sastras, [5 to

10] the angas [ie the supplements, SiksA to Jyotisa], [11 to 14] the

vedas [four] which are the source of knowledge, these fourteen are the

seat of righteousness [dharmasthAna]." Taking these [fourteen] "These

are the true, what is beyong these imagined by men is called heresy

[pAsandA]; this is created by the great confusion for the bewilderment

of the daityas."

 

If the reading is pAkhanda, it gives the same meaning. The explanation

of the word is, "pA means the meaning of the Vedas and khanda, cutting

off."

 

 

BhAskararAya's Commentary

Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry

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"SamhrtAsesa-pAsandA [means] 'destroyer of all non-believers.' [This

does not indicate physical destruction of the disbeliever, but

rather the dispelling of doubts and disbeliefs that impede spiritual

progress.] Here it means She destroys disbelief in such sacred books

as the VedAs and PurAnAs. Anyone who has no faith in the VedAs will,

upon becoming Her devotee, become an ardent believer in sacred books

such as the VadAs, etc."

 

- Dr. C. Suryanarayana Murthy, Commentary, 1962

 

 

, "NMadasamy" <nmadasamy@s...>

wrote:

>

> samhrtAsesapAsandA : Destroyer of all heretics.

>

> The Linga Pr. describes the nature of the heretics

thus : "Observers

> of vows not enjoined in the Vedas and those who are excluded from

the

> ceremonies enjoined by the Sruti and Smrtis are called heretics,

they

> are not to be spoken with by the twice-born. The Brahma-vaivarta

Pr.

> also:"[1] PurAnas, [2] NyAya, [3] MimAmsA, [4] Dharma-sastras, [5

to

> 10] the angas [ie the supplements, SiksA to Jyotisa], [11 to 14]

the

> vedas [four] which are the source of knowledge, these fourteen are

the

> seat of righteousness [dharmasthAna]." Taking these

[fourteen] "These

> are the true, what is beyong these imagined by men is called

heresy

> [pAsandA]; this is created by the great confusion for the

bewilderment

> of the daityas."

>

> If the reading is pAkhanda, it gives the same meaning. The

explanation

> of the word is, "pA means the meaning of the Vedas and khanda,

cutting

> off."

>

>

> BhAskararAya's Commentary

> Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry