interpretations of praNava

[Guest guest]

Friends,

I really enjoyed reading the articles by Dr. VN Vedantadesikan. Thanks

to Sri Sadagopan for posting these.

 

He writes about "adhering to canons of linguistics, etymology, and

diction" while interpreting the pranava. He also describes the

standard interpretation in our tradition -- A for Brahman and M

for the jiva.

 

I wonder what is systematic about this interpretation. In fact why

should there be a systematic way of interpreting a short word

like the praNava. Could someone shed some light on this?

 

I understand that the standard interpretation is very useful for

the purpose of contemplation. I only wonder why the interpretation

is systematic.

 

-Kasturi