pUrNamadah pUrNamidam... rVedantins! be fearless!!!

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"The nature of name and form needs a discussion of the nature of word

and meaning."

 

Well said! Kalidasa like statement !! Words of the wise !!!

 

Take the word "abhi" for instance .

 

The word 'abhi' is one of the interesting terms in Sanskrit language.

(It is pronounced as it written: 'a' is the short (hrisva) vowel,

as 'a' in 'adjective'; 'bh' is the soft aspirate (mahA-prANa) of the

labial (oShTya) of the consonant in the 'pa-varga', pronounced

as 'bh' in 'abhor'; 'i' is the short vowel as 'i' in 'if'.)

 

We are discussing two other words also:

(i) 'abhI', wherein the last letter is a long vowel (dIrgha)

pronounced as 'ee' in 'feel'; and,

(ii) 'abhIh', which ends with the pure voiceless aspirate

(visarga) 'h',

pronounced as the English letter 'h' itself.

 

(snip)

 

 

A. 'abhI' & 'abhIh"; "Be Fearless" - Swami Vivekananda:

 

1 The Sanskrit word is "abhIh, pronounced as "abhIihi" because the

word ends with a visarga ("aha") and the previous vowel is "I". If

you write "namah", you generally pronounce it as "namaha", isn't it?

 

2 The root of the word is "bhI", for 'fear'. The 'upasarga'

prefix 'a' negates the original meaning of the root and turning it

180 degrees to make it "fearlessness".(

 

The root 'bhI' belongs to the 3rd Gana and is Parasmai-padi verb

format.

(bibheti, bibhitah, bibhyati... etc.) and is of course akarmaka.

 

There is a noun in feminine gender 'bhI, ' meaning 'fear' in Sanskrit.

"dara trAsau bhItir bhIh sAdhvasam bhayam" - iti amarah. (amarakosha,

1.8.229).

O what a language, Sanskrit is! 'bhI' meaning 'fear' is in feminine

gender!

 

3 Swami Vivekananda likes this word 'abhIih' very much." 'Be

fearless'

declare our Upanishads again and again...", he tells us.

 

In the book 'Selections from the Complete Works of Swami

Vivekananda', this word 'Abhi' tops the list in the Index.

 

He exhorts:

"... Strength, O Man, say the Upanishads, stand up and be strong.

Ay, it is the only literature in the world where you find the word

'abhIh' , ' fearless' used again and again. In no other scripture in

the world is either applied to God or man. Abhih, fearless..."

 

(Article 'Vedanta and Indian Life',

page 222; 'Complete Works" 3.237)

 

In his 'Address at Calcutta & Reply', he states:

"... Be bold and fear not. It is only in our scriptures that this

adjective is given unto the Lord - 'Abhih, Abhih'..."

('Complete Works", Vol. 3, p 318)

 

While speaking on 'Bhakti', he states:

 

"... Very few indeed are there who can understand and appreciate,

far less live and move, in the grandeur of the full blaze of the

light of Vedanta, because the first step for the pure Vedantist is

to be 'Abhih' , fearless..."

 

5 In 'Raghu-vamsha', Kalidasa uses the epithet word 'abhIh' meaning

fearless. (15.8)

 

6 You have heard 'vIta-rAga-bhaya-krodha' occurring at several places

in

Bhagavad-gita.(2.56, 4.10 etc..) It is actually 'vi-gatah bhayah',

meaning

'freedom from fear' or 'devoid of fear' (see 5.28), or 'a-bhaya' (as

in 10.4)

 

(snip)

 

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http://www.hindunet.org/srh_home/1997_3/0149.html - 29k - Cached

 

 

tHE WORD 'MAYA' CAN HAVE MULTIPLE MEANINGS ; DEPENDS IN WHICH CONTEXT

IT IS USED!!!

 

regards

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Namaste Adi-Ma,

 

I am afraid that your kind words are showered on someone that doesn't

even know Sanksrit. :-)

 

And let me say that I am awed by your vast learning and your ability

to traverse all paths.

 

With love and regards,

Chittaranjan

 

 

 

advaitin, "adi_shakthi16" <adi_shakthi16>

wrote:

> Our own beloved chit-ranjan-ji ( one who pleases consciousness)

>

> comments

>

> "The nature of name and form needs a discussion of the nature

> of word and meaning."

>

> Well said! Kalidasa like statement !! Words of the wise !!!

>

> Take the word "abhi" for instance .

>

> The word 'abhi' is one of the interesting terms in Sanskrit

> language. (It is pronounced as it written: 'a' is the short

> (hrisva) vowel, as 'a' in 'adjective'; 'bh' is the soft

> aspirate (mahA-prANa) of the labial (oShTya) of the consonant

> in the 'pa-varga', pronounced as 'bh' in 'abhor'; 'i' is the

> short vowel as 'i' in 'if'.)