Sri Pillai Lokacharya's Mumukshuppadi - 032

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Mumukshuppadi Sutra 32:

The praNavam is the combination of the three aksharas

"a", "u" and "m".

 

Sri PBA Swami's Commentary:

Here the aksharas that make up the praNava are being

shown separately. The akAram (a) and ukAram (u) combine

by grammatical rules to form the "O" and therefore the

praNavam is made up of a, u and m.

 

The sruti shown before says "Omiti EkAksharam", meaning

that the praNavam is just one akshara. So, how can we

say that it is made up of three aksharas?

 

There are two rules to consider. One is called

samhitAkAram and the other is asamhitAkAram. The AkAram

that is formed using the combination rules (sandi) is

called samhitAkAram; the AkAram that is not formed

using the combination rules is called asamhitAkAram.

Using asamhitAkAram (non-combination), the praNavam

is made up of three parts (each letter is a part) and

gives three meanings. When samhitAkAram (combination)

is used, the praNavam is one letter making one part

and has one meaning. Thus the sruti "OmityEkAksharam"

is based on samhitAkAram.

 

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