Guest guest Posted July 7, 2001 Report Share Posted July 7, 2001 >It has something to do with the way that the verses are counted. I >remember reading this in Satyanarayana's translation of Tattva >Sandarbha. Somewhere therein, he points out that the older and more >traditional system of counting the shlokas results in the correct >number - 18,000. I'm not sure why a different system has become more >common. > >I don't recall the exact reference or the details about the counting >system; i was unable to find them after a cursory glance of my Tattva >Sandarbha translation. But it is definitely in there, either in one >of SN's purports or one of the appendices. > >- Krishna It is in one of the Appendices. The traditional system of counting by manuscript-copyists is very scientific. It is based on counting units of 32 syllables. Each such unit is called a "grantha", which can be briefly referred to as a "verse", though not in the technical sense of a "verse". Srimad Bhagavatam is 18,000 granthas. That has already been verified and is verifiable. The SB is "aSTAdaza-sAhasraH" according to, if I remember properly, the garuDa-purANa (quote appears in the tattva-sandarbha). This counting included the prose sections of the writings. This system of counting on granthas is also referred to in the Cc: ---start quote--- Antya-lila: Chapter Four, Text 227 79930/173814 `dana-keli-kaumudi' adi laksa-grantha kaila sei saba granthe vrajera rasa vicarila TRANSLATION Srila Rupa Gosvami compiled 100,000 verses, beginning with the book Dana-keli-kaumudi. In all these scriptures he elaborately explained the transcendental mellows of the activities of Vrndavana. PURPORT Referring to the words laksa-grantha ("100,000 verses"), Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura says that the total number of verses written by Srila Rupa Gosvami is 100,000 (eka-laksa or laksa-grantha). The copyists count both the verses and the prose sections of the Sanskrit works. One should not mistakenly think that Srila Rupa Gosvami compiled 100,000 books. He actually wrote sixteen books, as mentioned in the First Wave of the Bhakti-ratnakara (sri-rupa-gosvami grantha sodasa karila). ---end quote--- Here we can actually see that SP has given "verse" as a synonym of "grantha". YS VGdas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 2001 Report Share Posted July 9, 2001 > Referring to the words laksa-grantha ("100,000 verses"), Srila > Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura says that the total number of verses > written by Srila Rupa Gosvami is 100,000 (eka-laksa or laksa-grantha). > The copyists count both the verses and the prose sections of the > Sanskrit works. > > Here we can actually see that SP has given "verse" as a synonym of > "grantha". Do you have any reference that direclty equates a grantha with a count of syllables as opposed to a verse? Oddly we never hear of the Gita being measured in syllables. Your servant, Jahnava Nitai Das Bhaktivedanta Ashram, http://www.indiadivine.com _______ Get your free @ address at Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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