Vaitathyaprakarana, Vaitathyaprakaraṇa, Vaitathya-prakarana: 2 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumVaitathyaprakaraṇa (वैतथ्यप्रकरण) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—the second chapter of Gauḍapāda’s Māṇḍūkyopaniṣatkārikāḥ. Io. 269. 1726. L. 91. B. 1, 134. Oudh. Iv, 7. P. 13.
—[commentary] by Śaṅkara. B. 1, 134.
Vaitathyaprakaraṇa (वैतथ्यप्रकरण):—[=vaitathya-prakaraṇa] [from vaitathya] n. Name of [chapter] of a [work]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Vaitathya, Prakarana.
Full-text: Mandukya Karika, Gaudapada acarya.
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Mandukya Upanishad (Gaudapa Karika and Shankara Bhashya) (by Swami Nikhilananda)
Chapter II - Vaitathya Prakarana (Illusion)
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Consciousness in Gaudapada’s Mandukya-karika (by V. Sujata Raju)
Chapter 4: Study of Māṇḍūkya Kārikā: Vaitathya Prakaraṇa
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