Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study)
by A. Yamuna Devi | 2012 | 77,297 words | ISBN-13: 9788193658048
This page relates ‘Philosophy (4): The Upanishads’ of the study on the Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (in English) which represents a commentary on the Amarakosha of Amarasimha. These ancient texts belong the Kosha or “lexicography” category of Sanskrit literature which deals with the analysis and meaning of technical words from a variety of subjects, such as cosmology, anatomy, medicine, hygiene. The Amarakosa itself is one of the earliest of such text, dating from the 6th century A.D., while the Amarakoshodghatana is the earliest known commentary on that work.
Philosophy (4): The Upaniṣads
Ātmā (III. 3. 109; p. 296)–
[The Supreme:]
Amarakośa mentions that the word is employed in various meanings of which Brahman is one.
Kṣīrasvāmin illustrates the word in the sense of Brahman quoting from the Upaniṣads–Chāndogya (V. 2, 7. 2) and Kaṭha (II. 4.11) which remarks that ‘All the universe is the Ātmā or Brahman’ and ‘There is no plurality’ respectively–
brahmaṇi yathā—“ātmaivedaṃ sarvamidam |” “neha nānāsti kiṃcana |”