Brahma Sutras (Critical Exposition)
author: B. N. K. Sharma
edition: 2008, Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
pages: 1835
ISBN-10: 8121500354
ISBN-13: 9788121500357
Topic: Hindu-philosophy
Brahman Defined as the Source of all Cosmic Life
This chapter describes Brahman Defined as the Source of all Cosmic Life located on page 71 of volume 1 in the book Brahma Sutras (Critical Exposition) compiled by B. N. K. Sharma. This book contains a Critical Exposition of the Brahmasutras of Badarayana including a thorough research on the commentaries of Shankara, Ramanuja and Madhva. The Vedanta Sutras represent an important treatise of Indian Philosophy teaching Vedic concepts as found in the Upanishads..
Sanskrit name of chapter: janmadyadhikaranam or janmadyadhikarana (janmadi-adhikarana / adhikaranam). This edition includes the original Sanskrit text, an English translation, references to commentaries, detailled footnotes, IAST transliterated words and a large index.
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Karmic Astrology—a Study [by Sunita Anant Chavan]
In the creation hymns of the Rigveda-samhita, the sources from which the cosmic activity originated are said to be various such as Vishvakarman (Rigveda-samhita X. 81. 82), Purusha (Rigveda-samhita X. 90) and also the nameless, Tad-ekam (Rigveda-samhita X. 129). Amongst the individual gods, Savitri defined as the stimulator of everything is described as the great stimulator of life and motion in the world. Ushas is said to arose all living beings to motion....
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Chandogya Upanishad (Madhva commentary) [by Srisa Chandra Vasu]
He who knows it thus, and meditates on the quarter of Brahman, consisting of four-sixteenths, by the name of Prakashavat, becomes full of light in this world. He attains luminous worlds, whoever knows this and meditates on the quarter of Brahman, consisting of the four-sixteenths, by the name of Prakashavat.—262. Mantra 4.6.1. 1. Thy Agni will declare to you another quarter of Brahman. (Thus saying Vayu went away). He, when the morrow came, (drove the cows towards the house of the teacher)....
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The Brahmanda Purana [by G.V. Tagare]
It is the source of origin of the universe; it is the great Bhuta (living entity); the supreme and eternal Brahman. It is the (cosmic) body of all living beings; the unmanifest one has become so. 11. The Brahman has neither beginning nor end; it is unborn and subtle; it has three Gunas, it is the source of origin and place of ultimate merging and rest. It is Asampratika (does not belong to the present time), it is Ajneya (i.e. cannot be comprehended....
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