[Advaita-l] Sri Suktam

V Subrahmanian v.subrahmanian at gmail.com
Sun Jan 10 22:24:19 CST 2016


Is there the commentary of Sāyanāchārya to the Srisuktam?

regards
vs

On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 11:55 PM, Sunil Bhattacharjya via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste,
> Yes, the khilas are essential parts, even though it may appear that khilas
> are not in the main body of the texts. The Harivamsha is also considered as
> khila of the Mahabharata and the number of verses in the Mahabharata and
> Harivamsha taken together is around 100,000. The Harivamsha is also an
> essential parts of the Mahabharata and many of the intriguing aspects of
> the Mahabharata are best understood only after reading the Harivamsha.
>
> Regards,Sunil KB
>
>
>     On Sunday, January 10, 2016 5:21 AM, Animesh via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
>
>  Namaste ,
>
> According to nilakanThacharya ( commentator of mahAbharata ) definition of
> khila is " परशाखीयं स्वशाखायामपेक्षावशात्पठयते तत् खिलमुच्यते "
> The mantras ( suktas ) which are not from one's svashAkha but due to need
> ( need to be employed in yAgAs , pujas etc ) are to be study are khila
> mantras .  what I think is "
> Khilas are the mantras which don't occur in the regular samhitA but which
> have continued to be accepted as Adhyayana by tradition and are in regular
> usage .
>
> Regards
> Animesh
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