[Advaita-l] The Wisdom in the Rig-veda can only be compared to thousands Suns

Jaldhar H. Vyas jaldhar at braincells.com
Wed Feb 9 21:50:36 CST 2005


On Wed, 10 Feb 2005, sri parasukhananda nadha wrote:

>              Mantra with out meaning
>
> Sir,
>
>      To recite a mantra with out the meaning is just like an ass
>      carrying the sandalwood on its back.

Agreed but what is meaning?  The nairuktas claim it is the literal or
symbolic philological meaning while the mimamsakas claim the meaning is
seen in the usage.  This is the bone of contention.

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Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>
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