[Advaita-l] Sanskrit grammar and bhiksha

[V Subrahmanian]

On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 10:10 PM, V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>wrote:

> In the famous अन्नपूर्णाष्टकम्,  should the reading  be भिक्षां देहि
> कृपावलम्बनकरि मात: अन्नपूर्णेश्वरि where the annapUrNeshvari should be in
> the sambodhanA?  Would anyone pl. clarify?
>

On consulting a scholar I understood that the entire stotram where
AnnapUrNa'is several names appear are to be seen as prathamA vibhakti names
and will be in the form  कृपावलम्बनकरी...अन्नपूर्णेश्वरी...  (notice the
deergha ending).  In the refrain of every shloka we have to supply 'त्वं’
'you' and understand भिक्षां देहि...and the last word in every verse will
be comprised of माता , अन्नपूर्णेश्वरी ( C + अन्नपूर्णेश्वरी =
मातान्नपूर्णेश्वरी.)
where ' माता ' itself is another name. 'एवंविशेषणविशिष्टा त्वं भिक्षां
देहि..’

regards
subrahmanian.v



> regards
> subrahmanian.v
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> On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 8:40 PM, Ajit Krishnan <ajit.krishnan at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> namaste,
>>
>>
>> "[he] bhavati ! [tvam] bhikShAm dehi' is gramatically correct. The
>> sambodhana word is effectively a separate sentence. Also, note that the
>> sambodhana for mAtR is "mAtaH" ... it does not follow the pattern for
>> other
>> A-kArAnta words.
>>
>> In the gita (2.26) we have "[he] mahAbAho ! na tvam shocitum arhasi".
>>
>> The exact phrasing "bhavati bhiksham dehi" is expected by the sutrakAras.
>> The bodhayana dharma sutras (1.2.17) say that the phrase has 7 letters.
>> (bhavat-pUrvAm bhikShAmadhyAm yA~ncAntAm caret, satpAksharAm).
>>
>> If you use dadAtu instead of dehi, you will end up with 8 letters.
>>
>> sasneham,
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>>     ajit
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>>    ajit
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>> On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 4:57 AM, Ravi Chandrasekhara <vadhula at yahoo.com
>> >wrote:
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>> > But then the vatu should say: He Mate, tvam bhikshan dEhi. Based on
>> > grammar, bhavati should match with dadhatu.
>> >
>> > Just like in Hindi, Ap matches with dIjiye and tum with dO.
>> >
>> > Ravi Chandrasekhara
>> > Sent from my iPhone
>> >
>> > On May 2, 2013, at 12:02 AM, Sunil Bhattacharjya <
>> > sunil_bhattacharjya at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Namaste,
>> > >
>> > > Mother is the nearest. When one asks mother one may say : "Ma, mujhe
>> > do", but when one asks father one may say "Pitaji, mujhe dijiye". Does
>> any
>> > such thing apply here?
>> > >
>> > > Regards,
>> > > Sunil KB
>> > >
>> > > From: ravi chandrasekhara <vadhula at yahoo.com>
>> > > To: A discussion group for Advaita Vedanta <
>> > advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
>> > > Sent: Wednesday, May 1, 2013 8:56 PM
>> > > Subject: [Advaita-l] Sanskrit grammar and bhiksha
>> > >
>> > > Pranam to all,
>> > >
>> > > During the Upanayana, the vatu begs for alms from female relatives
>> > "bhavati bhikshan dEhi". My understanding is that dEhi is an imperative:
>> > you give, to be used for familiar/informal "you".
>> > >
>> > > e.g.
>> > > 1.Skt: tvam dEhi
>> > > 2.Hin: tum dO
>> > > 3.Kan:; Neenu koDu
>> > >
>> > > Hence, is it grammatical correct for the vatu to state: " bhavati
>> > bhikshan dadhatu " ?
>> > >
>> > > Ravi Chandrasekhara
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