[Advaita-l] shruti support for the Nairuktas.

[Jaldhar H. Vyas via Advaita-l]

[Was Re: [Advaita-l] Question on Purvakanda]


On Sun, 29 Jun 2014, Venkata sriram P via Advaita-l wrote:

>
> "tisrEva dEvatA iti nairuktAH" - ie., the nirukta says that the main 
> vaidika devatAs are only 3 in number viz., agni, vAyu / indra, sUrya 
> respectively.
>
> "agniH pruthivIsthAnO vAyurva indrO vA antarikSasthAnaH sUryO 
> dyusthAnaH" ie., the agni tattva presides over pruthivi; vAyu / indra 
> tattva presides over antarikSa; sUrya presides over dyu sthAna.
>

ChhAndogyopanishad 4.17.1:

prajApatirlokAnabhyatapatteShAM tapyamAnAnAM rasAnprAvR^ihadagniM 
pR^ithivyA vAyumantarikShAdAdityaN divaH ||

"Prajapati performed the tapa of meditating on the worlds and from them 
that were meditated on he squeezed out the essence; Agni from the earth, 
Vayu from the antariksha, and Aditya from heaven."

-- 
Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>