[Advaita-l] shruti support for the Nairuktas.

[D.V.N.Sarma డి.వి.ఎన్.శర్మ via Advaita-l]

If I remember correctly one of questions asked by Sakalya of Yajnavalkya is
the number of Devas. Brih.U.3.9.
The reply is 3306. Then the number is reduced gradually to one.

regards,
Sarma.


On Sat, Jul 5, 2014 at 1:42 PM, Jaldhar H. Vyas via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> [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."
>
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