[Advaita-l] Prajnaghana brahma

[H S Chandramouli]

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> On Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 7:37 AM, V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote
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> << It appears in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad:   ‘ अनन्तरोऽबाह्यः कृत्स्नः
> प्रज्ञानघन एव’ (बृ. उ. ४ । ५ । १३)    .....It is prajnanaghana
> alone...4.5.13.  Shankara has cited this about a dozen times across his
> bhashyas. Both the terms mean the same:  mass of pure consciousness.>>
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> Yes. Sri Bhagavatpada himself explains the meaning of  घन (Ghana) in BUB
> 2-4-12 as follows. Though the word used in this mantra is विज्ञानघनः
> (vij~nAnaghanaH), context and the mantra itself being very similar to BU
> 4-5-13 cited above, the same meaning is applicable.
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> << घनशब्दो जात्यन्तरप्रतिषेधार्थः >>
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> << ghanashabdo jAtyantarapratiShedhArthaH >>.
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> Translation ( Swami Madhavananda)  << The word “Ghana” (a solid mass)
> excludes everything belonging to a different species >>.
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