[Advaita-l] Who is 'Lohitaksha' in the VSN according to Shankara?

[V Subrahmanian]

On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 5:16 AM Dr. Yadu Moharir <ymoharir at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Namaste Subbu-ji,
>
> Can you share your thoughts why would someone would desire for a 'LohitaakSha'
> progeny ?
>
> Was there a specific backdrop in Brihadaranyaka Upanishat for the
> statement ?
>

Dear Yadu ji,

Your question, though interesting, is beyond my ken to answer. The context
in the Upanishad is: If a person desires to have an  offspring with
particular attributes, one has to consume a certain type of cooked food.
Either in the commentary of Shankara or the gloss of Anandagiri do we find
the explanation for the red-eyed offspring, or a tawny-colored offspring,
etc.

The reference number given by me is to be read as: 6.4.16.

regards
subbu

>
> Thx
>
> Dr Yadu
>
> On Monday, October 15, 2018, 11:36:41 AM PDT, V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l
> <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
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> The name 'LohitaakSha' is there in the Shiva Sahasra Nama of Mahabharata
> too:
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> https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_shiva/shivasahasMaha.html?lang=sa
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> लोहिताक्षो महाक्षश्च विजयाक्षो विशारदः ।
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> The name 'Lohitaksha' is also found as an adjectival one, as for example,
> in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishat 5.4.16:
>
> अथ य इच्छेत्पुत्रो मे श्यामो लोहिताक्षो जायेत त्रीन्वेदाननुब्रुवीत
> सर्वमायुरियादित्युदौदनं पाचयित्वा सर्पिष्मन्तमश्नीयातामीश्वरौ जनयितवै
> ॥ १६ ॥
>
> [If a man wishes that a son with a dark complexion and red eyes
> should be born to him, ...]
>
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> Om Tat Sat
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