[Advaita-l] Rudra and ambica

[Kaushik Chevendra]

Yes thank you for your input. The another problem is that taitreya aranyaka
calls Rudra Ambikapati.

On Sun, 11 Oct 2020 at 9:00 AM, Raghav Kumar Dwivedula via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste Kaushik
> I am glad to know you looked up Sayana bhAShya. That's really nice.
>
> If you can cut paste or type or send a screenshot of that phrase parsing
> ambikA as autumn, it may be a good idea.
>
> There is also another meaning.
> The word ambikA is one of the three aspects (sisters?) viz., ambA, ambikA,
> ambAlikA.
>
> It is also the name of a herb and the words ambA, ambikA, ambAlikA are
> three "sister" herbs (tri-ambaka-s) often used together for Vedic Homam to
> Rudra for conferring good health or freedom from disease, mentioned in
> yajurveda. One of the three sister herbs is called ambikA.
>
> अम्बे अम्बिकेअम्बालिके न मा नयति कश्चन |
> ससस्त्यश्वकः सुभद्रिकां कम्पिल्वसिनिं || यजुवेद २३||१८
>
>
>
> Yajurveda reference
> यजुर्वेद स्पष्ट करता है की ये तीन औषधिया है
>
> अम्बे अम्बिकेअम्बालिके न मा नयति कश्चन |
> ससस्त्यश्वकः सुभद्रिकां कम्पिल्वसिनिं || यजुवेद २३||१८
>
> Panini reference
> उक्त तीनो एक हि स्थान पर कह दिये गये है |
> प्रमाण पाणिनि का त्रियम्बकम पद सूत्र देखे अष्टाध्याई ५|१|५८
> ये औषधीय काम्पील मे होती है|
> यानि ये जिस जगह होति है उसे काम्पील कहते है | | काम्पील एक औषधि है जिसके
> साथ अम्बिका अदि औषधिया होती है |
> अब देखिये की वैद्धक में उक्त औषधियों की चर्चा है के नहीं |
>
> Bhaava prakaasha nighanTu ayurvedic textual reference -
> देखिये प्रमाण भाव प्रकाश में लिखा है
> माचिका प्रस्थिकम्ब्ष्ठ तथाम्बाआम्बलिकाम्बिका | भाव ओ हरित्क्यदिवर्ग १७०
>
> अतः उक्त प्रमाणो से सिद्ध हो गया की तीन अम्ब न तो शिव के नेत्र है ना ही
> महाभारत कालीन कन्याये और रानिया है - ये तीन अम्ब औषधिया है |
>
> यह लेख वैदिक संपत्ति पण्डित रघुनन्दन शर्मा “साहित्यभूषण” द्वारा लिखित
> पुस्तक वैदिक संपत्ति(प्रष्ट संख्या ७०-७१) से लिया गया है |
>
>
> While the above only shows two other possibilities that the word ambikA is
> not suster of shiva. Rather ambikA is one of the well-known sisters
> (mentioned in yajur veda - no connexion with Mahabharata, please note), or
> even one of three vedic homa herbs.
>
>
> Om
> Raghav
>
>
>
> On Sat, 10 Oct, 2020, 6:43 PM Kaushik Chevendra, <
> chevendrakaushik at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> The sayana bhasya interprets ambica as autmn season
>
>
>
> On Fri, 9 Oct, 2020, 6:50 PM Divya Meedin via Advaita-l, <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > Namaste
> >
> > Alright, wish you the best.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Divya
> >
> > On Fri, 9 Oct, 2020, 12:13 Kaushik Chevendra, <
> chevendrakaushik at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks for sharing. I have already seen this, the answers weren't
> > > satisfactory to me. So I want to know what the knowledgeable members of
> > > group think.
> > >
> > > On Fri, 9 Oct 2020, 11:59 Divya Meedin, <divyameedin at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Namaste,
> > >>
> > >> Here is a discussion -
> > >>
> >
> https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/questions/22204/why-is-devi-ambika-called-lord-shivas-sister-in-yajurveda&ved=2ahUKEwiG8tex8KbsAhVDyTgGHWoIBYUQFjAAegQIAxAB&usg=AOvVaw3RmKCWy4kfSOdi7l20qf1t&cshid=1602224806735
> > >>
> > >> Regards,
> > >> Divya
> > >>
> > >> On Fri, 9 Oct, 2020, 11:40 Kaushik Chevendra via Advaita-l, <
> > >> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> एष ते रुद्र भाग: सह *स्वस्त्राम्बिकया* तं जुषस्व स्वाहैष ते रुद्र
> भाग S
> > >>> आखुस्ते पशु:।।57।।
> > >>>
> > >>> Rudra, this is thine allotted portion. With *Ambika thy sister*
> kindly
> > >>> take
> > >>> it. This, Rudra, is thy share, the rat thy vAhanam. (Shukla Yajurveda
> > >>> 3.57)
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Why is ambika devi being called rudras sister?
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