[Advaita-l] Rudra and ambica

[Raghav Kumar Dwivedula]

Namaste
There is also a cross reference to the mantra - "शरद्वा अस्य अम्बिका
स्वसा,  तया वा एष हिनस्ति " ( braahmaNa kANDa 1.6.10 quoted by Sayanacharya)

And the explanation -
शरत्‍कालो हि पीनस-ज्वराद्युत्पादनेन हिंसक: , तद्वदियमम्बिका हिंसिका, ततः
शरदित्युच्यते |एष रूद्र : तयैव सहायभूतया प्राणिनं हिनस्ति |

The autumn season (AmbikA) causes suffering by producing colds and fevers.
Shiva with the assistance of Autumn (Ambika), causes living beings to
suffer (i.e., on account of their karma.)

(The idea is to worship of Shiva and these afflictions are then mitigated.)

Om
Raghav






On Sun, 11 Oct, 2020, 11:20 PM Venkatraghavan S via Advaita-l, <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste,
> In commenting on the taittirIya samhitA 1.8.6.1, sAyaNAchArya says स्वसा
> भगिनीवद्धितकारिण्याऽम्बिकया पार्वत्या सह - that is, she is called svasA
> because she, like a sister, has his best interests. So भगिनीवत्, not भगिनी.
>
> Can't share the commentary as an image, but one can look for the commentary
> to the corresponding mantra here:
>
> https://archive.org/download/taittiriya/taittiriya_samhita_sayana_03__1.7.10-1.8.22.pdf
>
> Regards,
> Venkatraghavan
>
> On Sun, 11 Oct 2020, 15:00 Kaushik Chevendra via Advaita-l, <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > 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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