[Advaita-l] 'Prana' as Brahman

[Kaushik Chevendra]

Namaste sir


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> Shankara calls this Prana 'prathamaja' an epithet for Brahmaa.  At the end
> of that section Shankara says: इत्येवं सर्वात्मतया वागादिभिः प्राणैः
> स्तुत्या गमितमहिमा प्राणः प्रजापतिरेवेत्यवधृतम् ॥   In the stuti it has
> been emphatically established that Prana is indeed Prajapati.  It is this
> Prana that was stated to pervade everything in the creation.
>

Prana is not only called prajapati but also rudra, sun etc. Why the special
emphasis on only "prathamaja". Here prana is taken be the Atman hence it's
brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh, sun etc.

There is no contradiction or problem here.

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> regards
> subbu
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>> Namo narayana
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