Rajjusarpa, Rajju-sarpa: 1 definition
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Vedanta (school of philosophy)
: Wikisource: Ashtavakra GitaRajjusarpa (啶班啷嵿啷佮じ啶班啶�) refers to the 鈥�(analogy of the) appearance like the snake in a rope鈥�, according to the A峁ａ弓膩vakrag墨t膩 (5th century BC), an ancient text on spirituality dealing with Advaita-Ved膩nta topics.鈥擜ccordingly, [as A峁ａ弓avakra says to Janaka]: 鈥淸...] In spite of being in front of your eyes, all this, being insubstantial, does not exist in you, spotless as you are. It is an appearance like the snake in a rope (rajjusarpa), so you can go to your rest [rajjusarpa iva vyaktamevameva laya峁� vraja]. Equal in pain and in pleasure, equal in hope and in disappointment, equal in life and in death, and complete as you are, you can go to your rest鈥�.
Vedanta (啶掂啶︵ぞ啶ㄠ啶�, ved膩nta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Rajju, Sarpa.
Starts with: Rajjusarpavat.
Full-text: Raccucarppam, Rajju.
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Cidvilasastava by Amrtananda (by Brian Campbell and Ben Williams)
Yuktimallika by Vadiraja (critical study) (by Gururaj K. Nippani)
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A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 4 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
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Towards an Image of India: Nirad C. Chaudhuri and Raja Rao < [July 鈥� September, 1980]
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Srikara Bhashya (commentary) (by C. Hayavadana Rao)
Preceptors of Advaita (by T. M. P. Mahadevan)