Essay name: Discovery of Sanskrit Treasures (seven volumes)
Author:
Satya Vrat Shastri
Affiliation: Karnatak University / Department of Sanskrit
The series called "Discovery of Sanskrit Treasures" represents a comprehensive seven-volume compendium of Dr. Satya Vrat Shastri's research on Sanskrit and Indology. They feature a wide range of studies across major disciplines in these fields, showcasing Shastri's pioneering work. They include detailed analyses like the linguistic appraisal of Yogavasishtha, etymological studies in the Mahabharata and the Devibhagavata-purana, as well as explorations of human values as defined in ancient texts.
Volume 5 - Philosophy and Religion
15 (of 216)
External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
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Concept of Time in Post-Vedic Sanskrit Literature 11 epithet avyaktamurtin膩 is also in construction with K盲lena and
not with the intercepted 莫艣varena.
The Bh膩gavata-pura峁嘺 accepts two kinds of time, gross and
subtle, both knowable by inference only. It is time that determines
all the actions that are termed manifest, vyakta. It reads:
evam k膩lo 'py anumita岣� sauksmye sthaulye ca sattama I
samsth膩nabhukty膩 bhagavan avyakto vyaktabhug vibhu岣鹿虏
"Thus time is inferred to be both gross and subtle. O best of men,
the Lord, by reason of His pervasion of param膩峁噓s, though
Himself unmanifest, enjoys (pervades, determines) the manifest."
Samsth膩na in the verse, says the commentator, is in forms
such as param膩峁噓 and bhukti is its pervasion.
Bhagavan means the 艣akti (for there is the identity of sakti
and the possessor of 艣akti). This very idea is elaborated in the
next verse
sa k膩la岣� param膩峁噓r vai yo bhunkte param膩峁噓t膩m !
svato' vi艣e峁bhug yas tu sa k膩la岣� paramo mah膩n 1113
which says that, that much is termed the Param膩峁噓k膩la which
enjoys atomicity (param膩峁噓ta), by nature pervades everything.
He is the great K膩la. On this the commentator 艢r墨dharasv膩min
says:
grahark峁t膩r膩cakrastha (Bh膩gavata, 3.11.4) ity膩din膩
yat suryaparyatanam vak峁ate tatra suryo y膩vat膩
param膩峁噓de艣am atikr膩mati t膩v膩n k膩la岣� param膩nu岣�,
y膩vat膩 ca dv膩da艣ar膩艣y膩tmakam bhuvanako峁m
atikramati sa paramamah膩n samvatsaratmaka岣� k膩la岣�,
tasyaiv膩v峁泃ty盲 yugamanvantar膩dikrame峁嘺 dvipar膩-
rdham tattvam iti. tath膩 ca pa帽came (Adhy膩ya 21)
suryagatyaiva k膩l膩divibh膩ga峁� vak峁ati.
"The verse grahark峁t膩r膩cakrastha (Bh膩gavata, 3.11.13.) speaks of
the motion of the sun. That much is termed the Param膩峁噓k膩la, which
the sun takes to traverse an atom, and that which it takes to traverse
all the twelve signs (the zodiac) in the year is parama mah膩n k膩la.
By its rotation we have a development beginning with yuga (cycle),
manyantara (period) and ending with parardha. Accordingly the
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