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UPANISHADS.
VI. Final o of atho produces elision of initial ă. For instance:
III, 2, atho 'bhibhůtatvật. (Comm. Sandhis khân
dasah.) Various reading, ato 'bhibhůtatvật.
VI, 1, so antar is explained as sa u. VII. Other irregularities :
VI, 7, apo pyâyanât, explained by pyâyanât and
âpyâyanât. Might it be, apo 'py ayanât? VI, 7, âtmáno tmâ netâ. II, 6, so tmânam abhidhyâtva. VI, 35, dvidharmondham for dvidharmândham. | (Comm. khândasa.) VI, 35, tegasendham, i.e. tegasâ-iddhan. (In explain
ing other irregular compounds, too, as in I, 4, the commentator has recourse to a khândasa or prâmâdika licence.) VI, I, hiranyavasthât for hiranyâvasthật. Here
the dropping of a in avasthật is explained by a reference to Bhâguri (vashti Bhâgurir allopam
avâpyor upasargayoh). See Vopadeva III, 171. VIII. Vislishtapâtha :
VII, 2, brahmadhîyâlambana. (Comm. vislishta
pâthas khândasah.) VI, 35, apyay ankurâ for apy ankurâ. (Comm.
yakârah pramâdapathitah.) On the contrary VI, 35, vlîyânte for vilîyante.
If on the grounds which we have hitherto examined there seems good reason to ascribe the Maitrâyana-brâhmanaupanishad to an early rather than to à late period, possibly to an ante-Pâninean period, we shall hardly be persuaded to change this opinion on account of supposed references to Vaishnava or to Bauddha doctrines which some scholars have tried to discover in it.
As to the worship of Vishnu, as one of the many manifestations of the Highest Spirit, we have seen it alluded to in other Upanishads, and we know from the Brâhmanas that the name of Vishnu was connected with many of the earliest Vedic sacrifices.
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| SR No. | 007674 |
| Book Title | Dhammapada |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Max Muller |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1881 |
| Total Pages | 2540 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 45 MB |