Questions of King Milinda Part 01

SR No.: 007681
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: T W Rhys Davids
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1890
Total Pages: 2695
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 47 MB

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VI, 120.
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in this and the next hymn occur in RV. X, 37, 12; Maitr. S. III, 11, 10; IV, 14, 7; Vâg. S. XX, 14-20; Tait. Br. II, 4, 4, 8; 6, 6, 1; Tait. År. II, 3, 1; 7, 3.
The hymn has been translated by Ludwig, Der Rigveda, III, 443; Grill2, pp. 45, 172. The Anukramanî, vaisvadevam.
COMMENTARY.
Stanza 1.
For the designation of the Brahmans as gods, see the note on XII, 3, 38.
Stanza 3.
a. médasvatâ (sc. pasunâ); cf. Tait. S. VI, 3, 11, 5. The point is felt by Sâyana who supplies pasunâ. Not so Dårila at Kaus. 46, 30, note, medasvatâ srukâ-gyam guhoti. According to this construction it would be proper to emend to médasvatyâ.
VI, 115. COMMENTARY TO PAGE 164.
In general the employment of this hymn coincides with that of the preceding, as far as the Kausika and Vaitânasûtra are concerned; see the introduction there. The additional employment in Vait. Sû. 8, 7, and (of st. 3) in 30, 23 is without special significance. See also Ath. Paris. 39, II. For parallel passages in other texts, see the introduction to the preceding hymn. Previous translations by Ludwig, Der Rigveda, III, 443; Grill, pp. 46, 172 ff.; cf. also Zimmer, Altindisches Leben, p. 182. The Anukramani, vaisvadevam.
Stanza 2.
Sâyana, on the strength of Tait. Br. III, 8, 18, 5, suggests that bhûtám and bhávyam may refer to this and the next world. Cf. VI, 12, 2; XI, 4, 20, and II, 28, 3.
VI, 120. COMMENTARY TO PAGE 165.
The employment of this hymn in the ritual takes place on the same occasions as VI, 114; see the introduction to that hymn, and cf. Dârila's corrupt gloss on Kaus. 46, 30
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