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came from the North and acquired from the mountain the agama that had survived only in a written form among the dākṣinātyas, that is, among us'. B, as the author's teacher, would then be the person who built on the foundation prepared by Candrācārya (verse 487) and revived the tradition, at least in the Nasik area.
37. (a) 'vaset parvata-müleṣu prauḍho yo dhyana-dhāranāt / sārāt sāram vijānāti parvataḥ parikīrtitaḥ // 'He who lives in the foot-areas of mountains, is advanced/ mature on account of practice of meditation, and knows the quintessence, is said to be parvata'.
(b) According to the Hindi Sabda-sāgara (vol. 6, p. 2883), parvata is a samnyasin who belongs to the Dasanāmī sect and lives at the foot of a mountain, devoting himself to meditation. This information is corroborated by the Brhacchankara-vijaya passage quoted in the. Prāṇa-toṣinī. The names of the ten samnyāsins are given in that passage in this order: tīrtha, asrama, vana, aranya, giri, parvata, sāgara, sarasvati, bhāratī, and puri.
(c) Prior to quoting the verse in (a) as a definition found in the Avadhuta chapter of the Prana-toṣinī, the Sabda-kalpa-druma (III, pp. 77-78) informs us that parvata in this sense is "a specific kind of disciple/ follower of Mandana-miśra, who was the disciple of Samkarācārya." I do not know the basis for the specific association with Mandana-miśra.
38. The author of the Bala-manorama commentary is puzzled by Bhaṭṭoji's example, as can be seen from his comment: parvatasya sthāvara-janmatayā tāpasasya tad-apekṣayā
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| SR No. | 269664 |
| Book Title | Paninian Studies |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Ashok Aklujkar |
| Publisher | Ashok Aklujkar |
| Publication Year | |
| Total Pages | 47 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Article |
| File Size | 4 MB |