--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Oct 5, 2007, at 9:49 AM, cardemaister wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Oct 5, 2007, at 8:17 AM, cardemaister wrote: > > > > > > > According to dictionaries, the word 'saMprajñaata' means e.g: > > > > > > > > samprajJAta mfn. distinguished , discerned , known accurately > > > > Yogas. ; > > > > %{-yogin} m. a Yogin who is still in a state of consciousness > > KapS. > > > > > > > > The next suutra seems to define(?) 'asaMprajñaata-samaadhi': > > > > > > > > viraamapratyayaabhyaasapuurvaH saMskaarasheSo 'nyaH .. 18.. > > > > > > > > (viraama-pratyaya + abhyaasa-puurvaH saMskaarasheSaH; anyaH) > > > > > > > > > sam: well, proper, deep, harmonized, balanced, holistic > > > pra: forth, expansive, perfect, complete > > > jna: knowing > > > > > > Therefore: the samadhi in which wisdom (prajna) comes to it's > > most > > > harmonized, perfect expansion. > > > > > > > Hmmm...nice! But what is 'a-saMprajñaata'(not-saMprajñaata?) then? > > The samadhi of "not" = nirodha or nir-bija. The samprajnata of "a", > i.e. the letter which has no "support" (alambana) [or modification by > the tongue]. Therefore: the samadhi of no support . >
Whoa! That's interesting! Never thought 'a-saMprajñaata' could be a tatpuruSa-samaasa... :0 But I should've! As I recall it, according to Maharishi 'akSara' is *also* 'kSara of a(-sound)'. I guess...
