Topic 6 (aanandamayaadhikaraNam), suutras 12 - 19
Suutra I.1.12 (12)
aanandamayo 'bhyaasaat (aananda-mayaH; abhyaasa_at)
Anandamaya mf(%{I})n. blissful , made up or consisting of happiness
TUp. Ma1n2d2Up. Veda1ntas. Katha1s. ; (%{am}) n. (scil. %{brahman})
the supreme spirit (as consisting of pure happiness cf. %{Ananda}
above) ;
abhyAsa 2 m. the act of adding anything , S3ulb. ; (in Gr.) `" what
is prefixed "' , the first syllable of a reduplicated radical Pa1n2. ;
reduplication Nir. ; repetition Mn. xii , 74 , &c. ; (in poetry)
repetition of the last verse of a stanza [Nir.] or of the last word of
a chapter [Comm. on AitBr.] ; (in arithm.) multiplication ; repeated
or permanent exercise , discipline , use , habit , custom [77,1] ;
repeated reading , study ; military practice L. ; *****(in later
Veda1nta phil.) inculcation of a truth conveyed in sacred writings by
means of repeating the same word or the same passage***** ; (in Yoga
phil.) the effort of the mind to remain in its unmodified condition of
purity (sattva).
Swami's translation:
Anandamaya means Para Brahman on account of the repetition (of the
word 'bliss' as denoting the Highest Self).
