--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <no_reply@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <no_reply@> > > wrote: > > > > > > BS I.1.12: > > > > > > aanandamayo 'bhyaasaat > > > > > > > aanandamayaH < aananda + mayaH > > > > aananda < aa + nanda > > > > nanda m. joy, happiness, a son (as the chief object of joy); > > > > aananda m. happiness , joy , enjoyment , sensual pleasure RV. AV. > > VS. R. Ragh. &c. ; m. and (%{am}) n. `" pure happiness "' , one of > > the three attributes of A1tman or Brahman in the Veda1nta > philosophy > > Veda1ntas. &c. ; m. (in dram.) the thing wished for , the end of > the > > drama [e.g. the VIth Act in the Ven2is.] Sa1h. 399 ; a kind of > > flute ; the sixteenth Muhu1rta ; N. of S3iva ; of a Lokes3vara > > (Buddh.) ; of a Bala (Jain.) L. ; of several men ; of a country ; > m. > > and (%{am}) n. N. of the forty-eighth year of the cycle of > Jupiter ; > > > > > > aanandamaya 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) > > > > abhyaasaat: ablative singular of the word whose stem is > abhyaasa; in this category of nouns ablative ("from-case") > singular is formed by lengthening the final vowel and > attaching 't' to it. > > 'abhyaasa' seems to be sandhi for prefix 'abhi' + noun 'aasa'. > > abhi ind. (a prefix to verbs and nouns , expressing) to , towards , > into , over , upon. (As a prefix to verbs of motion) it expresses > the notion or going towards , approaching , &c. (As a prefix to > nouns not derived from verbs) it expresses superiority , intensity , > &c. ; e.g. %{abhi-tAmra} , %{abhi-nava} q.v. (As a separate adverb > or preposition) it expresses (with acc.) to , towards , in the > direction of , against ; into S3Br. and Ka1tyS3r. ; for , for the > sake of ; on account of ; on , upon , with regard to , by , before , > in front of ; over. It may even express one after the other , > severally Pa1n2. 1-4 , 91 e.g. [EMAIL PROTECTED]@abhi} , tree after > tree > > 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). >
An attempt at translation: [brahma(n) is] "bliss-consisting" (aananda-mayaH) repetition-from (abhyaasaa-t): The fact that the word "aananda-maya" appears so often in Vedic literature in connection with Brahma(n), "proves" that Brahma(n) "is" aananda-maya (or the other way round...)???