Thank you Nagaraj. How do interpret the appositional relation between śrānta and tapta?
> On Aug 28, 2024, at 2:24 AM, Nagaraj Paturi <[email protected]> wrote: > > Brihadaranyaka Upanishad uses the word tap in both the senses of burning and > deep meditation connecting the two meanings into one. It uses the words > s'raanta and tapta sequentially hinting at a synonimity between them. > > asya śrāntasya taptasya tejoraso niravartatāgniḥ || BrhUp_1,2.2 || > > so 'kāmayata -- bhūyasā yajñena bhūyo yajeyeti | > so 'śrāmyat | > sa tapo 'tapyata | > tasya śrāntasya taptasya yaśo vīryam udakrāmat | > prāṇā vai yaśo vīryam | > tat prāṇeṣūtkrānteṣu śarīraṃ śvayitum adhriyata | > tasya śarīra eva mana āsīt || BrhUp_1,2.6 || > > tasmāt sarvadevatyaṃ prokṣitaṃ prājāpatyam ālabhante | > eṣa vā aśvamedho ya eṣa tapati | > tasya saṃvatsara ātmā | > > On Wed, Aug 28, 2024 at 1:50 PM Matthew Kapstein via INDOLOGY > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> Hi Howard, >> >> For some reason, I think that Heinrich Zimmer, >> may have written about this, but I’m away from my library and can’t recall >> exactly where. Maybe Philosophies of India. He was a Schopenhauerian, which >> would make good sense here, as the problem of the autonomy or heteronomy of >> the will seems clearly central to the topic that interests you. >> >> good luck >> Matthew >> >> Sent from Proton Mail <https://proton.me/mail/home> for iOS >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 28, 2024 at 05:29, Howard Resnick via INDOLOGY >> <[email protected] >> <mailto:On+Wed,+Aug+28,+2024+at+05:29,+Howard+Resnick+via+INDOLOGY+%3C%3Ca+href=>> >> wrote: >>> >>> Dear Scholars, >>> >>> Within various genres of Sanskrit literature, perhaps especially >>> itihāsa-purāṇa, we find a pervasive belief that tapasya — serious austerity >>> -- bestows power on the performer, either directly or through the agency of >>> a Deva, Ṛṣi, or other superior being. The examples are almost innumerable. >>> >>> I’m trying to explore this claim about the power of tapasya. On the >>> empirical side, one can speak of the power of mental discipline and >>> detachment from the body, etc. But of course empirically, there is nothing >>> like the supernatural results obtained by serious ascetics in the ancient >>> literature. >>> >>> One common apologetic is to attribute or assign such powers to the previous >>> three yugas, with the claim that those powers fail in Kali-yuga. >>> >>> I bring this up because I am working on a reconstruction of the famous >>> Mahābhārata story of Ambā who performed unimaginable tapasya, and then, as >>> a result, took birth as Śikhaṇḍī and enabled the killing of Bhīṣma at >>> Kurukṣetra. >>> >>> The facile explanation of course is to invoke the notion of pre-scientific >>> mythology. I am trying to take a more cautious approach. Of course tapasya >>> as a source of power intersects the notion of attaining yoga-siddhis, a >>> process in which tapasya is also heavily involved. >>> >>> I bring this up in a heuristic, exploratory way and would be grateful for >>> any observations, insights, or theories about this, especially the link >>> between severe self-abnegation and power. >>> >>> Thanks in advance! >>> >>> Howard >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> INDOLOGY mailing list >>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >> >> _______________________________________________ >> INDOLOGY mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology > > > -- > Nagaraj Paturi > > Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA. > Dean, IndicA > BoS, MIT School of Vedic Sciences, Pune, Maharashtra > BoS Kavikulaguru Kalidasa Sanskrit University, Ramtek, Maharashtra > BoS Veda Vijnana Gurukula, Bengaluru. > Member, Advisory Council, Veda Vijnana Shodha Samsthanam, Bengaluru > Former Senior Professor of Cultural Studies, > FLAME School of Communication and FLAME School of Liberal Education, > Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA. > > >
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