On Aug 21, 2011, at 3:12 AM, cardemaister wrote:
According to someone, from vaayu- and skanda-puraaNa:
alpAkSaram asandigdhaM sAra-vat vizvato-mukham
astobham anavadyaM ca sUtraM sUtra-vido viduH
The translation on that site seemed rather scarce.
Perhaps everyone might try to come up with
their own translation.
Vocabulary
alpaakSaram -- [my guess] smallsyllable(d): most probably a
bahuvriihi meaning 'having only a few syllables'
asaMdigdhamfn. not indistinct MBh. xii ; undoubted , unsuspected ,
certain Jain. (Pra1kr2it {-diddha}) ; Pat. ; ***(%{am}) ind. without any
doubt , certainly Pan5cat. Ma1rkP***
sAravat mfn. hard , solid , firm , strong , steadfast MBh. R. c. ;
substantial , nourishing (as food) Car. ; valuable , precious MBh. Ka1m. ;
having pith or sap , containing resin Sus3r. ;
anavadya mf(%{A4})n. irreproachable , faultless ; unobjectionable ;
(%{A}) f. N. of an Apsaras.
vizvatomukha [z = sh -- card] (%{-zva4to-}) mfn. facing all sides , one whose
face is turned everywhere RV. AV. MBh. c. ; (%{am}) ind , in every direction
BhP. ; m. N. of the sun MBh.
astobham -- prolly opposite of 'stobham'
stobham. a chanted interjection in a Sa1man (such as %{hum} , %{ho} ,
%{oha} c.) , hum , hurrah , hymn Br. S3rS. MBh. BhP. ; a partic. division of
the Sa1ma-veda (q.v.) ; torpor , paralysis = %{ceSTA-vighAta} Nalac. ;
disrespect , contumely (= %{helana}) L.
NB. Because 'suutram' is a neuter gender word, thus having the
ending -m even in the nominative singular case, it's impossible
to say, whether some of those other forms ending in -m
are agreeing with 'suutram', or indeclinable (ind.), adverb
like forms. Totally up to anyone to decide which one is the
case...
So, a translation might start for instance like this:
Knowers of suutras (suutra-vidah) know (viduH) a suutra (to be, or
stuff) alpaakSaram, etc.
A sUtra is a compilation of aphorisms that expresses the essence of all
knowledge in a minimum of words. It must be universally applicable to all the
faces of consciousness and faultless in its linguistic presentation.
