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> > > 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...)???
