Guest guest Posted July 31, 2005 Report Posted July 31, 2005 Apte dictionary [1] gives the following meaning for avyAja and vyAja. vyAja: 1.deceit; 2.art; 3.a pretext; 4.an artifice; 5.wickedness and avyAja: 1.absence of guile or fraud; 2.simplicity The only thing in vyAja that comes close to reason is pretext. However Monier Williams [2] defines "pretext" as follows: "a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs" I was under the same impression about avyAja like Prof. Jambunathan and others, but when I went and read the commentary and saw the meaning in dictionary (as well the tamil translation [3]), I found that as not the direct meaning of the word. Ravi [1] http://aa2411s.aa.tufs.ac.jp/~tjun/sktdic/ [2] http://m-w.com [3] /message/6227 Sri Ganapathy wrote: > > When a person lends money to the borrower, the lender normally expects > > a consideration on it and that term is ' Viyaj " meaning Interest > > on money's borrowed. "Avyaja " karuna implies, She who is sympathetic > > on Her devotees without any expectations. > > > Prof. Jambunathan wrote > After I had sent the above email, I came across a couple of books which > give only meanings I had imagined > 1. LSM by zri aNNA (zri subramaNyaH) > 2. LSM by zri cI. sUryanArAyanamUrti Quote
Guest guest Posted August 1, 2005 Report Posted August 1, 2005 As zri ravi explained "pretext" would fit my understanding as zrI mAtA does not need any pretext ( my english translation for tamil kAraNam) to shower her her karuNa which is herself. dhanyavAdaH On Aug 1, 2005, at 8:56 AM, wrote: > > > _____________________ > _ > Message: 4 > Sun, 31 Jul 2005 21:17:44 -0000 > "MSR" <miinalochanii > Re: avyAjakaruNAmUrtiH > > Apte dictionary [1] gives the following meaning for avyAja and vyAja. > > vyAja: 1.deceit; 2.art; 3.a pretext; 4.an artifice; 5.wickedness > > and > avyAja: 1.absence of guile or fraud; 2.simplicity > > The only thing in vyAja that comes close to reason is pretext. However > Monier Williams [2] defines "pretext" as follows: "a purpose or motive > alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention > or state of affairs" Quote
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