Guest guest Posted December 2, 2005 Report Share Posted December 2, 2005 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> Just as the Tantric philosophy adapted for its own purpose some of the ideas of the Vedanta , sankhya and Saiva system ,so also it laid the Mimamsa and Yoga system under contribution .The Mimamsaka believed that both sabda and artha---words and their meanings are eternal .The denotation of a word ,according to them ,did not depend on any human convention ,but belonged to the nature of the word itself .The word is eternal and therefore its denotation is also eternal . Also , the word is not in any different from the letters composing it ,though when it is pronounced we hear only a unity of sounds . The Mimasaka , however ,believed that both sabda and artha ,but asserted that they were as much the embodiments of Siva-Sakthi as the universe itself . Infact they called their Parabindu Sabdartha-Brahman insted of mere-Brahaman .For it was the source of both words and things .Sabda as well artha---words as well as well objects are manifestation of Sakthi .And , as sabda was of the nature of varnas composing it ,the Tantras affirmed that the creative force of the universe resided in the all the letters of the alphabet. The different letters symbolized the different function of the creative force and their totality was designated matrika of the Mother in a miniature. Warm Regards, Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Meena.N.Nath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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