It seems, nevertheless, likely, for several reasons, that Panini was acquainted with Saunaka's work, though the point has by no means been definitely settled. The Rik-pratisakhya is composed in mixed slokas, or couplets of various metres, a form of composition for which Saunaka seems to ...
In the later Upanishads, speech is said to be assimilated with consciousness. The four divisions of speech are explained as four states of consciousness. For instance; SriGauda-Paada, theParama-Guruof Sri Sankara (the teacher of his teacher) , in his celebrated commentary (Gaudapada-karika) o...
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