Dear Sri Rajagopalan :
Thanks very much for your note .
PaNini's ashtAdhyAyi is the condensaton
of Vedic sage's insights on
Grammar and a build up on that infra structure to
mkae sure that
the Vedic way of speech is preserved . PaaNIni
lived around 4th Century B.C
in what is today modern day Pakistan on the bank of
Indus . His great Text for
Grammar written in Brahmi script during the
post-Vedic period has 3959 SoothrAs
(Aphorisms) . Adhi Sanakra in his Bhaja Govindham
used to make fun of an old man
in VaraNAsi , who was learning AshtAdhyAyee (
na hi nahi rakshathi DukkunkaraNE ,
Bhaja Govindham instead ) . Panini in his master
work refers to 10 grammarians
before him . His exactitude and rigor has not been
seen its match in the grammars of Greek -Latin ,
Hebrew and semantic languages . Today the
formal language of Computers are trying
to study AshtAdhyAyi ( Ref: ongoing CDAC
work ) from a computational linguistics
point of view (Does PaaNIni SoothrAs amenable
for expalnation using a meta Language etc )..
PaNini 's work deals with the phenomes , Morpheme
and the root to derive the rules
of Sanskrit Morphology . It is a limb of VedAs in
that context .
Sage Patanjali , who wrote the MahA BhAshyam
commented on the 8 chapters of
PaaNIni ( AshtAdhyAyee) around 200B.C and the
VaartikAs of KaatyAyana dealing
with AshtAdhyAyee .
VyAkaraNa Saasthram is taught in MadhurAnthakam
School of Ahobila Matam and
elesewhere today . For some , it may be a very dry
subject .
Personally , the Bhakti approach and SaraNAgathi
approach is more appealing to me than
the esoteric but essential subjects like
VyAkaraNam , For a well rounded person ofcourse intersted
in studying great Sri Sookthis like Sri Bhaashyam
of AchArya RaamAnuja , Tarkam and VyAkaraNam
are a must .
Hanumaan's recognition as Nava VyAkaraNa PaNdithar
is linked to his Mastery of
nine kinds of Grammar . The meaning of Nava
representing a new kind of grammar
does not apply here .
In answer to your other question , JyOthishanm is
another vast Vedic angam .
It will take years to master that limb of VedAs as
well .
Best Wishes ,
V.Sadagopan
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Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 10:04
AM
Subject: Re: [SriRangaSri]
Vedadhyayanam
Dear Sri Sadagopan.
Well It is amzing that u hv a web site with so much information and it
would take quite a time for a person like me to even go thru' needless
to say the time it might take to understand an iota of it.
Still, I hv doubt regarding Vykarnam. You hv mentioned
Ashtadyayi of Sage Panini. I hv also heard about Dasadyayi. Is it
also part of it, if so who has done it. Further In Ramayana Sri Rama has
referred to Hanuman as 'Nava
Vyakarna Panditha". Now nava can be referred to as new as in navaneetham
or nava can also mean 9 different Vyakanas. Am I right? Of couse I still
hv doughts on Jyothisha too. I shall refer to it later. A
person like me needs time to grasp all at once---Warm Regards--
V.S.Rajagopalan
Sadagopan <sgopan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>
Swamins, > It is understood that Veda has to be learnt with 6
angas > namely Chands, Niruktham, Kalpam, Vyakarnam, Tharkam and
Jyothisham > In this Tharkam, Vyakarnam,Jyothisham and Chandas is
known to many. > But what is Kalpam and Niruktham. Where does
Mimass fit in this > category. And are these 6 angas is common
for all the four Vedas. > Incidentaly I am a Bharadaji and Sama Vedin-
I would be glad if > any one u learned scholers enlighten a person
like me- > Dasan > V.S.Rajagopalan
Dear Sri Rajagopalan
:
I am very happy to know about your interests in learning about the
VedAs .
Here is a brief introduction . You will find details
in
http://www.sadagopan.org
Please
go to the section on Vedas . There are number of articles about the VedAs
there . You can refer to article 9 on general overview and article 2 on
Kalpa SutrAs .
Now coming back to your question , There are four
VedAs . Each ghave three sections : Mantra/Samhita , BrahmaNaas and
Upanishads .This constitutes the body of the VedAs . Like the human
body has limbs (angAs) , the Veda Purushan has limbs or angams . In
your list , you had included Tarkam as an angam . It is not one of
the angams .
The VedAs have the following six angams or limbs
:
(1) Siksha : Science of Pronunciation and Phonetics;
Proper articulation of the Vedic phenomes
.
(2) Chandas: Science of Poetic Meter ( Gayathri , UshNik ,
anushtup et al )
(3) VyAkaraNa : Science of Grammar ( PaaNini's
AshtAdhyAyi)
(4) Nirukta: Etymology and Lexicology ( Created by
Yaksha)
(5) JyOtisha : Science of astronomy &
astrology This is considered as the
eye of the Vedas since it permits
one to see across murky time.
(6) Kalpa : Science of Rituals
and observations on Vidhi.
This angam is considered as the hands of the Vedam .
Siksha &
Chandas deal with how to recite (speak) Veda . Nirukta &
VyAkaraNa deal with the understanding of the meaning of the VedAs
. Kalpa and JyOthishA deal with how to use the VedAs .
There
are 4 Upaangams for the 6 angams of the Four VedAs .
The UpAngams are
: (1)( Tarkam )or Nyaaya (2) MeemAmsa (3) Dharma Soothrams and (4)
PurANams .
Saanga-UpAnga ahdyayanam of the VedAs are recommended
.
This then is a quick introduction .VedAs are ocean like in
sweep and are delightful to delve into
.
V.Sadagopan
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