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Sri:
Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

Sri Pillai Lokacharya's
Mumukshuppadi

Sutra:
32. ithu a enRum u enRum ma enRum mUnRu thiruvaksharam.

Meaning:
This praNavam is the combination of the three aksharas
"a", "u" and "m".

Sri PBA Swami's Sarartha Deepikai:
Here the aksharas that make up the praNava are being 
shown separately. The akAram (a) and ukAram (u) combine 
by grammatical rules to form the "O" and therefore the 
praNavam is made up of a, u and m.

The sruti shown before says "Omiti EkAksharam", meaning
that the praNavam is just one akshara. So, how can we
say that it is made up of three aksharas?

There are two rules to consider. One is called 
samhitAkAram and the other is asamhitAkAram. The AkAram
that is formed using the combination rules (sandi) is
called samhitAkAram; the AkAram that is not formed 
using the combination rules is called asamhitAkAram. 
Using asamhitAkAram (non-combination), the praNavam 
is made up of three parts (each letter is a part) and 
gives three meanings. When samhitAkAram (combination) 
is used, the praNavam is one letter making one part 
and has one meaning. Thus the sruti "OmityEkAksharam" 
is based on samhitAkAram.

Pillai Lokacharyar Thiruvadigale Saranam
Azhvar Emperumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan
TCA Venkatesan

Mumukshuppadi Sarartha Deepikai Series:
http://www.acharya.org/vyakyanam/mumukshuppadi/index.html

Note:
HH Sri Vanamamalai Jeeyar is conducting an on-going 
tele-upanyasam on Mumukshuppadi in Tamil. Please check 
the following link for details on listening to an acharya
expound on this work in traditional kAlakshepam format.
http://www.radioramanuja.com/talks/vana.htm





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