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Madhav Deshpande mmdesh at UMICH.EDU
Sun Sep 29 19:19:57 UTC 2002


Perhaps, Manu 4.125 may indeed mean "extracted from the Veda" to refer to OM.  Cf. Taittiriiya-Upani.sad, Ziik.saadhyaaya 1.4.1: yaz chandasaam .r.zabho vizvaruupa.h / chandobhyo 'dhy am.rtaat sambabhuuva //.  Here Zankara takes these lines to refer to OM as the extract of all the Vedas, the am.rta.  Perhaps Manu has some such notion in mind.  Best,

                                                                     Madhav Deshpande





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