Re: [INDOLOGY] textual source for nirvāṇa-mastaka

[David and Nancy Reigle]

Thanks much, Tim, for clarifying this. That makes sense. Glad to now be
clear about it.

Best regards,

David Reigle
Colorado, U.S.A.


On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 10:44 AM, Lubin, Tim <LubinT at wlu.edu> wrote:

Yes, exactly.  Atharvan is never used in a way comparable to nirvāṇa or
> nirvṛti.  Atharvan is a person, or personification of the
> Atharvaṅgirasaḥ/Atharvaveda.  The head may indeed signify metaphorically
> the chief part or pinnacle of anything, of course.
> Tim
>
> From: David and Nancy Reigle <dnreigle at gmail.com>
> Date: Monday, January 16, 2017 at 8:09 PM
> To: Madhav Deshpande <mmdesh at umich.edu>
> Cc: Tim Lubin <lubint at wlu.edu>, Indology <indology at list.indology.info>
> Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] textual source for nirvāṇa-mastaka
>
> I understand the *Vācaspatyam*'s definition of nirvāṇa-mastaka, nirvāṇam
> nirvṛtir mastakam iva yatra, as saying that this nirvāṇa is like the
> head. Whereas, in the second verse you quoted, Tim, the construal is atharvaṇaḥ
> śiro, the head of atharvan. But we cannot say for nirvāṇa-mastaka, the
> head of nirvāṇa. Is this the point?
>


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