मह्यम् dārśansūtra

India has rich traditions of shastrarth and intellectual debates on philosophy among the people of different schools or with the antagonistic sects. One of them is famous shastrarth between adi Shankaracharya and Maṇḍana Miśra. Adi Shankaracharya Adi Shankaracharya was born in kalady, Kerala. lord Shiva who offered his parents the option of a son who would be great and depart this world at 32 or a son who would lead a normal life for a long time.  Maṇḍana Miśra He was follower of the karma Mimansa school of philosophy.Ubhaya Bharati was wife of Maṇḍana Miśra. He became a sannyasin and an advaitin after he was defeated by Shankara in a debate.                                       ( image credit jagran ) Shankara initially sought out Kumarila Bhatta, who was leading exponent of Purva Mimansa to debate the relative merits and demerits of their philosophies. B...

Suktā of creation: Nāsādīya suktā 129th hymn of the 10th mandala of the Rigveda. Speculation of origin of universe. नासदासींनॊसदासीत्तदानीं नासीद्रजॊ नॊ व्यॊमापरॊ यत् । किमावरीव: कुहकस्यशर्मन्नभ: किमासीद्गहनं गभीरम् ॥१॥ न मृत्युरासीदमृतं न तर्हि न रात्र्या।आन्ह।आसीत् प्रकॆत:। आनीदवातं स्वधया तदॆकं तस्माद्धान्यन्नपर: किंचनास ॥ २॥ तम।आअसीत्तमसा गूह्ळमग्रॆ प्रकॆतं सलिलं सर्वमा।इदम् । तुच्छॆनाभ्वपिहितं यदासीत्तपसस्तन्महिना जायतैकम् ॥३॥ कामस्तदग्रॆ समवर्तताधि मनसॊ रॆत: प्रथमं यदासीत् । सतॊबन्धुमसति निरविन्दन्हृदि प्रतीष्या कवयॊ मनीषा ॥४॥ तिरश्चीनॊ विततॊ रश्मीरॆषामध: स्विदासी ३ दुपरिस्विदासीत् । रॆतॊधा।आसन्महिमान् ।आसन्त्स्वधा ।आवस्तात् प्रयति: परस्तात् ॥५॥ तिरश्चीनॊ विततॊ रश्मीरॆषामध: स्विदासी ३ दुपरिस्विदासीत् । रॆतॊधा।आसन्महिमान् ।आसन्त्स्वधा ।आवस्तात् प्रयति: परस्तात् ॥५॥ कॊ ।आद्धा वॆद क‌।इह प्रवॊचत् कुत ।आअजाता कुत ।इयं विसृष्टि: । अर्वाग्दॆवा ।आस्य विसर्जनॆनाथाकॊ वॆद यत ।आबभूव ॥६॥ इयं विसृष्टिर्यत ।आबभूव यदि वा दधॆ यदि वा न । यॊ ।आस्याध्यक्ष: परमॆ व्यॊमन्त्सॊ आंग व...