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Mahīdhara ("earth-bearing") was a 16th-century commentator of the Vedas. His treatises include the Mantramahodadhi (mantra-uda-dhí, "great ocean of mantras") of ca. 1588, and the Vedadipa (veda-dīpa, "light of the Vedas"). The latter concerns the Vajasaneyi-samhita of the White Yajurveda.
Mahīdhara's namesake is a legendary mountain described in the Mahabharata, which is also an epithet of Vishnu.
The commentaries of "Sayana", Skanda, Venkata , Mahīdhara, etc are of recent times. All of them belong to a time later than Yaska's. According to Swami Dayananda these commentaries were fine. Swami Dayanada based his commentary on the Brahmanas and the Nirukta . His interpretations are based mainly on the etymological method.[1]
Mahīdhara commentator on the Yajurveda[1]
Mahīdhara was equally an important commentator on the Yajurveda; but from his Bhasya it is quite evident that he was a Vāma mārgi and believed in the Tantrika school of ritualists.
Editions
- Mantramahodadhi with the Commentary Nauka, Sri Satguru Publications, Indian Books Centre, Delhi (1984, 1985), ISBN 978-81-7030-050-2.
- Mahidhara's Mantra mahodadhih: Text in Sanskrit and roman along with English translation and comprehensive commentary, Prachya Prakashan (1992)
- Isavasyopanisad bhasya sangraha: Sankara bhasyam, Uvata bhasyam, Sayana bhasyam, Mahidhara bhasyam, Prakasa bhasyam, Yogapaksiyam Pra. Bha., Svami Dayananda, Jagadisa Samskrta Pustakalaya; Nutana samskarana edition (2001), ISBN 978-81-87177-21-0
- A. Weber, The Vajasaneyi-samhita in the Madhyandina- and the Kanva-shakha Berlin (1852), reprint Chowkhamba (1972).
- The Rigveda with Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati's commentary- Translated into english by Acharya Dharma Deva Vidya Martanda (1974), English, Sanskrit, Book edition
See also
References
- Saraswati, Dayanand. "An Introduction to the Commentary on the Vedas Rigvedadi Bhashya Bhumika by Dayanand Saraswati, Ghasi Ram — Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists". Goodreads.com. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
- https://archive.org/details/RigvedaWww.aryamantavya.in/page/n1
- [1] Dayananda Sarasvati, S., Parmanand, 1. (1981) : Pg xxii Mahīdhara
- Rigvedadi Bhashya Bhumika[2]
Specific
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 An introduction to the commentary on the four Vedas / translated into English, with original text, a critical introduction & exhaustive notes by Parmanand., Dayananda Sarasvati, Swami, 1824-1883. (1981). "Svāmī Dayānanda Sarasvatī's R̥gvedādi-bhāṣya-bhūmikā". hathitrust.org. Meharchand lachhmandas Publications.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ महर्षि दयानंद सरस्वती, Swami Dayanand Saraswati. ऋग्वेदादिभाष्यभूमिका. Vijaykumar Govindram Hasanand. ISBN 9788170771630.