FW: saranagati (etymology)
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• August 22, 2002
SrI: Forwarding message from a private respondent to my question. [ But 'SaraNa' probably means 'protection'. Thus 'SaraNa + aagati' perhaps means 'to approach the Lord for protection'. adiyen, Ramkumar ] > The word sarana refers to feet and gata is to rech. > Saragati thus refers to the action of bowing down to > the feet, here of the Lord. > Sanskrit is unique in combining root words. > Sarana+agatha (arriving at one;s feet) from the Lord's > point of view is also Saranagati, surrendering. > > ===== > Krishna Praba [ I think Sri Krishna Praba is confusing 'SaraNa' with 'caraNa'. The latter means feet or foot. The former means (a) house (b) protector (c) means to achieve a goal. There is no doubt that Bhagavaan is the protector, but in the context of SaraNAgati the Agama shastras and our acharyas have always taken the third meaning, viz., that one approaches (Agati) the Lord with the idea that He is the sole Means or Way (SaraNa). Technically this is denoted as approaching the Lord as the 'upAya'. Please refer to the rahasya granthas of our principal acharyas for more detailed explanations of this. -- Moderator ] -------------------------------------------------------------- - SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH - To Post a message, send it to: bhakti-list@yahoogroups.com Group Home: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bhakti-list Archives: http://ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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