The Thirumanthiram (Translation and Commentary)
author: T.N. Ganapathy
edition: 2013, Babaji’s Kriya Yoga Trust
pages: 3832
ISBN-10: 1895383617
ISBN-13: 9781895383614
Topic: Shaivism
The Sun of Gnosis
This chapter describes The Sun of Gnosis located on page 2187 in the English translation of the The Thirumanthiram (Translation and Commentary) [also: Tirumantiram, Tirumandiram etc.]. This book by Siddha Tirumular (Thirumoolar) deals with Shaiva literature (such as the Agamas) and, being encyclopedic in form, also deals with topics such as spiritual wisdom, Yoga, Indian philosophy and Tantra. This is Chapter 25 part of "Tandiram (Thandhiram) 7"
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “The Sun of Gnosis” according to 247 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Brahma Sutras (Shankaracharya) [by George Thibaut]
There is, moreover, one distinct from the individual souls which animate the sun and other bodies, viz. the Lord who rules within; whose distinction (from all individual souls) is proclaimed in the following scriptural passage, 'He who dwells in the sun and within the sun, whom the sun does not know, whose body the sun is, and who rules the sun within; he is thy Self, the ruler within, the immortal' (Bri. Up. III, 7, 9)....
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Chandogya Upanishad (Shankara Bhashya) [by Ganganatha Jha]
Upanishad text: The Rising (Sun) is the syllable ‘Him ; the Risen (Sun) is the Prastava; the Midday (Sun) is the Udgitha; the Postmeridian (Sun) is the Pratihara; the Setting (sun) is the Nidhana. —This is the Brihat (Sama) interwoven in the Sun. —(1) Commentary (Shankara Bhashya): The Rising—Sun—is the syllable ‘Hin [Him?] : as it is the first to be seen. —The Risen Sun is the Prastava; as all acts are brought about through their commencement (prastavana)....
Read full contents: Section 2.14 (fourteenth khanda) (two texts)
Brahma Sutras (Nimbarka commentary) [by Roma Bose]
Hence the superiority of the sun and the rest stands to reason. So it is established that the view of the sun, etc., is to be super-imposed on the udgitha and the rest. Here ends the section entitled “The ideas of the sun and the rest” (4). Comparative views of Shankara: He reads “angeshu” instead of “ange”....
Read full contents: Brahma-Sutra 4.1.6
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[The Thirumanthiram (Translation and Commentary): index]
[Foreword]
[Preface]