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प्रणिधानम्- praṇidhāna

 प्रणिधानम्- praṇidhāna   About Śabdayoga Blog author Jayaraman Mahadevan   Etymology प्र + नि + धा + ल्युट् = प्रणिधानम् pra + ni + dhā + lyuṭ = praṇidhānam ·        The Prefixes here are pra and ni – that means respectively. Pra refers to प्रकर्ष – prakarṣa - clearly/explicitly [1] ni – नितराम् –   nitar ā m completely [2] ·        The root is dhā to mean - धारण - पोषणयोः dhāraṇa-poṣaṇayoḥ - to hold and to noursih ·        The suffx is lyut which is added by the grammatical rule ल्युट् च lyuṭ ca   ( aṣṭādhyāyī 3.3.115) . The meaning brought in by adding the suffix is the – भाव - the act. Hence the derivation of the term would be – प्रणिधीयते इति प्रणिधनम् – praṇidhīyate iti praṇidhanam-   the act of placing clearly and completely / surrendering.   Lexicon There is one reference to the word in amarakośa . It is as follows - अवधानं समाधानं प्रणिधानं तथैव च   -   1.5.2 avadhānaṃ samādhānaṃ praṇidhānaṃ tathaiva ca avadhāna,   samādhāna and
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ईश्वरः- Īśvara

 ईश्वरः- Īśvara  About Śabdayoga Blog author Jayaraman Mahadevan Etymology ईश् + वरच्   = ईश्वरः īś + varac   = īśvaraḥ ·        The root for the word is   ईश् ऐश्वर्ये īś aiśvarye – to rule, to command, to possess power ·        The suffix added to it is वरच्    - varac – It is added to the root to indicate the meaning the agent/doer ( कर्त्रर्थ kartrartha ). It added based on the grammatical rule - स्थेशभासपिसकसो वरच् stheśabhāsapisakaso varac ( aṣṭādhyāyī – 3.2.175 ). Based on the above grammatical etymology the derivative statement of the word would be - शास्ति इति ईश्वरः - śāsti iti īśvaraḥ - the one who governs etc.   Lexicon There are two entries in the Amarakośa to the term Īśvara. They are as follows - ईश्वरः शर्व ईशानः शङ्करश्चन्द्रशेखरः 1.1.30. īśvaraḥ śarva īśānaḥ śaṅkaraścandraśekharaḥ īśvara,   śarva,   īśāna, śaṅkara, candraśekhara are the terms that indicate lord śiva. इभ्य आढ्यो धनी स्वामी त्वीश्वरः पतिरीशिता 3.1.10 ib
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