History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c92.76

v7.c92.76

¹⁷¹² ततो ब्राह्मेण मनुना समर्प्य परमात्मने। ब्रह्मज्ञै. साधकैः सार्धं विदध्यात्पानभोजनम् ॥ महानिर्वाण० VIII 216 मनु is often used in the sense of मन्त्र, vide कुलार्णव XII. 18, वृद्धहारीतस्मृति VI 161, 163 मन्त्र and मनु are both derived from the same root '*man*' to think The ब्राह्म-मनु is ओं सच्चिदेकं ब्रह्म [^1713] वयोवर्णविचारोत्र शैवोद्वाहे न विद्यते । ibid. IX. 279 [^1714] Rāghavabhaṭṭa, the very learned commentator of the Sāradātilaka, who composed his commentary in Banaras in Vikrama year 1550 (1494 A. D.) explains that in the Sānkhya system Śaktī is called Prakṛti, in Vedānta Māyā and in Śivatantras Śakti