History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c93.183

v7.c93.183

In P. M S. I. 1. 28 ('Anityadarśanāc-ca') the opponent of the eternality of the Veda puts forward such passages as 'Babara Prāvāhani (son of Pravāhana) desired' (Tai. S VII 1. 10. 2) and 'Kusuruvinda Auddālaki desired' (Tai. S VII. 2. 2. 1), which mention men named Prāvāhani and Auddālaki (son of Uddālaka) that are mortals and argues that Veda did not exist before those mortals and is, therefore, not eternal To this the Siddhānta replies in P M. S. I. 1 31 ('param tu śrutisāmānyam') that such examples are to be explained differently viz, 'Babara' is a onomatopoetic word meaning 'rustling' and Prāvāhani (from 'pra' and 'vāhay' causal of *vah*) means the wind.