Brahma Sūtra 3.3.24

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

पुरुषविद्यायामिव चेतरेषामनाम्नानात्

puruṣavidyāyāmiva cetareṣāmanāmnānāt

Sūtra translation

And as the record of others (viz. the Taittiri- yaka) is not such as in the purusha-vidya (of the A7/andog'ya), (the two purusha-vidyas are not to be combined).

In the Rahasya-brfihma;/a of the Ta//<'fins and the Paiiigins (the A^//andogya) there is a vidya treating of man, in which man is fancifully identified

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

पुरुषविद्यायामपि चेतरेषामनाम्नानात्

puruṣavidyāyāmapi cetareṣāmanāmnānāt

Sūtra translation

And although (they both be) meditations on man; on account of others not being recorded.

In the Taittiriyaka as well as the Chândogya we meet with a meditation on man (purusha-vidyâ), in which parts of the sacrifice are fancifully

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Numbered 3.3.25 in this text

Sūtra

पुरुषविद्यायामपि चेतरेषामनाम्नानात्

puruṣavidyāyāmapi cetareṣāmanāmnānāt

Sūtra translation

The attributes are to be comprehended from all the Vidyas because even in Purusha-Vidya, (while some only an mentioned), some others are not.

For even in the Vidya or knowledge conveyed by the Purusha Sukta (which is considered the highest of all the Vidyas), some of the

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