Tumačenje Maitreyī-brvhma×e iz Bkhadāra×yaka-upaniù adi u ranoj vedānti
Interpretations of Maitreyī-brāhmaõa from Bkhadāra×yaka-upaniùad in Early Vedānta

Summary/Abstract: This article presents some traces of early vedåntic interpretations of Maitreyã-bràhmaõa, one of the most famous parts of Bkhadåra×yaka-upaniOEad, in the Brahma-såtras, the fundamental work of the philosophical school vedånta. Topic under discussion conveys the exegesis of Maitreyībrāhmaõ a according to three ancient commentators, â÷marathya, Auó ulomi and Kāśakktsna. The purpose of this article is to show the methods of interpretation of upaniù adic passages in different vedāntic schools. Also, we can see some techniques of interpretation taken from pårvamãmàüsà, the school of vedic interpretation, and adapted for upaniOEadic interpretation. The article shows how the main philosophical standpoint on the relation of the self and the absolute serves the exegetical purposes. So the standpoint of the BS and the ancient commentators is bhedābhedavāda, teaching of both the difference and non-difference between the self and the absolute, like sparks and fire. øaïkara interprets the sūtras as teaching monistic illusionism. He also differentiates between the two levels of truth and accordingly the lower brahman (actually the absolute seen through the eyes of the lower truth) and the highest brahman. In this way he was able to reconcile all upaniù adic passages, whether they inclined to theism or monism. There is also an important hermeneutical discussion of øaïkara with bhedābhedavādin Bhartkprapañca on the nature of knowledge and action and priority of the upaniù ads, part of sacred canon dealing with knowledge of brahman over the bhāhmaõ as, which are dealing with ritual action.

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