Mahëdhara ("earth-bearing") was a 16th-century commentator on the Vedas. His treatises include the Mantramahodadhi ("great ocean of mantras"), written around 1588, and the Vedadipa (veda-dëpa, "light of the Vedas"). The latter focuses on the Vajasaneyi-samhita of the White Yajurveda.
Mahëdhara's name is associated with a legendary mountain described in the Mahabharata, which is also an epithet of Vishnu.
Mahëdhara's commentaries belong to a period later than that of Yaska.
Editions
- Mantramahodadhi with the Commentary Nauka, Sri Satguru Publications, Indian Books Centre, Delhi (1984, 1985), .
- Mahidhara's Mantra mahodadhih: Text in Sanskrit and roman along with English translation and comprehensive commentary, Prachya Prakashan (1992)
- Isavasyopanisad bhasya sangraha: Sankara bhasyam, Uvata bhasyam, Sayana bhasyam, Mahidhara bhasyam, Prakasa bhasyam, Yogapaksiyam Pra. Bha., Svami Dayananda, Jagadisa Samskrta Pustakalaya; Nutana samskarana edition (2001),
- A. Weber, The Vajasaneyi-samhita in the Madhyandina- and the Kanva-shakha Berlin (1852), reprint Chowkhamba (1972).
See also
References
- Saraswati, Dayanand. "An Introduction to the Commentary on the Vedas Rigvedadi Bhashya Bhumika by Dayanand Saraswati, Ghasi Ram â Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists". Goodreads.com. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
- https://archive.org/details/RigvedaWww.aryamantavya.in/page/n1
- Dayananda Sarasvati, S., Parmanand, 1. (1981) : Pg xxii Mahëdhara
- Rigvedadi Bhashya Bhumika
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