Mādhava's Rgvedavyākhyā and the System of Galitas

1 In my paper On the Galita pradipa of Lakṣmidharasuri', I referred to Madhava's Rgvedavyakhya and observed "It is noticed that Madhava has taken his cue from the presence and absence of a galia while interpreting many a Rgvedic passage but it is a matter of regret that later commenta- tors have not taken cognisance

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जोग 'गलित' का अध्ययन आगे बढ़ाते हैं — ऋग्वेद की वे आवृत्त ऋचाएँ जिन्हें पदपाठ में संक्षिप्त कर दिया जाता है। प्रथम अध्याय के उदाहरणों से वे दिखाते हैं कि शाकल्य का लोप नियमबद्ध है, और माधव की व्याख्या ही उसका अर्थ खोलती है, जिसे परवर्ती टीकाकारों ने उपेक्षित छोड़ दिया। Jog continues his study of the galita, the repeated Rgvedic passage abridged in the Padapatha. Working through examples from the first adhyaya, he shows that Sakalya's omissions follow stated principles, and that Madhava's commentary alone reads sense into them where later commentators ignored the device.

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