Thursday, May 2, 2019

Adṛṣya | "invisible"

Adrishya

Adṛṣya (IAST)
Translation: "invisible"
From Mandukya Upanishad (Verse 7)

A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (Monier-Williams)
Sanskrit:अद्रिष्यत्
Transliteration: Adṛṣyat
Translation: "invisible"

A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy
Sanskrit: अदृष्य
Transliteration: Adṛṣya
Translation: "invisible"

Mundaka and Mandukya Upanishads (Swami Sharvananda)
Sanskrit: अदृष्य
Transliteration: Adṛṣya
Translation: "invisible"

The Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad (Swami Krishnananda)
Sanskrit: अद्रिश्तम्
Transliteration: Adriṣhtam
Commentary: "Invisible is it. One cannot see it. Whatever be the effort of the eyes, the eyes cannot visualize it."


References:
  1. Monier-Williams, Monier (1899). A Sanskrit-English Dictionary: Etymologically and Philologically Arranged with Special Reference to Cognate Indo-European languages. Oxford: Clarendon Press
  2. Grimes, John (1996). A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy: Sanskrit Terms Defined in English. Albany: State University of New York Press
  3. Sharvananda, Swami (1920). Mundaka and Mandukya Upanishads: With Sanskrit Text; Paraphrase with Word-For-Word Literal Translation, English, Rendering and Comments. Mylapore, Madras: Sri Ramakrishna Math
  4. Krishnananda, Swami (1996). The Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad. Retrieved from https://www.swami-krishnananda.org/mand_0.html