apāntaratamas

apāntaratamas Bahuvr. m. (-māḥ) The name of an ancient

Ṛṣi, who in a subsequent birth became, according to the

legend, the Vedavyāsa or Kṛṣṇadvaipāyana. (Śaṅkara

in his comm. on a Vedānta Sūtra: apāntaratamā nāma vedā-

cāryaḥ purāṇarṣirviṣṇuniyogātkalidvāparayoḥ saṃdhau kṛṣṇadvaipā-

yanaḥ saṃbabhūveti smaranti.) E. apa and antara-tamas, lit. ‘free

from interior darkness’.

Apāntara-tamas (apa-an°), ās, m., N. of an

ancient sage (identified with Kṛṣṇa-dvaipāyana).

apāntara-tamas m. N. of an ancient sage (who is identified with Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana), MBh.; Hariv.

apāntaratamas- m. n. d'un Ṛṣi.

apāntaratamas (1. apa + antara - tamas) m. N. pr. eines alten Weisen, der mit Kṛṣṇa-Dvaipāyana identificirt wird. apāntaratamā nāma jāto devasya vai sutaḥ . kṛtāśca tena vedārthāḥ HARIV. 14363. MBH. 12, 13695. 13704. COLEBR. Misc. Ess. I, 327. WIND. Sancara 84. WEBER, Lit. 218, N. 1.

apāntaratamas m. N.pr. eines alten Weisen.

apāntaratamas pu0 apagatamāntaraṃ tamo yasya . 1 vedārthaprakāśake
devasutabhede . “apāntaratamā nāma jāto devasya vai sutaḥ .
kṛtāśca tena vedārthāstena satyena mokṣayeti” hariva0 263 a0

APĀNTARATAMAS . 1) General. A Maharṣi (Great

Sage). He was born out of the sound ‘bhu’ uttered by

Mahāviṣṇu. The sage is also known as Sārasvata and

Apāntaratamas. Because he was absolutely free from

inner darkness or ignorance he was called Apāntara-

tamas. The sage, who was cognizant of the past, the

present and the future divided and systematized the

Vedas as ordered by Viṣṇu.

2) Vyāsa was Apāntaratamas reborn. Mahāviṣṇu

ordained that in the Dvāpara age he be born as the

son of Parāśara and once again divide and systematize

the Vedas, and so was he born as Vyāsa. (Śrī Śaṅkara's

Muṇḍakopaniṣad and Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya).