1. The difference between ‘Sastra- grantha’ and ‘ Prakarana- grandha?
Sastra-
grantha contains a set of texts. There are many Sastra grandhas in different
fields lik,e Medicine, Economics, Astrology and Vedanta. Aurveda, Ardhasastra, Astrology and Vedanta are
examples of Sastra grandhas. These
Grandhas cover a complete range and series of topics related to their subject
matter.
The term ‘Prakarana-
grantha’ means topical texts. Etymologically the word is derived from prakarana
+ grantha. Prakarana means topic and grantha means text. These prakarana –
granthas deal only with select topics. They give comprehensive picture of a few
identified topics. They analyse the topics in detailed manner. These texts are
very helpful to spiritual students who have no capacity to access the ideas and
concepts and who are unable to draw their own findings and conclusions. Moreover
they study only few topics. There is a chance of avoiding extraneous matter and
non essential topics which may not interested by them.
Prakarana granthas
explain the important theories of Vedanta. They provide the essence of Vedanta
in detailed just as the thread in garland prakarana- grantha binds various propositions
of Vedanta in an excellent manner.
Texts like Viveka chudamani,
Tatva bodha, Atma- bodha, Vedonta-sara and Vedanta – pancadasi are examples of
Prakarana- granthas.
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