Mahīdhara

Mahīdhara ("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-dīpa, "light of the Vedas"). The latter focuses on the Vajasaneyi-samhita of the White Yajurveda.

Mahīdhara's name is associated with a legendary mountain described in the Mahabharata, which is also an epithet of Vishnu.

Mahīdhara'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), Template:ISBN.
• 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), Template:ISBN
• A. Weber, The Vajasaneyi-samhita in the Madhyandina- and the Kanva-shakha Berlin (1852), reprint Chowkhamba (1972).

See also

• Sayana
• Uvata
• Yaska

References

1. Saraswati, Dayanand. "An Introduction to the Commentary on the Vedas Rigvedadi Bhashya Bhumika by Dayanand Saraswati, Ghasi Ram — Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists". Goodreads.com. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
2. https://archive.org/details/RigvedaWww.aryamantavya.in/page/n1
3. Dayananda Sarasvati, S., Parmanand, 1. (1981) : Pg xxii Mahīdhara
4. Rigvedadi Bhashya Bhumika

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