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
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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), .
*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),
*A. Weber, ''The Vajasaneyi-samhita in the Madhyandina- and the Kanva-shakha'' Berlin (1852), reprint Chowkhamba (1972).
See also
*
Sayana
*
Uvata
*
Yaska
References
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.# https://archive.org/details/RigvedaWww.aryamantavya.in/page/n1
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Dayananda Sarasvati, S., Parmanand, 1. (1981) : ''Pg xxii Mahīdhara''
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Rigvedadi Bhashya Bhumika
Rigvedadi Bhashya Bhumika (also known as Introduction To Vedas) is a book written originally in Standard Hindi, Hindi by Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati, a nineteenth-century social reformer and religious leader in India. His other notable book was ...
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16th-century Indian scholars
Indian Vedic scholars
Indian Sanskrit scholars