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TajjalanisoneofthefewenigmaticmethodsemployedbytheUpanishadicseerstodescribeRealityor BrahmaninHinduism.ItisacosmologicalapproachtotheproblemofReality.

Contents
1MeaningofTajjalan 2Implications 3Significance 4References

MeaningofTajjalan
TajjalanistheenigmaticmethodtodescribeRealityunliketheaphoristicmethodoftheMandukya UpanishadfavouredinthelaterSutraliterature.Shandilyawhenhesaidsarvamkhaluidambrahman tajjalanitishantaupasite(ChandogyaUpanishadIII.14.1)headoptedthecrypticwayforsayinghowGod couldberegardedastheorigin,theend,andthelifeofallthings.[1]ItisaSanskritword,anAdjective,that meansabsorbedandbreathinginthatorproduced.[2]Itisacompoundwordinterpretedasequivalenttotaj ja,tallaandtadanathatrepresenttheattributesofBrahman.[3]

Implications
TajjalanisariddlethatdescribesinapositivewaythethreebasicattributesofBrahmanwithregardto explainingtheprocessofcreationetc.fromtheprimevalAtman.TaittiriyaUpanishadII.1/III.1proposesthe TheoryoftheemanationoftheelementsfromBrahman,thesameUpanishaddefinesBrahmanasExistence, ConsciousnessandInfinityanddeclaresthatalonemightberegardedastheUltimateRealityofthings,from whichallthesebeingsareborn,bywhichtheylivewhenborn,towhichtheyrepairandintowhichtheyare finallyresolved,becausebehindthecosmostheremustbeanexistencewhichmustberegardedas responsibleforitsorigin,sustenance,andabsorption.[4]And,Shandilya,throughtheuseofthephrase, Tajjalan,revealsthesecretnameofBrahmanbywhichhesaysBrahmanshouldbeworshipped.Therefore, BadarayanadefinesBrahmanasJanamadiasayayatah(BrahmaSutraI.1.2)meaning,"That(is Brahman)fromwhich(arederived)thebirthetc.ofthis(universe)"inwhichregardAdiShankarastatesthat thephrase,janmadiisabahuvrihicompoundwherethesubjectpresentedisapprehendedalongwithits attributes.[5]ThisdefinitionofBrahmaniscalled,Tatasthalakshana.

Significance

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AdiShankaragivesthemeaningofTajjalanasFromthis"tad"Brahmantheuniversehasarisen"ja",on dissolutionitdisappears"li"intothisidenticalwithBrahmaninthesamewayfinallyitisBrahmaninwhom theuniverse,afteritiscreated,breathes"an"andlivesTatJaLiAn.Heparaphrasestajjawithtasmad brahmanojatambecausejanconstruedwithtadascantakethesuffixda,soastogivethederivative tajja.[6]Thus,"Tajjalan"isthemysteriousnameoftheuniverseasidentifiedwithBrahmanwhichword summarisesthethreeattributesofBrahmanascreator,preserveranddestroyeroftheuniverse,andpresents theuniverseasnondifferentfromBrahmaninallthreeperiods,past,presentandfuture[7][8]Thisisthe cosmologicalprooffortheexistenceofGod,whichalsomeansthattheindividualsoulisnonlimitedinits essentialnatureeventhoughowingtoabundanceofignoranceitacquiresvariousnamesandformstobecome limited.Thephrase,"Tajjalan",suppliesthereasontoexplaintheMahavakya,"AllthisisBrahman".[9]This phraseisoneofthetwowellknownexamplesofthecosmologicalapproachtotheproblemofReality.[10]

References
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