Marc Boney > Quotes

“Sūtras are also said to have multiple levels of meaning: shabdartha or literal meaning bhavartha or implied meaning lakshyartha or hidden meaning I suspect that texts written in such a form were never meant to be stand-alone instructional material. Rather, they served as a basis for an experienced teacher to take these threads and through his oral exposition, weave a rich tapestry of meaning while illustrating the interpretive principles with examples. Unfortunately for present-day students their very conciseness and the somewhat coded way in which the Jaimini Sūtras are written makes them less accessible than other classics written in the more expansive shloka form such as the Brihat Pārāśara Horā Shastra.”
― Marc Boney, Jewels of Jaimini