References : The Concept of Bindu
[1] See Kalātattvakośa , Vol. II, IGNCA pub. by Motilal Banarsidas – Article on bindu
[2] ‘ A point is that which has no part ’ – Definition 1 – Elements by Euclid ( approx. 280 BC )
[3] See ‘T. S. Eliot – Poetry, Plays and Prose’ by S. K. Sarker – pub. by Atlantic, Delhi
Burnt Norton – named after a village in Gloucestshire, UK
East Coker – in Somerset, UK where the forebears of Eliot lived before going to America
The Dry Salvages – a beacon rock off Cape Ann, Mass. USA – where Eliot lived as a boy
Little Gidding – in Huntingdoneshire, UK from where Eliot’s forefathers left for USA – the New World
[5] hiranya which literally means golden is associated with the ‘first act or moment of Creation’ time and again in vedic literature. In the Brihadarānyaka Up. the ‘Hymn of Creation’ is referred to as hiranyagarbh.
[6] darbh means kushā or a long grass that is very commonly used even today in all vedic rituals.
[7] dyauh (घौः) – is derived also from the stem dyo (द + [ इ + अ ] + अ + उ) – in which case it is declined as ‘go’ and is its nominative-singular ; div (द + इ + [उ + अ]) is used before a vowel ; dyu (द + [इ + अ] + उ) is used before a consonant.
[8] a conundrum – its like saying “I know the Unknown”
[9] Great Books – Britannica Vol. 52 – Fyodor Doestovsky – “The Brothers Karamazov” , Pt.II – Bk. V –‘Pro and Contra’ – Page 121
[10] Great Books – Britannica Vol. 28 – Galileo Galilei – “The Two New Sciences” , Page 139
[12] ‘The Book of Sand’ by Jorge Luis Borges – Penguin Paperback 1979
[13] Great Books – Britannica Vol. 32 – John Milton , Page 148
[14] ‘Sixty Upanisads of the Veda’ – Vol. II, Pg 687 – by Paul Deussen (Motilal B. Das)
[15] The next nine shlökas viz. Brahmbindu Up. 2 -10 detail this concept
[16] Apte- Pg.587 pirmaaNa ¹ ( pir + maa + lyauT“\ ¸ pxao ]psaga-syadIQa- ) 1. maapnaa ¸ (Sai> yaa takt ) kI maap
- 2. taola ¸saM#yaa ¸ maUlya
[17] Apte- Pg.580 pir ¹ (pR + [na\ ) yah ]psaga- ko $pmaoM Qaatu yaa saM&aAaoM sao pUva- 1. caaraoM Aaor yaa [Qar ]Qar 2. bahut¸ A%yant
- 3. pRqa@krNaIya Avyaya¸ Alaga¹Alaga krnao vaalaa