The word prādhānyataḥ (principal) is significant. The word (prādhānyataḥ) is significant. “principal” Use quotation marks, however, when needed to make clear that the bracketed or parenthetical words are meant to provide a translation rather than an editorial explanation. For example, in a translation: Let us consider the word [“written by the great “mahā-muni-kṛte” sage”]. Keep parentheses when they enclose words that are part of the original text. For example: In the Chāndogya Upaniṣad it is said: I have studied the Veda, the “Sir, Ṛg Veda, the Sāma Veda, the Atharva Veda (the fourth), and the Purāṇa (the fifth Veda).” Here fourth” and fifth Veda” are enclosed in parentheses rather than “the “the brackets because these words are part of the original Chāndogya Upaniṣad text. When you want to retain quotation marks—for example, to mark a translation as literal—an alternative is to dispense with the parentheses and use commas or dashes instead, thus: has been heard,” refers to eternal revealed scripture received Śruti, “what by in meditation and passed down orally through unbroken lines of ṛṣis teachers and disciples. See also: . Brahman / brahma By bbt convention, when referring to the Absolute Truth we make Brahman cap roman and retain the final n. (In the days before diacritics, that final n helped distinguish Brahma the Absolute Truth from Brahmā the secondary creator.) Note that the word is pronounced with both syllables equally accented or with the accent on the first. When the word applies to the jīva, our style is lower-case italic, without the final n. When the word is used simply to mean spirit and is applied to both the Lord and the living entity, use lower-case italic for both.
The word prādhānyataḥ (principal) is significant. The word “principal” (prādhānyataḥ) is significant. Use quotation marks, however, when needed to make clear that the bracketed or parenthetical words are meant to provide a translation rather than an editorial explanation. For example, in a translation: Let us consider the word “mahā-muni-kṛte” [“written by the great sage”]. Keep parentheses when they enclose words that are part of the original text. For example: In the Chāndogya Upaniṣad it is said: “Sir, I have studied the Ṛg Veda, the Veda, the Sāma Veda, the Atharva Veda (the fourth), and the (the fifth Veda).” Here “the fourth” and “the fifth Veda” are enclosed in parentheses rather than brackets because these words are part of the original Chāndogya Upaniṣad text. When you want to retain quotation marks—for example, to mark a translation as literal—an alternative is to dispense with the parentheses and use commas or dashes instead, thus: Śruti, “what has been heard,” refers to eternal revealed scripture received by ṛṣis in meditation and passed down orally through unbroken lines of teachers and disciples. See also: . Brahman / brahma By bbt convention, when referring to the Absolute Truth we make Brahman cap roman and retain the final n. (In the days before diacritics, that final n helped distinguish Brahma the Absolute Truth from Brahmā the secondary creator.) Note that the word is pronounced with both syllables equally accented or with the accent on the first. When the word applies to the jīva, our style is lower-case italic, without the final n. When the word is used simply to mean spirit and is applied to both the Lord and the living entity, use lower-case italic for both. Purāṇa
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