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) He Who has provided many different means (such as nose, mouth, etc.) for
life to be sustained.
c) He Who has created various life-forms and provided easy means for their
survival.
d) He Who is viewed in different "faces" (in different ways) by different
faiths.
SatAnanAya namah.
SrI satyadevo VasishTha gives the derivation of Ananam from the root ana -
prANane - to breathe. According to pANini sUtra 3.3.117 - karaNa
adhikaraNayoSca - the affixlyuT (ana) comes after a root, when the relation
of the word to be formed to the verb is that of an instrument or location.
The definition that SrI vAsishTha gives is A = samantAt anyate = prANyate
anena iti Anananm = mukham - The part of the body which contains the means
for breathing, namely the face. The word Sata has the same meaning as in
the previous nAma, namely, many, uncountable, etc. Thus the explanation for
the nAma is: SatamAnanAni yasya sa SatAnanah =anantAnanah - He Who has
innumerable faces.
SrI BhaTTar gives the support from gItA 11.10:
aneka vaktra nayanam anekAbhuta darSanam |
aneka divyAbharaNam divyAnekodyatAyudham ||
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(gItA 11.10)
"With innumerable mouths and eyes, many marvelous aspects, many divine
ornaments, and many divine weapons" - This is how sa'njaya starts the
description of the viSva rUpam that bhagavAn shows to arjuna.
SrI cinmayAnanda refers us to Lord kRshNa's words in gItA Slokam 13.13,
which conveys the same concept when He describes Brahman:
sarvatah pANi-pAdam tatsarvo'kshi-Siro-mukham |
sarvath Srutiman-loke sarvam-AvRtya tishThati || (gItA 13.13)
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