Mundaka Upanishad : Chapter 1: Section 1 : 14.
12/01/2019 Mundaka Upanishad : Chapter 1: Section 1 : Discussion-14 (Mundakopanishad : Chapter-1 : Section-1 :Mantram-9) Tasmad etad brahma nama-rupam annah ca jayate. From this Great Being, Brahman, the Absolute, emanates the secondary Brahman. In the language of scholastic philosophers, it is prakriti. Mama yonir mahad brahma (B.G. 14.3) is mentioned in the Bhagavadgita. Here Brahma does not mean Supreme Brahman but prakriti, the matrix of things. Then name and form manifest themselves—nama-rupam. The inward characteristic of an object is called nama, and its outward characteristic is called rupa. The indication—the determining factor of a particular shape that an individual has to take—is called linga sharira in our case, and the subtle body is called the sukshma sharira. Here, nama does not simply mean a name such as Rama, Krishna and Govinda; it is the indicative linga, or the specific character, of the would-be individual in the form o...