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SrI San’kara gives support from Rg veda – catvAri SR’ngA (RV 4.58.3) -
catvAri SR’ngA tray’sya pAdA dve Sirshe sapta hastAso’sya |
tridhA baddho vRshabho rorarvIti mahAdevo martyAgm AviveSa ||
(Ralph T. H. Griffith gives an explanation based on SAyaNa bhAshya for the
above in his translation of the Rg vedic hymns. The four horns refer to the
four veda-s, the three feet refer to the three daily sacrifices, etc.).
c) SrI rAdhAkRshNa SAstri gives other interpretations from the
SAyaNabhAshyam, which includes the four “horns”, namely akAra, ukAra
makAra, and nAda for the PraNavam – akAra ukAra makAra nAdarUpaSR’nga
catushTayopetah; from the niruktam - catvAri SR’ngA iti vedA vA uktah.
d) A thought that comes out of b) is that bhagavAn has the four horns in the
form of the four veda-s, that He uses to control the world through dharma.
SrI cinmayAnanda interprets the reference to “the four horns
“catvAriSR’ngA” in the Rg vedic quote above (4.58.3) as a reference to the
four States of Consciousness – the waking, dream, deep-sleep, and Pure
Awareness. He interprets the three feet as the three states of gross, subtle
and causal bodies respectively.
e) The word SR’ngam also means Lordship, supremacy, etc. SrI kRshNadatta
bhAradvAj uses this meaning, and gives the interpretation that the nAma
refers to His many aspects to His Lordship –
naikam vividham SR’ngam prabhutvam yasya iti naika-SR’ngah.
He quotes medinI in support – SR’gam prabhutve Sikhare
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(medina 3.25).
f) SrI satya sandha yatirAja gives the interpretation – na eka SR’ngo, na ekAni
– anekAni SR’ngANi yasya vRsha rUpe sanaika-SR’ngah, which can be translated
as “He Who has multiple forms in His aspect as the Bestower, or One Who
establishes dharma” (vRsha – dharma).
f) In his alternate interpretation, he splits the word as nA eka-SR’ngah, and