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Tat tvam asi: a grammatical analysis of the mahāvākya
The mahāvākya 'Tat tvam asi' is a pivotal declaration in the Chāndogya Upaniṣad, where the sage Uddālaka Āruṇi instructs his son Śvetaketu on the ultimate reality. By deconstructing the sentence's grammatical structure, we reveal the nuances of Advaita Vedānta's non-dualistic philosophy. The sandhi rules governing the fusion of 'tat' and 'tvam' into 'tat tvam' hold the key to understanding the ontological implications of this equation.
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