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and systematic form the teachings which are
found scattered in the voluminous Upanishadic
literature. It must also be remembered that
they are, to some extent at least, what Mr. A.
E. Gough calls them,-"a minimum of memoria
technica, and nearly unintelligible." Colebrooke
also says: "Hinting the question or its solution
rather than proposing the one or delivering the
other, they but allude to the subject. Like the
aphorisms of other Indian sciences they must
from the first have been accompanied by the
author's exposition of the meaning, whether
orally taught by him or communicated in
writing." The "allusions" in the Sutras must
be clearly brought out by the expositor. The
supreme function of an Acharya is to teach the
disciples of his school the essence of the doctrine
as contained in the Upanishads, to clear doubtful
points, to expand hints, to connect what is
seemingly unconnected or conflicting and to
contrive to build into the Vedic teaching any
seemingly disjointed fragments which may be
found in the Vedas as transmitted to us. No
Vedantin, whatever his school, can be found
willing to admit that the Sutras do not teach the
and systematic form the teachings which are
found scattered in the voluminous Upanishadic
literature. It must also be remembered that
they are, to some extent at least, what Mr. A.
E. Gough calls them,-"a minimum of memoria
technica, and nearly unintelligible." Colebrooke
also says: "Hinting the question or its solution
rather than proposing the one or delivering the
other, they but allude to the subject. Like the
aphorisms of other Indian sciences they must
from the first have been accompanied by the
author's exposition of the meaning, whether
orally taught by him or communicated in
writing." The "allusions" in the Sutras must
be clearly brought out by the expositor. The
supreme function of an Acharya is to teach the
disciples of his school the essence of the doctrine
as contained in the Upanishads, to clear doubtful
points, to expand hints, to connect what is
seemingly unconnected or conflicting and to
contrive to build into the Vedic teaching any
seemingly disjointed fragments which may be
found in the Vedas as transmitted to us. No
Vedantin, whatever his school, can be found
willing to admit that the Sutras do not teach the