Who is Nadabrahmins
Nadabrahmin (or) Shabda Brahman or Sabda-brahman means transcendental sound ( Shatapatha Brahmana III.12.48) or sound vibration (Shatpatha Brahmana Vi.16.51) or the transcendental sound of the Vedas (Shatpatha Brahmana Xi.21.36) or of Vedic scriptures (Shatpatha Brahmana X.20.43). [1] Shabda or sabda stands for word manifested by sound ('verbal') and such a word has innate power to convey a particular sense or meaning ( Artha ). According to the Nyaya and the Vaisheshika schools, Shabda means verbal testimony; to the Sanskrit grammarians, Yaska , Panini and Katyayana it meant a unit of language or speech or vac . In the philosophical terms this word appears for the first time in the Maitri Upanishad (Sloka VI.22) that speaks of two kinds of Brahman - Shabda Brahman ('Brahman with sound') and Ashabda Brahman ('soundless Brahman'). Bhartrhari speaks about the creative power of shabda , the manifold universe is a creation of
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