The Importance of Sanskrit Grammar for Philosophers

Shankara's commentary on the brāhma-sutra anticipates and answers this further worry. He admits that people disagree about the qualities of brāhmaṇa, but insists that we all have a common idea of it which gives us only partial knowledge. As proof, Shankara offers an etymology of the word brāhma  itself. Its very nature is said to consist in what is eternal, pure, and consciousness,. bound up with the omniscient and the omnipotent.