A Peek Into Upanishadic Age

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Namaste.

 

It is interesting to imagine the life pattern of

Upanishadic ages.

 

How did a common man live in everyday life:

- A carpenter

- A father

- A mother

- A farmer

- A goldsmith

- A merchant

- A lawyer

- A law-keeper such as a policeman

- Young people

- School-going children

- A king

- A priest

- A thief

- A money-lender

- A soldier

 

What was the life-pattern of a poor man, a rich man.

What were the various occupations practiced.

How was a village/town/kingdom organised :

- Buildings, offices etc

- People overseeing law and taxes

- People practising various professions

- Entertainment centres

- Prisons

- Land and farming

 

Temples:

- Who were the deities -

- Varuna,Mitra,Sun,Rudra/Shiva, Vishnu ...

(There was no Krishna, Rama, Harishchandra ...)

- Was there a solid structure for temples or was it

only the yagnas.

 

Food:

- What were the various preparations

Trade:

- How did they trade

- What was the currency

 

Clothes and dresses:

- What did various people wear.

 

Pets and other animals:

 

Art:

- Music, dance, Scupting, etc.

 

With the above static picture, a day-to-day life flow

may be further interesting.

- How did people start each day

(by offering to the Divine in each person their

day ahead ? )

- How did they conduct their daily activities

(cheerfully with karma-yoga ?(the term itself coined

later on))

- How do they react to floods, fire, deaths,

earthquakes etc

(cheerfully but with vigour ? )

- How do they react to strangers entering community

(I have a suspicion they treated strangers like

honourable kings ?)

- How did people end each day

(with peace that all was done in the way of the

Lord in each person ?)

- How did they react to a not so learned person

entering a scholarly discussion

- How did they react to a king entering their

community

- How did they react to a law-breaker, a priest, a

merchant, a scholarly person, a commonperson , etc.

- etc

 

.... Just some thoughts ...

 

With Love,

Raghava

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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