Guest guest Posted February 29, 2004 Report Share Posted February 29, 2004 vedic_research_institute, "kishore_future" <kishore_future@i...> wrote: There is a school that says essentially most of the Rg Veda is astronomical in nature. The seven sacred rivers are actually named after the seven rays of the sun. Thus, some , if not most, of the Rks supposedly extolling the rivers are in fact hymns to the sun. ( i am still looking for exact references for this ) While I do not really know the content of truth in this, I feel the following Rk gives the meaning that Indra is a celestial body... "Oh Indra,while you are seated near the Sun, your body expands... You look fierce then" The usual colour that is associated with Indra is red. Hence, I feel Indra is a red looking celestial body in the east. In the mornings, he looks bigger and too red ( hence, fierce). The root ' Indh' means ' to ignite' His weapon , the vajra is nothing but the lightening from the east. This lightening , striking the sea several times (99 times , to be precise) through the surf on the water, (surf conducts the electricity ) has ignited life, by ending the inertia (or , vritra). I invite comments and references on this arguement. Btw, I am looking for references on the history of sankha, the son of Yama. Both Yama and his son are Rg Vedic seers. (Yama is black. On the other hand, the sankha dweep of puranas is nothing but today's Africa. So, did Sankha get his name coz he is connected with this continent?) kishore --- End forwarded message --- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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