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Guest guest Posted August 6, 2006 Report Share Posted August 6, 2006 uh.. these appeared to be winged beings depicted on a Hindu building? static.flickr.com/35/94894230_6a745e8a81.jpg?v=0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gHari Posted August 6, 2006 Report Share Posted August 6, 2006 I read that earlier Bhagavatam purport and saw this: "Their bodily features are like those of a human being, but they have wings." I wondered why Garuda was depicted as an Eagle. http://vedabase.net/sb/4/30/6/en Here's a bunch of angels: <center>apsarasah</center> gandharva-apsarasaḥ, yakṣāḥ, rakṣaḥ-bhūta-gaṇa-uragāḥ, paśavaḥ, pitaraḥ, siddhāḥ, vidyādhrāḥ, cāraṇāḥ — all inhabitants of different planets; SB 2.6.13-16 apsarasaḥ — the beautiful angels of the Apsarā planet; SB 2.10.37-40 apsarasaḥ — the angels; SB 3.10.28-29 apsarasaḥ — the Apsarās; SB 3.24.7 apsarasaḥ — the inhabitants of the Apsarā planet; SB 4.18.17 apsarasaḥ — inhabitants of Apsaroloka; SB 4.20.35-36 gandharva-apsarasaḥ — Gandharvas and Apsarās; SB 5.21.18 apsarasaḥ — the inhabitants of Apsaroloka; SB 7.4.14 apsarasaḥ — the inhabitants of Apsaroloka; SB 8.5.40 apsarasaḥ — the residents of Apsaroloka; SB 8.8.7 apsarasaḥ — the celestial dancing girls; SB 8.18.8 apsarasaḥ — born of an Apsarā; SB 9.20.3 apsarasaḥ ca — and the celestial dancing girls; SB 10.12.34 gandharva-apsarasaḥ — the Gandharvas and Apsarās; SB 10.63.9 gandharva-apsarasaḥ — the heavenly musicians and dancing girls; SB 11.6.2-4 apsarasaḥ — the society girls of heaven; SB 11.12.3-6 kinnara-apsarasaḥ — the Kinnaras and Apsarās; SB 11.31.2-3 gandharva-apsarasaḥ — the Gandharvas and Apsarās; SB 12.6.15 gandharva-apsarasaḥ — the celestial singers and dancing girls; SB 12.8.16 apsarasaḥ — the Apsarās; SB 12.11.47-48 Wasn't Gabriel an angel? He was a guy. An archangel guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahnava Nitai Das Posted August 6, 2006 Report Share Posted August 6, 2006 uh.. these appeared to be winged beings depicted on a Hindu building?What tells you its a Hindu building? Christianity exists in India as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 6, 2006 Report Share Posted August 6, 2006 What tells you its a Hindu building? Christianity exists in India as well. You are right. The two beings on either side of the angel though look like figures I have seen in Hindu art. I have never seen those in any Christian art, next to angels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Many cultures have folklore of winged fairies. Since the winged fairy folklore is common to so many different countries and cultures, we have to think that at some time in antiquity that there might have been such winged fairies that were visible on Earth. For example: mazikeen, shideem, shehireem: Winged Jewish fairies who were born of the union of Adam and Eve with spirits. They are shape-shifters with the powers of magic, divination and enchantment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 actually, the Hindu god Kamadeva has been described in many places as having wings. here is something from Wikipedia: KamadevaFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Kama (Hinduism)) Jump to: navigation, search For other meanings, see kama. Kāmadeva is the Hindu god of love. His other names include Ragavrinta (Stalk of Passion), Ananga (incorporeal), Kandarpa ("God of amour"), Manmatha (churner of hearts), Manosij (He Who Arises from the Mind; the contraction of the Sanskrit phrase Sah Manasah Jāta), Madana (intoxicating), Ratikānta (lord of the seasons), Pushpavān or just Kāma ("desire"). Kāmadeva is represented as a young and handsome winged man who wields a bow and arrows. His bow is made of sugarcane with honeybees on it and his arrows are decorated with five kinds of fragrant flowers. Its string is made of a chain of honeybees. His companions are a cuckoo, a parrot, hummingbees, the season of spring and the gentle breeze. All of these are symbols of spring season. According to the Shiva purānam, Kāmadeva is a son (actually a creation) of Brahma, creator of the universe. According to other sources including the Skanda purānam, Kāmadeva is a brother of Prasuti; they are both the children of Shatarupa, a creation of Brahmā. All sources concur on the fact that Kāmadeva is wed to Ratī, a daughter of Prasuti and Daksha (another son/creation of Brahmā). According to some beliefs, Kāmadeva was also once reincarnated as Pradyumna, the son of Krishna and Rukminī. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 10, 2006 Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 angels in the abrahamistic faith has no wings, many of them don have wings, there are no records on that.. that they have wings is more a symbolic meaning that they can fly.. if u look in the kabbalah, angels can assume any form, and 1 who conjure them may ask them to put on a more pleasent shape or apperence.. so they arent even bound by form.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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