Revelation

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From the article " Revelation, " in Encyclopedia of Religion. Mircea Eliade,

editor in chief. 15 vols. New York: Macmillan, 1987.

 

Encyclopedia of Religion, REVELATION, Vol.12, p.361 - p.362

Hinduism. Even in Hinduism it is possible to speak of revelation as this

concept is understood by historians of religion. The Vedas have the status of

sacred revelation: sruti ( " heard, " i. e., revealed directly by the gods to

seers) is clearly distinguished from smrti ( " remembered, " i. e., composed by

men). According to Hindu belief, the Vedic literature has existed from eternity,

is supernatural in origin, and has been transmitted to human beings by unknown

seers of the primordial period.

Encyclopedia of Religion, REVELATION, Vol.12, p.362

In the Rgveda, forces and elements of nature are viewed as divinities. Later

on the question arises whether behind the multiplicity of divinities there is

hidden an ultimate ground of the world. The Upanisads are concerned with the

question of the identity of atman and brahman (the principles of the individual

and the cosmos respectively), and with the transcription of souls and

redemption.

....BIBLIOGRAPHY [p. 362]

On Hinduism, see K. Satchidananda Murty's Revelation and Reason in Advaita

Vedanta (1959; reprint, Livingston, N. J., 1974).

 

 

 

 

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