Zend Avesta Part 01

SR No.: 007671
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: James Darmesteter
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1895
Total Pages: 2695
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 49 MB

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ANUGITA.
As connected with the self, the feet are mentioned by Brahmanas, who perceive the truth; as connected with objects it is motion; the presiding deity there is Vishnu. The Apåna wind, the motion of which is downward, as connected with the self, is called the organ of excretion; as connected with objects it is excretion; and the presiding deity there is Mitra. As connected with the self the generative organ is mentioned, the producer of all beings; as connected with objects it is the semen; and the presiding deity there is Pragàpati. Men who understand the Adhyatma speak of the two hands as connected with the self; as connected with objects it is actions; and the presiding deity there is Indra. Then first, as connected with the self, is speech which relates to all the gods; as connected with objects it is what is spoken; and the presiding deity there is fire. As connected with the self they mention the mind, which follows after the five entities; as connected with objects it is the mental operation; the presiding deity there is the moon. Likewise (there is) egoism, the cause of the whole course of worldly life, as connected with the self; as connected with objects, self-consciousness; the presiding deity there is Rudra. As connected with the self, they men. tion the understanding impelling the six senses;
quarters, Dik, are the deities presiding over the senses; as to this cf. Sankhya-sára, p. 17, and Vedanta Paribhasha, p. 45, which shov some discrepancies. The distinctions of Adhyatma &c. are to be found in the Upanishads; cf. inter alia, Khandogya, p. 337, and cf. Gitá, p. 77.
" As to the original word, cf. inter alia, Svetåsvatara, pp. 197–203.
* This probably means the five senses which can perceive only when associated with the mind. See p. 268 supra.
The understanding is called the charioteer at Kasha, p. lll.
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