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subordinates. The Henotheism accepts any god or goddess as the supreme-power according to time and place. But in the Monism there is no God or Theos qualified ( Saguņa ). There is the only superme power Brahma devoid of qualities ( Nirguņa ), who pervades the whole universe. The philosophy of Non-violence is fully influenced by these theories at different stages. Vedas ( Theory of Naturalistic Anthropomorphic Polythesim )
In the Vedas the principle of Non-violence has been expressed through different prayers which directly or indirectly represent the first philosophical theory of Naturalistic Anthropomorphic polytheism. For example
dyauḥ śāntirantariksar śāntih prthvi śāntirāpaḥ śāntirosadhayaḥ śāntiḥ vanaspatayaḥ śāntirviśvedevāḥ sāntibrahmaśāntiḥ sarvar śāntiḥ śäntireva.
śāntiḥ sā mā śāntirevi.? (i) Heaven ( Dyuloka ) may be peaceful. (ii) Sky or Ether ( Antarikșa ) may be peaceful. (iii) Earth ( Prthvi) may be peaceful. (iv) Water ( Apa ) may be peaceful. (v) Herb ( Auşadhi) may be peaceful. ( vi ) Deities ( Devāḥ) may be peaceful. (vii) Ultimate Reality ( Brahma) may be peaceful. (viii ) All ( Sarvaḥ ) may be peaceful. (ix ) Everywhere there may be peace. (x) The whole universe may be full of peace.
From the viewpoint of Non-violence this prayer may be interpreted in this way: where there is peace there is harmony. Where there is harmony there is friendship. Where there is friendship there is love and where there is love there is Non-violence. This may be
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