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6. MONOTHEISM & REINCARNATION
JAMMU & KASHMIR
HIMACHAL
PRADESH PUNJAB HARYANA
ARUNACHAL NEWP
PRADESH There is only One RAJASTHAN
Iswara.
ASSAM
NAGALAND His name is Isa
MANIPUR
TRIPURA GUJARAT
WEST
MIZORAM ADHYA PRADESH
BENGAL
GHALAYA
ORISSA
ANDHRA PRADESH
ANDAMAN & NICOBAR
TAMIL NADU
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LAKSHADWEEP
KERALA
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Here is the quote on the monotheism in Vedic religion:
"Already the Rigveda, in its youngest books (books 1 and 10) contains evidence for emerging monistic thought. Often quoted are pada 1.164.46c,
ékam sad viprā bahudhā vadanti "To what is One, sages give many a title" (trans. Griffith)
and hymns 10.129 and 10.130, dealing with a creator deity, especially verse 10.129.7:
iyám vísrstih yataḥābabhûva / yádi vā dadhé yádi vā ná / yah asya adhyaksah paramé vyóman / sáḥ argá veda yádi vā ná véda "He, the first origin of this creation, whether he formed it all or did not form it, / Whose eye controls this world in highest heaven, he verily knows it, or perhaps he knows not." (trans. Griffith)
Ékam sát in 1.164.46c means "One Being" or "One Truth". Such concepts received greater emphasis in classical Hinduism, from the time of Adi Shankara at the latest."
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