Book Title: Development of Hinduism
Author(s): M M Ninan
Publisher: M M Ninan

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________________ PURUSHA SUKTHAM Atziluth: World of Emanations אצילות Briyah: World of Creations בריאה Yetzirah: World of Formations Assyah: World of Matter ATZILUT, (Divine World) fire, The Archetypal World (World of Emanations). This is the Divine Realm of the Sons of God. This is the holistic world of deep divine intuition and of beingness with God. Reality is merged; all is one. This is the world of essence, where we recognize ourselves as being a spark of God's fire. Chaya and Yechidah soul aspects. Verse 4 THE MANIFEST WORLD OF MATTER tripAd Urdhva udait purusha: I pAdo 'syehAbhavatpuna: tato vishva.n vyakrAmat | SASanAnaSane abhi || 4 || Above this world is three quarters of Purusha, But the quarter, which is in this world, Appears again and again, And from that is born the beings that take food, And those inanimate ones that don't take food. And all these appeared for every one of us to see. Above this manifested material world are the other three worlds. This material world consists of both organic living and the inorganic non-living. 548

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