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

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________________ PURUSHA SUKTHAM 20 Purusha is killed and dismembered and out of the Dismembered Portions they made The Fallen World Kingdom Verse 12 WHAT HAPPENNED TO THE DISMEMBERED PARTS OF PURUSHA? yat purusHam vyadadhu: katidha vyakalpayan | mukham kimasya kau bAhoo kavooroo pAdA ucyete || 12 || When they divided this Purusha, into how many forms did they make him? What was the form of his mouth? What was his two arms? What are his thighs and feet called? The sacrifice of the animal requires it to be killed and dismembered and then cooked and eaten in most sacrificial systems. The Vedic system was not in any way different and this simile is followed through here. If killing was a crime, then these gods were committing a crime introducing the fall 560

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