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JAINISM: A THEISTIC PHILOSOPHY "GOD IN JAINISM"
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Varuņa, the god of sky, is identical with the Greek Ouranos and Ahuramazda of Avesta. “Var' mean to cover or compass. Sun is his eyes, sky is garment and storms are his breath and at time he was considered the God of gods.23
Mitra, his constant companion, when mentioned together expresses as night and day, darkness and light. Varuņa was considered, a moral god who watches over world, forgives and punishes.24
Soma,“the god of inspiration, about whom Whitney observes: The simple minded Aryan people whose whole religion was a worship of the wonderful powers and phenomena of nature, had no sooner perceived that the liquid had power to elevate the spirit, etc. It was to their apprehension a god, endowing those into whom it entered with god like powers.
Indra'is the most popular god of Vedas. When Aryans entered India they found that, as at present, their prosperity was a mere gamble in rain. Hence, Indra, the rain god naturally became the national god of the Indo-Aryans.
Commenting on the Vedic tendency Dr. S. Radhakrishnan observes 'the process of god-making in the factory of man's mind cannot be seen so clearly anywhere else as in the Rgveda.”
(b) Later Evolution of the Idea of Supreme God or Monotheism
22Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, "Indian Philosophy”, Vo. 1, P-70 -Satpathabrāhmaṇa, IV, 2.15
Rgveda,3.59.1 2Ibid, 8.48.8 26 Ibid, 11.12.1 27 Dr. Radhakrishnan “Indian Philosophy Vol. 1, P-73
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