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Hasanthi. “Matrika Chakra.” Accessed September 27, 2020. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Matrika_Chakra.jpg.

Dhapare, Meheralok Pramod. “Sanskrit Alphabet: स�कत-वण�माला-गीतम । �वररचना - महरालोक �मोद ढापर। ©.” Accessed September 27, 2020.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RBkzZeBxeI.

स�कत - Samskrtam

Йога, мантры и. санскрите. “Sanskrit Alphabet Chant: Санскритский Алфавит Произнесение.” Accessed September 27, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nnH5Jt3ikI.


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Vedic Literature Categories

The Vedic scriptural texts c. 1500–500 BCE = "late iron age [late Harappan]" (Oldenberg 1888) consisting of the four ancient collections, i.e.,

the Ṛgveda, the Sāmaveda [liturgical harmony/song (sāman)], the Yajurveda[liturgical rites], and the Atharvaveda [daily life rites].

The next layer of Vedic texts, the Brāhmaṇas, consists of prose ritual commentaries that offer procedures, justifications, and explanations.

The last two categories of Vedic literature are the Āraṇyakas, “Forest Texts,” and

the Upaniṣads, “Secret Mystical Doctrines”.

Deshpande, Madhav, "Language and Testimony in Classical Indian Philosophy", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2016 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.),<https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2016/entries/language-india/>.

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Ṛg Veda

Literature c/o Śri Aurobindo, Secret of the Vedas1

Book 4, Hymn 50: Bṛhaspati, "Lord of Prayer and Ritual" (MMW)

1 Sri Aurobindo Ghose. 1998. The Secret of the Veda, Part II, Selected Hymns, Chapter IX: Brihaspati, Power of the Soul. Sixth impression. The Complete Works of Sri Aurobindo 15. Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust 1998. [Originally published in monthly review Arya 1914-1915]. https://www.sriaurobindoashram.org/sriaurobindo/writings.php.

See another poetic translation by Ralph T H Griffith [1896] at https://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/rigveda/rv04050.htm

- Maṇḍala 4 - Ṛṣi Vāmadeva

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offers a hermeneutic CODING for Reading the Vedas:

…. Śri Aurobindo' s Forward to Hymns of the Mystic Fire (p. 9-10)

KEY-WORD OUTER INNER

Ṛitaṃ Truth, sacrifice, water food, one gone forth

Truth/divine insight

Agni Fire deity “born in & expanding the truth/insight”

Go Cow radiance

Aśva Horse Spiritual Power

Svar (savitṛ) Sun-world Higher light & truth

Vṛtras Serpent demon/enemy Obstructions of light & truth

CAN YOU SEE AUROBINDO' S DISCERNMENT THEME?

Sri Aurobindo Ghose. Hymns to the Mystic Fire. Sixth impression. Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust 1998, 1998, 9-16. [Forward; 1st edition 1946].

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Sri Aurobindo: Doctrine of the Mystics 7 Principles of Existence + 7 Purāṇic Worlds

EXISTENCE PRINCIPLE PURANIC WORLDS (LOKA) › tri-loka

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Pure existence (truth) - Sat World of highest truth of being – Satya-loka

Pure consciousness - Chit World of infinite will or conscious force – Tapar-loka

Pure Bliss – Ānanda World of creative delight of existence –Janar (godly)-loka

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Knowledge or Truth –Vijñāna World of Vastness – Mahar-loka

Mind World of light – Svar-loka

Life (“nervous being”) [Intermediate] World of various becoming (Bhuvar-loka)

Matter The material world (Bhūr-loka)

Sri Aurobindo Ghose. Hymns to the Mystic Fire. Sixth impression. Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust 1998, 1998, 23. [Introduction: The Doctrine of the Mystics pp. 21-35; 1st edition 1946].

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Upaniṣads ("nearby" upa + "sitting down" niṣad)

Oldest: Bṛhadāranyaka & Chāndogya: 7-6th c. BCE +/- 1 or 2 c.

Taittīrya, Aitreya, Kauśītāki: 6-5th c. BCE (prose)

Kena>Katha, Īśa, Śvetāśvatara & Muṇḍaka: ~3-1st c. BCE (verse)

Later: Prasna & Mandukya ~circa CE (prose)

Olivelle, Patrick (1998), Upaniṣads, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0192835765

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Upaniṣads Relations to Vedas("nearby" upa + "sitting down" niṣad)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upanishads#Association_with_Vedas

Parmeshwaranand, Swami, et al. 2019. “[Upanishad] Association with Vedas.” Accessed October 28, 2010. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upanishads#Association_with_Vedas.

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Upaniṣads Taittīrya: 6-5th c. BCE (prose)

Sri Aurobindo Ghose. 2001 [1914-1916]. Upanishads-II : Kena and Other Upanishads: Taittiriya Upanishad: Brahmananda Valli. Sixth impression. The Complete Works of Sri Aurobindo18. Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust. [Originally published in monthly review Arya 1914-1916]. Accessed October 04, 2019. https://www.sriaurobindoashram.org/sriaurobindo/writings.php.

Brahmānanda Vallī"Brahmānanda 's Rapture Vine" (Garden of Eden)

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Sri Aurobindo Ghose. 2001 [1914-1916]. Upanishads-II : Kena and Other Upanishads: Taittiriya Upanishad: Brahmananda Valli. Sixth impression. The Complete Works of Sri Aurobindo 18. Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust. [Originally published in monthly review Arya 1914-1916]. Accessed October 04, 2019. https://www.sriaurobindoashram.org/sriaurobindo/writings.php.

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Sri Aurobindo Ghose. 2001 [1914-1916]. Upanishads-II : Kena and Other Upanishads: Taittiriya Upanishad: Brahmananda Valli. Sixth impression. The Complete Works of Sri Aurobindo 18. Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust. [Originally published in monthly review Arya 1914-1916]. Accessed October 04, 2019. https://www.sriaurobindoashram.org/sriaurobindo/writings.php.

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References

Deshpande, Madhav. “Language and Testimony in Classical Indian Philosophy.” Accessed September 27, 2020. https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2016/entries/language-india.

Dhapare, Meheralok Pramod. “Sanskrit Alphabet: स�कत-वण�माला-गीतम । �वररचना - महरालोक �मोद ढापर। ©.” Accessed September 27, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RBkzZeBxeI.

Harper, Douglas. “*Weid-.” Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to see". Accessed September 24, 2020. https://www.etymonline.com/word/*weid-#etymonline_v_52628.

Olivelle, Patrick. Upaniṣads. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. Accessed September 15, 2019.

Parmeshwaranand, Swami, et al. “[Upanishad] Association with Vedas.” Accessed October 28, 2010. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upanishads#Association_with_Vedas.

Rodrigues, E. A. “Brihaspati Graha.” From The Complete Hindoo Pantheon, Comprising the Principal Deities Worshipped by the Natives of British India throughout Hindoostan. Accessed September 23, 2020. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brihaspati_graha.JPG.

Sri Aurobindo Ghose. The Secret of the Veda, Part II, Selected Hymns, Chapter IX: Brihaspati, Power of the Soul. Sixth impression. The Complete Works of Sri Aurobindo 15. Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust 1998, 1998. [Originally published in monthly review Arya 1914-1915]. https://www.sriaurobindoashram.org/sriaurobindo/writings.php.

Sri Aurobindo Ghose. Hymns to the Mystic Fire. Sixth impression. Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust 1998, 1998. [Introduction: The Doctrine of the Mystics pp21-35; 1st edition 1946].

Sri Aurobindo Ghose. Upanishads-II Kena and Other Upanishads: Taittiriya Upanishad: Brahmananda Valli. Sixth impression. The Complete Works of Sri Aurobindo 18. Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, 2001 [1914-1916]. [Originally published in monthly review Arya 1914-1916]. Accessed October 4, 2019. https://www.sriaurobindoashram.org/sriaurobindo/writings.php.

Йога, мантры и. санскрите. “Sanskrit Alphabet Chant: Санскритский Алфавит Произнесение.” Accessed September 27, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nnH5Jt3ikI.

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