If there is something called as the height of absurdity which qualifies the narrator of that absurdity to be sent to a mental asylum, here it is – the so-called commentary of Purusha suktha written by one Prof M.M.Ninan.
http://www.oration.com/~mm9n/articles/PDF/Sri%20Purusha%20Suktam.pdf
This is only a sample piece. Ninan has laid his hand on other Hindu texts also, with the claim that they are all the by-products of Christian Thought formed after the birth of Jesus Christ. By his "commentaries" to Hindu texts like Purusha Suktham and Upansihads, Ninan is only exposing the paucity of religious literature in Christianity and its dependence on ideas stolen from other religions. If he wants to portray Jesus as Purusha, he can do it from a Christian angle. But when he attempts to say that Jesus is the Purusha of Hindu theology, he cannot do it without destroying every word of Purush Suktha. He has done that precisely. It is like saying that Jesus is like the brick, the basic constituent of a magnificent building. In order to prove that, he has demolished the entire building and picked up a brick from the rubble to say – "see, how this brick is solely responsible for the magnificence of the building" – while there is no building left there to show its magnificence.
The "commentary" on Purusha Suktha is the most atrocious one which can also be compared to an attempt to squeeze the holy and mighty Ganga into a bottle, thinking that the bottle (Jesus) will look like Ganga by doing so. But the fact of the matter is that the Ganga has no bounds in her stature and greatness whereas the bottle would only be an insignificant speck, getting swept by the Ganga in her course.
Purusha Suktham as the product of St Thomas!
Usually the Christian writers have an obsession with history. There are two reasons for this. One is that they don't know their own history. They rely on Jewish accounts and the Jews also do not know from where they came or where their promised land exists. This is typically an identity crisis and the crisis of ancestry for Christian Thought. The second reason is that they want to inject their Christian identity into the local history wherever they go, because by doing that, it becomes easy for them to brainwash the locals and 'harvest' their souls. Ninan's job comes under the second category.
As far as Hindu texts are concerned, Puranas and Ithihasas are the historical documents of which the Ithihasas (Ramayana and Mahabharata) are highly descriptive of not only the history of Bharath but also the people as far as the Central Europe. On the other hand, the Vedas and Sukthas are oral works of religious and spiritual application. They are not historical documents. Strangely the Mlechas (non-Vedic people) are attracted to them and do their best to extract history from them. They did it with Rig Vedas. Ninan is only an extension of that crop though he was born to Indian parents coming in a long chain of Hindu heritage.
He claims to trace the 'historical development' of Purusha Suktham and concludes that the first 5 verses were the legacy of St Thomas, thereby pushing the history of Hinduism to post- Thomasian period, that is, after the 2nd century AD.
In the introduction he says as follows:-
"Thus for simple logical reason only the first 5 verses can be considered to form part of the original Purusha Suktha. And these have a definite Christian theology which came into the Indian sub-continent by the first century AD with the advent of St.Thomas the disciple of Jesus. Thomas' first converts were Jewish and Jewish mysticism known as Kaballa is reflected in the Purusha Suktha. Kaballah considers the cosmos as a man with
four dimensions of existence – Divine, Spiritual, Mental and Material. Early Christians presented Jesus as this cosmic Man who pervaded all cosmos. One of the titles of Jesus was "Son of Man" or in Indian terminology Narayana or Purushotama (Great Man).
The Purusha Suktha therefore contains various layers of historical development.
The first innermost layer was the Thomasian layer following the teachings of St.Thomas during his twenty year ministry in India. This was augumented by the Judao-Christian mysticism of Kaballa. These essentially fall within the first five verses. However following the ministry of Manichaen, whose ministry covered all over India starting from the North to the South, we see another layer, the Gnostic layer, where the gods and seers become the creators of the lower worlds.
Later layers come in simply as an attempt to introduce Vishnavism into the Purusha Suktham which must have come very recently after Vaishnavism became popular. It may have been just a few interpolations within the old document also. Most of the apparent difficulties which commentators struggle will disappear as we see this historical realiy. Interpolations makes it difficult to exactly pin point which layer belongs to which period and which portions of a documents are redactions and interpolation. As you go through this commentary you will be able to make your own judgement."
His claim that Vaishnavism was a post 2nd century AD development is the most absurd one. There are hard historical or archaeological facts to show that Vishnu and worship of Vishnu was in India much before the mythical St Thomas and not after him as claimed by Ninan. To substantiate this let me quote just one incident of a non Indian from outside India who embraced Vishnu Bhakthi. A Greek (Yavana) from Takshashila (Taxila) by name Heliodorus, declared himself as a devotee of Vasudeva and inscribed it in a pillar near Sanchi stupa. The importance of this inscription is that it was carved in 110 BCE, nearly 200 years before the mythical Thomas from whom Ninan claims that Vedic Thought, puranas and Ithihasas sprang up.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliodorus_pillar
The place of Heliodorus, namely Takshashila has a farther antiquity into Ithihasic narrations. It was the city originally founded by Thaksha, son of Bharatha who was Rama's younger brother. It was the city where Mahabharatha was narrated for the first time to Pareekshit, the only surviving progeny of the Pandavas after the Mahabharatha war.
All these are hot iron poured into the ears of Ninan-like people. They have no respect for facts, history and Vedic religion. All they know is to tell falsehood or deride Vedic religion.
The very native place of Ninan, namely Kerala where he claims that St Thomas landed, has a different history for itself. Kerala is already a land retrieved from waters by none other an avatar of Vsihnu namely Parasurama.
When the British came, the Era of Parasurama was still in vogue in Kerala. There was no Thomasian memory in Kerala then. The colonial writers have recorded it in the Journal of Asiatic Society that "extending from Mangalore, through the provinces of Malabar, Cotiote and Travacore to cape Comorin" the era of Parasurama was in use. This era has a cycle of 1000 years with the New year starting at the time sun enters Virgo. They have clearly written that this era "derives its name from a prince who is supposed to have reigned 1176 years before Christ, the epoch being 7th August 3537 Jup.Per. or 1925 Kaliyug."
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Parasurama's time goes to the time of Rama of Ramayana and hence the Parasurama, the prince in whose name the Parasurama Era was started in the stretch mentioned above, must have been the person who came in the lineage of rulers to whom Parasurama entrusted the ruler-ship. There is inscriptional evidence to show that a race established by Parasurama did rule Kerala regions. From the inscriptions found in 2 places, one in the temple of Rajarajeswara of Tanjore, written in AD 1031 and another in a hillock near Polur written in AD 1024 during the reign of Rajendra Chola –I, it is known that the Crown held by the kings anointed by Parasurama in an island called Chandhima was captured by this Chola king. The description says "seruviR sinavi irupatthorukaal arasu kaLai katta Parasuraman mevarum Chandhimath theevvaaraN karuthi iruththuya sempon thiruth thagu mudiyum" (செருவிற் சினவி இருபத்தொருகால் அரசு களை கட்ட பரசுராமன் மேவருஞ் சாந்திமத்தீவவரண் கருதி இருத்திய செம்பொன் திருத்தகு முடியும்).
A corroboratory narration is found in a 12th century book called "Mooshika vamsa kaaviyam" tells about one Ramaghata Mushika as the founder of this dynasty. He was born to the wife of a king killed by Parasurama in his war against the kshatriyas of Mahishmathi and the adjoining regions in Madhya Pradesh and North India. This widowed woman who was pregnant at that time took shelter in Yezhil hill (Mushika Giri or Eli malai – Kazargod of today). Later her son was crowned as the king by Parasurama himself and from him the Mushika dynasty came into being. A king of this dynasty by name Nannan is already found in Sangam texts. These kings were largely responsible for establishing temples of Vishnu in Kerala. The land called Mushika is found mentioned in Mahabharatha also, in the description of Sanjaya as one among the countries in South India. If with all this background history of Kerala, Ninan chooses to ignore them, it only shows his lack of respect for facts and history.
Apart from history and archaeology, scientific streams such as genetics and astronomy are also becoming useful tools to unravel history. Research after research in genetics is proving that India had served as an incubator for many thousands of years for man out of Africa to settle down and grow into well developed societies. It is from the Indian sub-continent, people and Thought had gone out to Middle East and Europe, on quite a few occasions in the past, and not vice versa.
Looking at Astronomy as a tool for dating history, a couple of researches do exist showing the antiquity of Ramayana and Mahabharata dated far back the Christian era. Even the pet theme of Ninan, namely the Rig Veda has left a legacy in the form of Rig Jyothisha by sage Lagadha which clearly state the uttarayana position at Dhanishta at the time of writing. This puts the date of that work at approximately 3600 years ago before present.
In the backdrop of diverse fields of science and arts becoming dynamic tools to understand history and the ancient texts of India, it is time the Vatican puts a stop to absurd researches and methods to intrude other religions, particularly the Hindu religion.
Distortion of Hindu concepts.
The Hindu concept of God-head is one Supreme God becoming many. Whatever it becomes, it enters into that and becomes the In-dweller. It is the object and also the In-dweller. It also means that the entire universe is its body and it has permeated throughout. This In-dweller is known as Purusha.
Purusha is 'puryam shete iti: purusha:' -the one who is resting in the house. From this word sprang pur, pura, puram (of Tamil too) and suffixes for names for cities. When we say Durgapur or Nagpur, it means these places have been recognised or sensed by people as having been specifically pervaded by the grace / energy of Durga and Naga respectively. Beyond this perception, the fact remains that Purusha exists in every manifestation of the Universe.
Purusha suktham is presented in a specific sequence, starting from a macro cosmic creation and Purusha's omnipresence in everything and how this manifestation must be sustained by yajnas as root of Dharma so that Glory is attained. Yajna does not mean sacrifice or killing but is a process of transformation of one into another which is done in a spirit of give and take so that equilibrium is maintained in Nature. My old article on this concept can be read here.
Pithru yajna – Yajna is to restore equilibrium!
But Ninan would have us think that Thomas and his 'religion' were killed / sacrificed and Hinduism was built from that sacrifice!!
Writing on the 8th verse of Purusha Suktham, Ninan says:-
" We know from history that Brahma, Vishnu and Siva and all the host of the
modern Hindu gods were the product of post-Christian period in India, after the ministry of Thomas from AD 52 to 72.
The very idea and the term of Isa as Iswara came only after that. Thus this statement is simply the statement of how The Isai religion was destroyed (killed – sacrificed) and how the concepts and ideas of Isai were taken out and used in the recreation of a new religion by the domination of Brahmins.
This brought in the caste system and a host of new gods and the Vedas and the puranas and the ithihasas. This is described in the next verses. This is the origin of Hinduism. It emerged as a new religion by sacrificing the central Purusha of the Christian religion as brought in by St. Thomas. When the person of Christ is removed from Christianity what we get is Hinduism. Then out of the remanants are made myths legends and puranas in typical Gnostic fashion following the Manichaen ministry in India."
The biggest falsehood spread by Ninan is his contention that the very term and the idea of Iswara came into Hindu Thought only after Thomas. Only a person of deranged mental faculties or a complete fool can make such a claim. Leaving aside the numerous proofs for Ishwara in the Indian texts from pre- Christian era, I am just asking him one simple question. Does he mean to say that the "Isatwam" (ஈசத்துவம்) having the term 'Isa" or "Ishwara" - which is one among the 8 siddhis (ashtamaa-siddhis) is a post- Thomasian development? If he says yes, does he agree that the Isa or Jesus or whomever he has in mind when he said Isa, was not an accomplished one at all – was not a siddha-like person at all – or in other words, that Isa was only an ordinary mortal who could not claim anything extraordinary for himself? If he says no, then he has to agree that the concept of Brahman or Purusha or transcendence to the level of Brahman was in existence much before Thomas and Jesus. The ashtamasiddhis are nothing but extraordinary qualities that are comparable to the qualities of the Supreme Purusha. I think Mr Ninan had to do a much tougher homework to establish his Isa as an extraordinary being.
And then he tells us that the Trinity of Hinduism was a post-Thomasian development! If so, does he think that the Tamil sangam poem from Paripaadal -1 came up in post Thomasian period? This poem calls Thirumaal (Vishnu) as Siva and Brahma. ( ainthalai uyariya anangudai arumthiral mainthudai oruvanum, madangalum nee... poovanum naattramum nee- lines 43 to 46 ஐந்தலை உயரிய அணங்குடை அருந்திறல் மைந்துடை ஒருவனும் மடங்கலும் நீ... பூவனும், நாற்றமும் நீ). The paripaadal poems are said to be the oldest among Sangam poems. There is even a poem found in Paripaadal that gives the precise position of planets in the sky at the time of composition of that poem (paripaadal 11). Commentators have deduced that such planetary alignment occurred in BC 161. But when you check it in computer software, the date tallies with BC 1042!! Such is the antiquity of this poem which is found in the compilation of Paripaadal.
Who is the Purusha?
There is yet another poem in Paripaadal which gives a similar description of the Purusha of the Purusha Suktha to none other than Thirumaal (Vishnu). There is one Purusha or a Purushotthama. He cannot be equated with any other deity of Hindu pantheon, except Narayana. He is the All pervading Brahman which is once again equated with Narayana only. This is the Final inference of the Vedas and all Vedantha according to Acharyas of all the three paths. None had challenged it and none can challenge it anytime. While such is the nature of Purusha, here is a 'pulluruvi'(புல்லுறுவி) – claiming Jesus as Purusha!
The Purusha Suktha begins with a description of Purusha as having 1000 heads, 1000 eyes and 1000 legs. Nianan's Christian friends abroad would say quits if they were asked to project Jesus in a form having so many heads and eyes and legs. But Ninan has no problem in 'fixing' these organs to Jesus somehow, for, fools do not need rules to follow before they utter something. They can speak whatever comes in their mouth. For whatever he says on Jesus as having multiple organs, only his Tamil counterparts such as Deivanayagam would have to do a tough job in justifying his explanation.
The reason is that there is a beautiful description of Thirumaal (Vishnu) in Paripaadal -3 which gives the details of the number of hands that Vishnu has. The number goes far beyond hundreds of thousands and upto an uncountable number called "aambal"! Either they have to prove that Jesus indeed was this multiple handed Vishnu or they have to establish that this song was composed in post-Thomasian period. They cannot do the latter because Paripaadal is older than 2000 years. It was composed in 1st sangam or even the 2nd sangam period and certainly not in the 3rd sangam period. Uruththirasanman (Tamil form of Rudra-janman), the last Pandyan king to have hosted the 3rd sangam lived sometime in the 1st or 2nd century AD according to many cross references. So Paripaadal clearly precedes 1st century AD.
The poem says,
" oru kai (ஒரு கை)
Iru kai maal (இரு கை மால்)
Mukkai muniva (முக்கை முனிவ)
naaRkai aNNal (நாற்கை அண்ணல்)
aimkai maintha (ஐங்கை மைந்த)
aRukai neduvEl (அறுகை நெடுவேள்)
ezukai yaaLa (எழுகையாள)
eNkai Enthal (எண்கை ஏந்தல்)
onpathiRRu thadakkai manpEraaLa (ஒன்பதிற்றுத் தடக்கை மன்பேராள)
pathiRRuk kai mathavali (பதிற்றுக் கை மதவலி)
nURRuk kai aaRRal (நூற்றுக்கை யாற்றல்)
aayiram viriththa kai maayamaLLa (ஆயிரம் விரித்த கை மாயமள்ள)
pathinaayiram kai muthumozi muthalva (பதினாயிரம் கை முதுமொழி முதல்வ)
nooraayiram kai aarari kadavuL (நூறாயிரம் கை ஆற்றி கடவுள்)
anaitthumalla pala vadukkal aambal (அனைத்து மல்லபல வடுக்க ஆம்பல்)
inaiththena eNvarambu ariyaa yaakkaiyai" (இனைத்தென எண் வரம்பறியா யாக்கையை)
This passage gives the number of hands that Vishnu has. Each number has a relevance and explanation for the greatness of Vishnu. The numbers mentioned are 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10, 100,1000, 10,000, 100,000 and then a non-countable number called Ambal.
The Tamils had visualised such a great figure for Vishnu. Can Ninan quote a single line from his book to say that Jesus has atleast 4 hands? He would say that it is idolatry and cult worship which Christianity does not believe in. If he does not believe that, he cannot give an aura of a Purusha to Jesus or Isa. Because the forms and idols of Hinduism are nothing but symbolic representations of concepts such as Purusha.
Ninan knows that such a Purusha is a cosmic figure, but still wants to say that "It is very probable that Jesus identified himself with the primordial or Cosmic Person in saying "... before Abraham was I am" (John 8:58)."
No probables Mr Ninan. Give one straight expression from your texts. You cannot give, but you want to say that Purusha Suktha is a Thomasian idea and Jesus was the Purusha.
The absurdity of this claim is that he thinks Purusha is a man. He calls Jesus as Purusha, the first man. But the Purusha of Purusha Suktha is not a man, not even the first or a second or a third man. This Purusha is One and All. He IS, that is all. In him everything happens. Everything grows, everything thrives and flourishes. If you know how this happens, you can get whatever you want from Him– that is the import of Purusha Suktha.
It is like tapping the energy of the Sun, to give an example. Sun is like Purusha – having countless hands of rays and countless heads of knowledge. Everything thrives under that, and owes their growth to that. Anything and everything can be Saadhya – become possible under the sun and due to the sun – only if you know the nature of sun. You can tap energy from the Sun of hundreds of thousands of hands for diverse uses, only if you know what Sun is, how it exists and what things it makes possible. This is the core concept of Pursha Suktham.
The multitudes of organs are so told to express the Infiniteness of the Purusha. The Infinite contains in itself all that is finite. All the people including Jesus are finite beings. Since we owe our existence to that Infinite, we call it as the One and Only One and the source of all creation. People like Ninan can pick up only words. He looks at the word and its dictionary meaning and call Jesus as the First One from whom all men came!
His atrocious comparison sees no rhyme or reason in comparing Jesus with Isavasya Upanishad passage. For the 2nd verse of Purusha Suktham (page 12), he says,
"The same idea is repeated is the Isa Upanishad first verse.
"Isavasyamidam sarvam yatkiñca jagatyam jagat |
tena tyaktena bhuñjitha ma grdhah kasyasvid dhanam || 1 ||
Jesus is immanent in this entire universe –
whatever in this universe, animate or inanimate.
By Him is given sacrificially what is given for your enjoyment.
Therefore do not try to gain some one else's wealth."
Isavasya Upanishad was originally a teaching given by a sage by name Dathyang Atharvana to his son when he became qualified to receive the teaching by having given up all desires except the desire for Liberation (Moksha). There is absolutely no question of desiring another man's wealth. The above verse also does not speak about Ishwara giving materials for enjoyment. The one who has conquered all desires is fit to receive the teaching. In other words, the first and foremost quality for one to become eligible to receive this teaching is to give up desire. Highlighting this in this verse as the fore most quality, the sage continues to teach his son. This knowledge is "Guhyathamam saastram" – says Krishna to Arjuna (Bhgavad Gita – 15 20) – secret knowledge. When this gets translated into written words and a non believer in Vedas attempts to explain it, anartham (wrong interpretation) springs up. That is what has happened through Ninan's pen!
But Ninan does not seem to follow what he had written. He says that one should not gain someone else's wealth? Doesn't this apply to him? Is he not stealing the Upanishad and Purusha Suktham from Hinduism to suit his own theories of Christianity? Has Christianity taught him to steal like this?
Creation verses of Purusha suktham.
The next three verses of Purusha Suktha are the best verses on Creation from which scientists can borrow better ideas on Creation. The idea is that not everything of Purusha is found manifest at any time. Only one fourth is manifest while the rest (three-fourth) are in unmanifest form. I have already explained this in the following articles:-
Cosmic egg- Nataraja and Chakratthazhwar in unison!
Shiva - Vishnu at Chidambaram – a cosmic scene unveiled.
The form of Nataraja best depicts the one fourth of manifestation in endless cycles and circles. It can be shown as follows.
The basic geometry of the ¼ division can be secured like the following from the image of Nataraja. There are 108 forms of Nataraja according to Patanjali, and what is given below is just one among them. This means the act of creation, manifestation and deluge are happening in 108 ways of which the depiction given below is that of Creation at the macrocosmic level.
The same concept is depicted in the form of ChakkaraththaLwar.
The Christians despise these kinds of depictions, as Christianity has no cosmic consciousness or a scientific approach to the existence of man or God. But they have no problem in stealing the basic shapes behind these concepts.
For example, their 6 pointed star is the Hindu depiction of a yantra that has several meanings and applications. The 6 pointed shape in the above depiction of Nataraja and ChakkarathaLwar looks as follows:
This is the Kolam (an art form) meant for Jupiter and also the basic form in many yantras of worship in Hindu system. Nataraja and ChakkarathaLwar are inscribed within this, conveying many meanings of cosmic and spiritual relevance.
This shape can be further reduced to basic concepts of Shiva and Durga – the two complementary concepts of Purusha which is expressed in the last verse "Hri cha te lakshmi" in the recital of Purusha Suktham which Ninan has ridiculed.
When we say Brahman, it is one Whole.
But when we say Purusha, it has two components.
When Brahman starts "Shrishti" (erroneously translated as Creation as there is no exact English word to convey the meaning) it becomes two. The two are the male – female concepts which are complementary to each other. Like this there are many pairs of complementary nature in the created worlds. One among them is the day- night concept, expressed as "Ahoratre paarsve" in the last passage of Purusha suktham rendition. When we say Purusha, it means that it has two components which are complementary to each other and which cannot become perfect in the absence of the other. That is the basis of marriage concept in Hinduism which the Western society is woefully wrong in understanding. The two-some Purusha tattwa becomes the basis for further creation. The same is applicable to man-woman pair also who become the cause for progeny. People like Obama who fail to realise the complementary nature of this pair, make funny concepts of 'equality' in parenthood justifying same sex marriages.
The two-some existence of the Cosmic Pursuha is depicted in the 6 –pointed star which can be further reduced into the basic concepts.
One of it is the Kali Yanta (shown below)
The other is the Shiva Yantra (shown below)
When these two, Shiva – Parvathy tattva are merged, you get the 6 pointed star.
This form which shows the complementary nature of them (2 opposites) is the basis of most of the other forms of deities in Hindu culture. Non Vediks would see sexist concepts in these forms. But in reality, they depict some energy flows that can be tapped with mediation, recitals and works like Puja and Yajna. The basic idea is that the Name- Form-works (function) of anything in Nature exist together. For example, they say that a rose is a rose by whatever name you call it. But it is not so. A rose is a rose because of the specific fragrance it has. Whatever gives the same fragrance could be a rose only. Rose is the name, it has a specific appearance and a function (fragrance is the function of the rose). Like this everything in Nature has a form and function because of which it gets a name. All these three go together. Such a three-some identity is there for Purusha, for Brahman and for each of the God of the Hindu pantheon. Such a three-some nature is there for the 6 pointed shape depicted above. Only Hinduism has recognised the nature and utility and the ways and means to extract that utility of many things in Nature.
The Purusha of Purusha Suktha is the Purusha of all the created kshara (destructible material things) and akshara beings (non-destructible soul) of the Universe. It is the Purusha of every being and the In dweller of Jesus Christ too. Owing to its immense presence it is known as Purushotthama – the Supreme Purusha. That Purushotthama once descended on this earth with a name-form and function – That was the most celebrated Krishnavatara. (Bhagavad Gita chapter 15- verses 17 to 20). Any attempt to equate Christ with Krishna would simply be a misnomer because Krishna depicts all that is Purushotthama. He vibrated happiness, bliss and made people feel that. In contrast Jesus stands for pain, suffering and gloom. One becomes what one sees or experiences – this is a scientific reality which is also given in Brahma Sutras as "tatkruthu'. It means you become what you think. You think of suffering of Jesus, then you get gloomy. But you think of ecstatic posture of Krishna, you become happy. Hindu concepts have been made with deeper ideals in consonance with Nature and for the betterment of people. There is no other religion equal to it. Christianity is certainly not equal to it.
Continuing with the symbols, the 6-pointed star has gone out of India to Egypt, and from there to Jewish literature and from them to Christianity.
The horned (due to meditation) siddha of Indus seals was adopted as Cernunnos of the Celtic cult.
The image given below is found in Indus and its relevance can be read here.
Geography, geo-dynamics and Peoples in Puranas – what Valdiya knows, Witzel doesn't know!
This image is that of a siddha in mediation on Kundalini at the penultimate level of Realisation.
This idea is depicted in Cernunnos as shown below.
The depiction of Cernunnos as found in Egypt (Thebes) is as follows sporting a pentacle on the head as a symbol of realisation of a kind of Energy level.
The Pentacle is the basic structure of Shyama Kali yantra in Hinduism. (shown below)
This is an ancient concept of Matri worship or worship of Mother concept. This by itself a distinct concept which I will write as a separate article sometime later. In the present context, suffice to say that Kali or Saptha matha worship would be prevalent in regions which were once forest regions or regions that were once uninhabitable. Wherever a land is cleared for new settlements, there they had to worship the female concept or Kali. It is only apt to see the sages meditating in forests gaining the energy of the pentacle. Pentacle is the basic symbol of this worship which was adopted in many parts of Europe as they became habitable. Its root however is in ancient India only.
Another symbol is the Pentacle of Solomon.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentacle
It has a 5 pointed star in the middle surrounded by a 7 pointed structure at the outer. The 7 pointed structure is the shape traced by the Rahu in 7 days of the week. There is an ancient concept in Hindu Thought and Vastu that the ascending point of intersection of the moon's path in earth's path called as Rahu is shifting in specific directions in a methodical way for the 7 days of the week. This is repeated for ever for the 7 days in sequence. Until western education replaced the traditional education of India, this every-day shift of Rahu was known to common man. People would not dig the ground or start a work for the designated few minutes in the direction everyday when Rahu will be moving in the direction. The points of Rahu's movement for the 7 days make a pentacle, the knowledge of which was useful in guarding oneself form misadventures. It will look as follows.
The 7 pointed structure of the Solomon's pentacle is a copy of this, without taking up the exact meaning.
Like this wherever possible, the symbols have been lifted from Hindu Thought without knowing the meaning of them and without knowing how to use them to derive the expected result. The knowledge of these symbols and their results is found only in Hindu Thought. And they continue to be in use only in Hindu practices.
Coming to other ideas of Christianity, the cross as it is depicted today is a later development (after 5th century AD). It was derived from the spokes of dharma chakra of Hindu Thought. The Solar and Lunar dynasties have been the two prominent races of India from times of yore. Almost all the kingdoms of India come under any one of them. All of them swore by Dharma which was depicted as a wheel. The Chakra, the sun, the moon and the fish are among the ashta mangala (auspicious) symbols of Royals in India which continued to be exhibited until foreign invasions overtook them. Among the deities the single horned Varaha was identified with Dharma according to Mahabharatha.
The symbol of wheel associated with unicorn is what we see in the Indus symbols.
In Hindu Thought, the Unicorn is Varaha – an avatar that stood for Dharma. Details can be read here:
Symbolism of Unicorn in Sanatana Dharma
The image of Unicorn in hundreds of Indus seals establishes the prevalence of that concept in India 5000 years before present. Perhaps the silver seal with Varaha image found in Mohenjadaro (below) was the legal tender of money in the Indus city.
Varaha was the name of money in Chalukya and Vijayanagara kingdoms and was in circulation until 400 years ago. It had the image of Varaha engraved on gold.
Varaha was the Royal emblem of many dynasties in India. The interesting feature is that the image of Chakra (wheel) accompanies the Varaha.
The picture below shows the Chalukya symbol ( 6th century AD found at Aihole) having the image of Varaha (single horned boar) and a wheel of four spokes formed by two lines intersecting at right angles.
Chalukyas were staunch Vedic people who were in power in the first millennium AD. The wheel depicted here is very much a Hindu symbol, reinforced by the other images namely Conch (shanku) and the mirror which are Ashta mangala (8 auspicious) symbols.
The interesting information is that this chakra symbol is copied in St Thomasian cross. Below is the Cross of the St Thomas which was later to the Chalukya period. Note the crossing of two lines cutting each other into equal halves and inscribed within a circle.
http://folks.co.in/blog/2009/11/07/st-thomas-in-india-myth-or-truth
What does this show?
Who copied from whom?
The Canterbury Cross of the 5th – 6th century also has the similar depiction of the cross inscribed within the circle. (Below)
The symbol of Georgia had a similar cross.
The Georgian connection goes back to Parasurama's times, when kshatirya friends of Karta veeryarjuna fled for life. The names associated with Kartavirya such as Mushika – Mahishmathi, Talajangha and Kol-sarpa etc resemble the names of early Georgians such as Kartveli, Mushki, Colchians etc. Their war dances such as Khorumi is similar to 'Kuravai" which were danced in the front and at the back of the king's chariot in the battlefield. This dance was prevalent throughout India even from Mahabharatha times onwards.
The Georgians were in all probability the friends of Kartavirya or his relatives themselves who fled towards Northwest India when Parasurama went on a prolonged war path against them. Many others scattered throughout India whose descendants are still there as known from the Census reports in colonial India. An important feature of them is that they had to hide their military prowess to deceive Parasurama. The war dances of Georgia are like how a society which was once known for its military skills had to keep up that skill from dying without actually engaging in war. If such a people who had once flourished in India with all its Vedic practices had gone to far off places, they would have carried the symbols of Vedic life. The Chakra (wheel) with the cross (as above) is a residual memory of that symbol.
Unicorn concept went from India to Christianity
Unicorn (Varaha) is a unique animal associated with Hindu tradition only. Even though Vishnu is the Eka shringi – having a single horn on the head, a sage by name Rushya shringa was associated with women! He was a highly accomplished one in spiritual matters in such a way that he was the only one capable of doing a yajna called Putra kameshti yaaga which he did for the sake of King Dasaratha. The result of that was the birth of none other than Rama, the avatar of Vishnu.
The interesting episode about this sage is that he who was a bachelor not having known any female in his life, was tamed by a maiden. The same concept has spread to Europe and was incorporated in their myths in the last millennium. The first mention of unicorn comes in Jewish Bible from which Christian Bible had borrowed. Later on Jesus himself was portrayed as the Unicorn. This is a clear case of adoption of a Hindu concept as there are accounts in Europe itself saying that Unicorns were native to India.
Before concluding this long article let me point out that even the birth date of Jesus Christ was a theft from Mithraic concept which had its roots in Hinduism. Mitra is the friend of cattle and is the cause for rains in Hindu texts. He always tows behind the Sun. Any ray of sun has the distribution of Mitra and other entities (Devas) which are none other than energy pockets of Nature. They are depicted as follows in the vastu diagrams.
The unique feature of this is that Mitra, varuna and Indra have a mutual relationship. While Indra stands for thunderbolt, Mithra signifies the rains and Varuna the ocean (water body). According to the meteorological condition of the Indian sub continent, which is dependent on south west monsoon, the conditions for rain appear well in advance. To put it differently, a place would receive rains, 195 days after the sighting of the conception symptoms for rain in that place. There are elaborate explanations for this in Brihad samhita by Varahamihira. This is also found expressed in early sangam texts in Tamil. By this it is meant that Mitra – the friend of the cattle is associated with rain formation which can be predicted 195 days beforehand. Depending on the rain conception, a place would receive rain after 195 days.
The Mitrhraic calendar also falls on the 196th day. The Persian festival of Mehargan has the symptoms of this Mithraic concept. The pre Harappan Mehrgarh is in all likelihood the location of Mithraic Thought. By this we can conclude that Mithraism was borrowed from Hinduism.
In all probability, the kshatriyas driven out by Parasurama settled in Mehrgarh and started adopting pastoral life. It has always been that the Kshtriyas when degraded from their status became cattle rearers. If they were the ones who fled the Narmada region (Mahishmathi of Kartavurya) and settled in Mehrgarh, they would have certainly carried the memory of Mitra and prayer for rains to grow fodder for the cattle. But that region was not supportive of rains that come after 195 days. The result was that Mitraism degenerated in due course. Instead of seeing Mitra as the friend of cattle, he was seen as one who gave people the cattle as their food. Mitra came to be depicted as one who would kill the bull and feast on that.
The important information for this article is that the date December 25th was an important date in Mithraism. It was the New Year day or the Birth day of Mithra according to Mithraism! Until the advent of Christ this date marked a popular festival date in Europe. This date was hijacked by Christian writers and made the birth day of Jesus Christ.
Looking at this date, this in all probability must have been the winter solstice (uttarayana) at the time Mithra cult started. The counting of days and watching of the sky for the rain-conception start around winter solstice even now. Today the winter solstice occurs on 21st December. The movement of solstices is based on the oscillation of the axis of earth by which the solstice moves 27 degrees forward and backward on both sides of zero degree of Capricorn. Based on this, the maximum extent the winter solstice could go was upto 18th December. Then it would start moving forward. December 25th marks a forward date in the past. From there it had gone upto 27 degrees in Capricorn and come back again to where it is now (at 6 degrees Sagittarius). At the rate of precession of 72 years per degree, it is seen that the last time winter solstice began on December 25th was nearly 7056 years ago before present. (Approximately 98 degrees in to and fro motion multiplied by 72). This is exactly the time Mehrgarh flourished with a civilisation which was predominantly pastoral. It was also the time Parasurama lived. This is ascertained from the period of Ramayana as calculated at around BC 5114 by Dr Pushkar Bhatnagar using the astronomy software.
Details can be read in this link:-
Rama's birth date.
Parasurama was a contemporary of Rama of Ayodhya. A group that managed to escape Parasurama's wrath had settled in Mehrgarh and followed the Mitra worship for rains. But that location cannot support the rain calculation that was / is applicable to the rest of India. Mehrgarh was rain deficient and in course of time, the settlers have dispersed. In all probability they had moved westward to Persia. The date of Mithra was remembered and celebrated as Mehargan festival in Persia. That date came to stay in the calendars that evolved in those regions.
The symbolism of Mitra was forgotten. He who had to bless people with cattle wealth by means of sufficient rains for the growth of pastures, came to be considered as one who gives the cattle to people as food! Mitra's date stayed on in memory as an important one and therefore incorporated into Christianity.
The date of Christ is not his own but borrowed from a cult which once had its roots in India. With all that, how they are shamelessly claiming that Hinduism is an off shoot of Christianity!!
Down the ages, the Hindu concepts and symbols have been stolen and misinterpreted as shown above. With all that these concepts have survived in their original relevance in India mainly because of Hindus who have followed them without interference. Now with the kind of breaches the likes of Ninan are making, there is a real threat to preservation of Hindu concepts. Of inconsolable breach is what he has said for the 'Hri cha te' verse. One must hear the intonation of that particular verse recited at the end of Purusha Suktham. Just by listening to it and even repeating it countless times, I think one can get newer insight into what the sages have revealed.
In my present level of understanding I have three explanations for this which I am sharing in the next post.
