The ancient Hindu temple conserves many mysterious facts and secrets within itself. Those mysteries are sometimes lost in the stream of time, and sometimes revealed in the future. They are living exhibitions of ancient arts, literature and sculptures. There are places in India that defy all scientific laws and exist only because of some divine mystery or something else. While some believe these are just myths, others think otherwise. This is the purpose of this blog
ankh and pavitram
Ankh symbol and Pavitram
Egypt is the second oldest civilization and the modified version veidic culture which helped in building great miracles. The archeology, philosophy, theology, traditions, monuments and all facts related to Egypt prove the presence of veidic essence within it.
Max Muller had also observed that the mythology of Egyptians (and also that of the Greeks and Assyrians) is wholly founded on Vedic traditions. ;Eusebius, ;a Greek writer, has also recorded that the early Ethiopians emigrated from the river Indus and first settled in the vicinity of Egypt. ; ;
The Symbol Ankh and Pavitram
Ankh is a key like symbol carried by Egyptian Gods. This is what Wikipedia says about it: “The origin of the symbol remains a mystery to ;Egyptologists, and no single hypothesis has been widely accepted. One of the earliest suggestions is that of Thomas Inman, first published in 1869: is by Egyptologists called the symbol of life. It is also called the “handled cross”, or crux ansata. It represents the male triad and the female unit, under a decent form. There are few symbols more commonly met with in Egyptian art. In some remarkable sculptures, where the sun’s rays are represented as terminating in hands, the offerings which these bring are many
crux ansata emblematic of the truth that a fruitful union is a gift from the deity”.
My interpretation it is the PAVITHRAM of Hindus. Hindus, particularly Brahmins, wear this key like symbol ‘Pavithram’ made up of Dharba grass during every ritual or Puja. Like Egyptian Gods get or give energy with Ankh, Hindus get energy from the sun by wearing Pavitham. The above passage can be interpreted as Lingam and Yoni of Saivism as well.
Soul is situated in the heart . Heart is said to be formed from a drop of blood of mother’s heart. To ancient Egyptians, Heart was the seat of the soul thus it was the centre of emotions, will and intentions. In their tradition, heart was the key of afterlife. This is evidenced by the many expressions in the ;Egyptian language ;which incorporate the word ;jb. This word was transcribed by ;E. A. Wallis Budge ;as ;Ab.
In Sanatana Dharma, Soul is situated in the subtle heart. Soul is the origin of consciousness which is transferred through the brain to all the neurons.
Soul and supersoul
Soul is the ; Sheut ;of the God(s). The word Sheut means shadow. Egyptians surmised that a shadow contains something of the person it represents. Through this association, statues of people and deities were sometimes referred to as shadows. Shadows are identified as the representation or an existing image of the respective being. ; Thus as soul is the shadow, it has quality of the origin but it cannot be equated with the quantity or power of it’s creator as it cannot be misunderstood with the person because of whom shadow is seen.
;Soul is also identified as rays of the god Ra (The Sun God). According to Sanatana Dharma, God or the Supersoul is compared with the Sun and the soul with it’s rays. ; Soul and God are qualitatively similar but quantitatively different. ;
The famous philosopher in Hinduism, Shripad Madhvacharya Swami compared the Supreme with the moon and the souls with it’s shadow. When the pots are filled with water and arranged under the moon, they reflect the moon. Moon is compared with the supersoul and souls with reflection or the shadow.
Soul is the minute spark of the supreme
Soul in Egyptian mythology is also known as Ka. Ka means the spark or the vital spark. According to Aryan tradition, soul is the minute part of God. Just like a fire emits the sparks, the Supreme being Lord Krishna is present within each being as Supersoul and as His minute spark, the soul.
Soul is personal
The ‘ Ba’ was everything that makes an individual unique, similar to the notion of ‘personality’. The Ba is an aspect of a person that the Egyptians believed would live within the heart during the life and after the body died. Usually Ba means person or a form which has attributes, ability of acting, desires and intentions.
Although some unauthorized sects in Hinduism believe that soul is impersonal, soul has form according to the Vedas, Upanishadas, Dharma Shastras and Puranas. Soul is within the body and according to Bhagvad-geeta, wears body just like we wear clothes (Only a form can have clothe, formless cannot). Therefore, just like Egyptians, the Aryans also believed in the form of the soul.
Soul is often seen in the form of a bird in Egyptian literature. As we know, In upanishadas, soul and Supersoul are compared with the birds. In the Brahma Sutras it is said that, Two birds enter in the cave of the heart, one sees and one eats.