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Concept of Purusa (Akāl Purukh) as God
Shastri, Roop Kishor
Shastri, Roop Kishor
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Paramātman is referred to by different names like Śiva, Visnu, Brahman, Indra, Mitra,Varuna, Brhaspati, Savitā, Agni and so on in the Vedic literature, particularly in the Vedic Samhitās. The wise speaks of the One by different names. Over a hundred words have been used in the Vedas for Him of which Purusa is of the most frequent occurrence found in about eighty hymns. The Suktas too refer to Him by this name. With the exception of a few uses where consideration of context would make it a synonym of man, everywhere else it signifies the Great Entity. Of those hymns where that Entity referred to the Purusa Sukta is the most well-known, being met with in all the Vedas with the exception of the Sāmaveda.
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2008
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