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GayatriIts Astronomical
and Cosmological References
The Modern Cosmological
World View
The Large Scale Universe
A Brief Chronology of India
Paleolithic <38,000 BC NW tools, petroglyphs
Early Indus Valley <5000 BC NW cattle and pottery
Early Harappan <2500 BC NW Grains, towns, goddess
Harappa and MD <1500BC NW Sanskrit and Rig Veda
Vedic: 1000-400BC NW
and the 3 other Vedas, Buddhism, Jainism, Brahmanas
Persian 400 BC NW Foreign, Cyrus
Macedonia 327 BC NW Alexander
Indo-Greeks 185 BC NW
Mohenjo-Daro
Ruhr University – Ten Years of Archaeoastronomy
Common Numbers: 4, 7, 9, 12, 27
(28), 108
Number 4 – Four Main Lunar
Phases
Moon - Chandra Ganesha - Balachandra
Number 7 – Big Dipper or/and
the Geocentric Worldview
Planets: Sun, Moon, Mercury,
Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn,
and Lunar Nodes
Number 9: Navagrahas – The 9
Influences on Earth (Bhumidevi)
Surya – Sun (Sunday)
Chandra – Moon (Monday)
Mangala – Mars (Tuesday)
Budha – Mercury (Wednesday)
Brihaspati – Jupiter (Thursday)
Shukra – Venus (Friday)
Shani – Saturn (Saturday)
Rahu – ascending lunar nodes (N)
Ketu – descending lunar nodes (S)
North and South Lunar Nodes
Number 7: Seven Pointed Star
Number 12 (10): Surya and the
Zodiac
Number 27 (28) – The 27 (28)
Nakshatras, the Lunar Mansions
Why 27, and 108 (4 x 27)?
The Sidereal Lunar Month of
27.3 days represents the
progression of the moon across
the Stars
The First MansionsAshvini – Asvini Kumaras - The
Beautiful Stallion ( a, b ) Arietes
Bharani – Yama (dim triangle in
Arietes)
Krittika – Agni - The Pleiades
Rohini – Brahma - Aldebaran (the
eye of the Bull)
Mrgasirsha – Soma - The head of
Orion, l Orion and others
As Above so is Below … Sir A.
Avalon
Gayatri - Mantra
Meaning of the "extended" Gayatri Mantra:
OM bhūr OM bhuvah OM svah OM mahah OM janah OM tapah OM satyam
tatsavitur varenyam bhargo devasya dhīmahi
dhiyo yo nah pracodayat
OM āpo jyotī raso ‘mrtam brahma bhūr bhuvah svar OM
Let us meditate on the excellent glory of the divine Savitr (the sun)
May he inspire/enlighten our thoughts/understanding
Water, light, flavor, the food of immortality, the earth, the region in between, [and] heaven are all Brahman.
MAITREYA.--The sphere of the whole earth has been described to
me by you, excellent Brahman, and I am now desirous to hear an
account of the other spheres above the world, the Bhuvar-loka and
the rest, and the situation and the dimensions of the celestial
luminaries (Vishnu Purana – VII - Horace Hayman Wilson, 1840)
From the VISHNU PURANA - VII
PARÁŚARA. The sphere of the earth (or Bhúr-loka), comprehending
its oceans, mountains, and rivers, extends as far as it is illuminated by
the rays of the sun and moon; and to the same extent, both in
diameter and circumference, the sphere of the sky (Bhuvar-loka)
spreads above it (as far upwards as to the planetary sphere, or
Swar-loka) . The solar orb is situated a hundred thousand leagues
from the earth; and that of the moon an equal distance from the
sun. At the same interval above the moon occurs the orbit of all the
lunar constellations. The planet Budha (Mercury) is two hundred
thousand leagues above the lunar mansions. Śukra (Venus) is at the
same distance from Mercury. Angáraka (Mars) is as far above
Venus; and the priest of the gods (Brihaspati, or Jupiter) as far from
Mars: whilst Saturn (Sani) is two hundred and fifty thousand leagues
beyond Jupiter. The sphere of the seven Rishis (Ursa Major) is a
hundred thousand leagues above Saturn; and at a similar height
above the seven Rishis is Dhruva (the pole-star), the pivot or axis of
the whole planetary circle. Such, Maitreya, is the elevation of the
three spheres (Bhúr, Bhuvar, Swar) which form the region of the
consequences of works. The region of works is here (or in the land of
Bhárata) (Vishnu Purana – VII - Horace Hayman Wilson, 1840)
Above Dhruva, at the distance of ton million leagues, lies the
sphere of saints, or Mahar-loka, the inhabitants of which dwell in it
throughout a Kalpa, or day of Brahmá. At twice that distance is
situated Janaloka, where Sanandana and other pure-minded
sons of Brahmá, reside. At four times the distance, between the
two last, lies the Tapo-loka (the sphere of penance), inhabited by
the deities called Vaibhrájas, who are unconsumable by fire. At
six times the distance (or twelve Crores, a hundred and twenty
millions of leagues) is situated Satya-loka, the sphere of truth, the
inhabitants of which never again know death (Vishnu Purana – VII
- Horace Hayman Wilson, 1840)
Worlds of Becoming; Worlds of
Perfection
These three spheres (Bhur, Bhuvah, Svah)
are termed transitory: the three highest,
Jana, Tapa, and Satya, are styled
durable 4: Maharloka, as situated between
the two, has also a mixed character; for
although it is deserted at the end of the
Kalpa, it is not destroyed (Vishnu Purana –
VII - Horace Hayman Wilson, 1840)
Yoga Sutras - Patanjali