Comments on: Avesta and Rig Veda

By: Chakrapani Singh

Chakrapani Singh — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:13:59 +0000

Words mentioned in Mittani treaty are closure to Indo Aryan group of languages than early Iranian. These words are also closure to later day Indo Aryan languages. Hence they do not predate Rigveda.

By: jk

jk — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:48:47 +0000

Thanks Kedar. I had not seen this paper before.

By: Kedar

Kedar — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 07:50:45 +0000

“…there are reversals in religious concepts and attributes of Gods. Indra and the devas are demonic in Avesta, and Ahura/asura is considered the highest deity.”

There is an interesting paper by Dr.Subhash Kak on this:
http://www.ece.lsu.edu/kak/zoro.pdf

By: Incognito

Incognito — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 01:25:30 +0000

Agni is the fire within, seeking spiritual advancement.

Indra is intuition, that provides wisdom.

Varuna is encompassing awareness.

Soma is spiritual wisdom obtained intuitively that gives ecstasy.

The prayers are meant to rouse these qualities within us.

The battle of ten kings is the conflict created by ten sensory functions- five each of receiving stimuli and responding, that ends when one acts intutively.

Ramayana is the story of righteousness (Rama) triumphing over ego (Ravana) and rejoining with propriety (Sita) with the help of commitment (Lakshmana), devotion (Hanuman), perseverence(Vanar Sena).

Mahabharata is the story of individual consciousness attaining spiritual enlightenment by victory over emotional attachment(Bhishma), intellectual attachment (Drona), attachment to charity or begetting good (Krana) and ego (Kaurava).

By: Raj

Raj — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:07:36 +0000

I remember reading in one of Kanchi Mahaperiyava’s tamil books that Zend Avesta was actually from Chandogya upanishad. I see one line in the english translation (I’ve pasted the link). I’m pretty sure it was explained in detail in a different place, but I’m not able to locate it.

http://www.kamakoti.org/hindudharma/part5/chap33.htm