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Item 260
Taittirīya Upaniṣad describes the five “sheaths” of a person (Sanskrit: puruṣa), starting with the grossest level of the five evolving great elements:
From this very self did aether come into being; from aether, air; from air, fire; from fire, water, from water, the earth; from the earth, organisms; from organisms, foods; and from foods, people. Different from and lying within this people formed from the essence of foods is the self consisting of lifebreath. Different from and lying within this self consisting of breath is the self consisting of mind. Different from and lying within this self consisting of mind is the self consisting of perception. Different from and lying within this self consisting of perception is the self consisting of bliss.[4]
In the Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad, the deities is identified as the source of the great elements:
Some wise people say it is inherent nature, while others say it is time – all totally deluded. It is rather the greatness of deities present in the world by means of which this wheel of brahman goes around. Whom always encompass this whole world – the knowers, the architects of time, the ones with and without qualities, and the all-knowing ones – it is at their commands that the work of creation, to be conceived of as earth, water, fire, air, and aether, unfolds itself.[5]
The same Upanishad also mentions, “When earth, water, fire, air and aether arise, when the five attributes of the elements, mentioned in the books on yoga, become manifest then the yogi’s body becomes purified by the fire of yoga and they are free from illness, old age and death.” (Verse 2.12).
(from Wikipedia)
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Tamil Sangam Book Purananuru Wonders- 2
Ancient Tamil Encyclopaedia -42; One Thousand Interesting Facts -Part 42
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Purananuru verse two is very important from many angles. First and foremost is the science matter about five elements is from the Taittriya Upanishad. All the main Upanishads are written before Buddha (600 BCE). The same order of Five Elements is in modern science as well. First there was empty space (ether) a Big Bang (sound) happened billions of years ago. Then came the fire and water. Lastly the earth appeared and from water the living beings appeared. This order is seen in the Dasavatara stories as well.
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Second important points is, Who is this Murinjiyur Mudi Nagarayar ?
His name is Mr Nagarajan. But if you give importance to Mudi (Crown or Hair), then it is Lord Siva who has a snake/Naga on his head. This was copied by Egyptian Pharaohs from the Hindus.
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Third important point is NagaRAYar. We see the J is tamilized as Y. I have been arguing throughout my writings J was used only by Vedic Hindus. If one finds the migratory route of this letter J, one can easily find how Hindus spread their language throughout the earth. No ancient language has this J sound .
Another point is Western Scholars(??!!) have been arguing that letters J and Y were written in the same way and thus we get Yesu as Jesus, Yudha as Jew etc. I have shown this is absurd and here in the second verse also we see J becoming Y. This is Sanskrit grammar.
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One more important point is look at the expressions
Three Fire of Brahmins
Four Vedas of Brahmins
Kanchana Srnga Himalaya (now they write it Kanchanjunga)= PorKottu imayam in Tamil.
Five Elements and Five Virtues
Each of the five elements has one power. That is compared with the powers of king which is also seen Sanskrit literature before Sangam literature.
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Last but not the least The Big Controversy!
Here commentators wrongly suggested the Five and the Hundred mentioned in the verse refers to 5 Pancha Pandavas and Kauravas (100). And the lines say that the Chera king supplied food for both. Even scholars who don’t believe Kaliyuga date of 3102 BCE wrote that the Mahabharata war must have fought around 1500 BCE. This Chera king wont fit into that time frames.
According to historical scholars we need at least five kings for every century. For 1500 years in BCE period, we need at least 75 Chera Kings or at least Tamil kings. We don’t have any such thing in Sangam literature.
The word PERUNCHORU misinterpreted
The verse says that the Chera king gave both the Fives and the Hundreds (Pandavas and Kauravas) PERUNCHORU. Literal translation of this word is Big Cooked Rice (food).
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The Hindu tradition is that if someone dies, they offer the Pitrs/ departed souls RICE BALLS on the death anniversary. This is called Perunchoru and Pindam in Sanskrit. I am not interpreting it out of my imagination. The same word PERUNCHORU occurs in (புறநானூற்றில் பெருஞ்சோறு 220, 235, 261) Puram 220,235,261 all these are elegy poem. Morever the Purapporul Venbamalai used the word Pindam which is food served in funeral rites.
Chera/Kerala King Uthiyan Cheralathan was praised as one “who provided BIG food” for the Pandavas and Kauravas (lot of people took it for actual feeding. But the word Big Food (Perunchoru பெருஞ்சோறு in Tamil) means big feast given in memory of the dead.
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More Pancha Bhuta references:
Pari. 3-4; 3-66; 3-77. Pari.13-18; 24-15
Mathur. -line 453; Puram-2- 1; 20-1; 51-1;55-15
Pathitr- 14-1; Kurun.3-1.
Tol -305; Murukku. Line 254
The strange coincidence is, all the poets use the Pancha Bhuta matter in the very beginning of the poems.
Post Sangam book – Tiruk Kural 271
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Earliest Anthathi
The first 5 lines gives us the first sample of Anthaathi genre (last word of the previous line should be the first word of the next line in Antham + Aathi. Both Sanskrit words!)
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Kalidasa Echo
The poet is well versed in Kalidasa who lived in Second Century BCE. In his first ten verses of Kumarasambhava Kalidasa described the beautiful Golden Peaked Himalaya. And in the first ten verses of Raghuvansa described the glory of Raghu dynasty where he says they rule extended up to oceans.
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மண் திணிந்த நிலனும்,
நிலம் ஏந்திய விசும்பும்,
விசும்பு தைவரு வளியும்
வளித் தலைஇய தீயும்,
தீ முரணிய நீரும், என்றாங்கு
ஐம்பெரும் பூதத்து இயற்கை போலப்
போற்றார்ப் பொறுத்தலும், சூழ்ச்சியது அகலமும்
வலியும், தெறலும், அணியும், உடையோய்!
நின்கடற் பிறந்த ஞாயிறு பெயர்த்தும்நின்
வெண்தலைப் புணரிக் குடகடல் குளிக்கும்
யாணர் வைப்பின், நன்னாட்டுப் பொருந!
வான வரம்பனை! நீயோ, பெரும!
அலங்குளைப் புரவி ஐவரோடு சினைஇ,
நிலந்தலைக் கொண்ட பொலம்பூந் தும்பை
ஈரைம்பதின் மரும்பொருது, களத்து ஒழியப்
பெருஞ்சோற்று மிகுபதம் வரையாது கொடுத்தோய்!
பாஅல் புளிப்பினும், பகல்இருளினும்,
நாஅல் வேதநெறி திரியினும்
திரியாச் சுற்றமொடு முழுதுசேண் விளங்கி,
நடுக்கின்றி நிலியரோ வத்தை; அடுக்கத்துச்,
சிறுதலை நவ்விப் பெருங்கண் மாப்பிணை,
அந்தி அந்தணர் அருங்கடன் இறுக்கும்
முத்தீ விளக்கிற், றுஞ்சும்
பொற்கோட்டு இமயமும், பொதியமும், போன்றே!
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Note Five Bhutas, For Vedas, Three Fires !
(Following is taken from Vaidehi Herberts translation)
Puranānūru 2, Poet Muranjiyur Mudinākanār sang to Cheraman Perunchōtru Uthiyan
Cheralathan
Your nature is like the five elements – the earth filled with sand,
the sky raised above the earth, wind that blows in the sky, fire that
sweeps up the wind, and water that differs from that fire.
You tolerate your enemies and your deliberation is broad. You are
strong, destructive and merciful. The sun rises from your ocean
and descends into your ocean in the west with waves topped with white surf.
………, or the four Vedas swerve from
………………
May you never be shaken like Mount Pothiyam, like the Himalayas with its
golden summits, where long-eyed does sleep on the slopes near their fawns
with tiny heads, at dusk, in the light of three fires lit by the Brahmins
who perform difficult rituals!
–Subham—
Tags- Tamil Sangam Book Purananuru Wonders- 2, Ancient Tamil Encyclopaedia -42; One Thousand Interesting Facts -Part 42, Upanishad, Kalidasa
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