[Advaita-l] On Srishti

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Wed Nov 16 07:34:02 EST 2022


What's the difference between adi purusha and viraja?

On Wed, 16 Nov 2022, 17:21 Shrinivas Gadkari via Advaita-l, <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste,
>
> Refer the following post from the archives:
> https://lists.advaita-vedanta.org/archives/advaita-l/2019-July/052848.html
>
> As per the hints in puruSha sUkta, bhAgavatam, and elsewhere in Vedic
> texts,
> and based on my understanding of these topics, the creation proceeds as:
> Adi puruSha --> virAja --> adhi puruSha --> brahmA, viShNu, rudra, deva-s,
> ....
>
> Those who are specially devoted to viShNu, are correct if they refer to
> "adhi puruSha" as the "Great viShNu" and "Adi puruSha" as "Super Great
> viShNu".
> They are again correct if claim that rudra is created by this "Great
> viShNu"
> or "Super Great viShNu".
>
> Those who are specially devoted to rudra, are equally correct if they
> refer to
> "adhi puruSha" as the "Great shiva" and "Adi puruSha" as "Super Great
> shiva".
> They are again correct if claim that viShNu is created by this "Great
> shiva"
> or "Super Great shiva".
>
> Regards,
> Shrinivas Gadkari
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