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'''Varuna''' ({{Sanskrit|m., वरुण}} {{IAST|Varuṇa}} "the enveloper") is, according to Vedic tradition, the god of cosmic order, of the all-enveloping heaven (→ [[crystal heaven]]), and is, as Rudolf Steiner also confirms, comparable to the Greek [[Uranus]]. {{GZ||93|48}} He is regarded as the highest of the seven original [[w:Adityas|Adityas]].
'''Varuna''' ({{Sanskrit|m., वरुण}} {{IAST|Varuṇa}} "the enveloper") is, according to Vedic tradition, the god of cosmic order, of the all-enveloping heaven (→ [[crystal heaven]]), and is, as Rudolf Steiner also confirms, comparable to the Greek [[Uranus]]. {{GZ||93|48}} He is regarded as the highest of the seven original [[w:Adityas|Adityas]].


According to [[Rudolf Steiner}}, Varuna is also the supreme being of the [[undine]]s, the [[elementary being]]s of water. {{GZ|93a|220}}
According to [[Rudolf Steiner]], Varuna is also the supreme being of the [[undine]]s, the [[elementary being]]s of water. {{GZ||93a|220}}


== Literature ==
== Literature ==

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Varuna

Varuna (Sanskritm., वरुण Varuṇa "the enveloper") is, according to Vedic tradition, the god of cosmic order, of the all-enveloping heaven (→ crystal heaven), and is, as Rudolf Steiner also confirms, comparable to the Greek Uranus. (Lit.:GA 93, p. 48) He is regarded as the highest of the seven original Adityas.

According to Rudolf Steiner, Varuna is also the supreme being of the undines, the elementary beings of water. (Lit.:GA 93a, p. 220)

Literature

References to the work of Rudolf Steiner follow Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works (CW or GA), Rudolf Steiner Verlag, Dornach/Switzerland, unless otherwise stated.
Email: verlag@steinerverlag.com URL: www.steinerverlag.com.
Index to the Complete Works of Rudolf Steiner - Aelzina Books
A complete list by Volume Number and a full list of known English translations you may also find at Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works
Rudolf Steiner Archive - The largest online collection of Rudolf Steiner's books, lectures and articles in English.
Rudolf Steiner Audio - Recorded and Read by Dale Brunsvold
steinerbooks.org - Anthroposophic Press Inc. (USA)
Rudolf Steiner Handbook - Christian Karl's proven standard work for orientation in Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works for free download as PDF.