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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 [[w:Uranus|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}} | ||
Latest revision as of 06:32, 15 October 2021
Varuna (Sanskrit: m., 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
- Rudolf Steiner: Die Tempellegende und die Goldene Legende , GA 93 (1991) English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
- Rudolf Steiner: Grundelemente der Esoterik, GA 93a (1987) English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
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