Shaiva Upanishads (A Critical Study)
by Arpita Chakraborty | 2013 | 33,902 words
This page relates ‘River like Universe’ of the study on the Shaiva Upanishads in English, comparing them with other texts dealing with the Shiva cult (besides the Agamas and Puranas). The Upaniṣads are ancient philosophical and theological treatises. Out of the 108 Upanishads mentioned in the Muktikopanishad, 15 are classified as Saiva-Upanisads.
1.2. River like Universe
[...] Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad I.5
Brahman in His manifestation as the universe is like a river that contains the waters of five streams; that has five big turnings due to five causes; that has the five Prāṇas for the waves, the mind–the basis of five-fold perception–for the source, and the five-fold misery for its rapids; and that has five whirlpools, five branches and innumerable aspects.[1]
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Ibid I.5 [...]