CFI-UA 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Fathom, Vedic Period, Infinite Regress
3 Dec 2016
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Not written down until much later- the oldest manuscript evidence dates to the. 11th century ce and most are older than this. Oral translation very accurate. stayed similar to form they were in not like game telephone. Oldest religious text that has been in continuous use. Hy(cid:373)(cid:374)s (cid:272)o(cid:373)piled i(cid:374) te(cid:374) (cid:271)ooks of (cid:862)(cid:373)a(cid:374)dalas(cid:863) We are reading from the 10th about creation and praise of gods and realia. Indo european migration theory- tribes in present day iran moving all over and mixing cultures even as far as indian subcontinent. Tribes that migrated called aryan-different connotation than today. Was divided into many principalities over 3500 years. Called vedic india/ we are discussing vedic hinduism. Not finite answerlike an ambiguous thought process. Getting to a point they (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t thi(cid:374)k (cid:271)eyo(cid:374)d. bou(cid:374)daries of the (cid:373)i(cid:374)d- some things you cant fathom or think about. Embrace lack of complete knowledge and embrace science and physics unlike other religions like christianity.
