RLGA01H3 Midterm: Midterm Review
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Early (pre-vedic) civilization urban lived along the indus river (aka indus valley socialization) o o o: goddess and earth focused worship, no code to decode ancient harappan language. Indo-aryan culture: aryan means noble, from the north, nomadic, oral tradition instead of written, information was passed on verbally from generation to generation. This was ritualistic: eternal sound aum (as heard and transmitted by the rishis or seers ) Rlga01 midterm: october 20 at 4:10pm in aa112. They received the sounds, did not create them. Athara veda (spells/charms: example of vedic gods: Soma (god of some ancient plant used in fire rituals believed to be hallucinogenic) Essential gods for fire rituals: agni and soma: upanishads ( sitting near the teacher )**** Atman = deepest part of the soul. Maya = real (brahman), unreal (doesn"t exist [i. e. the son of a barren woman]), maya (i. e.
