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Rig Veda

ऋग्वेदṚg Veda

also: rigveda

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Definition

The oldest Veda. Frawley treats it as the origin of Vedic astrology (its planetary-deity mantras come from it) and reads its symbolic verses for astronomical/yuga content — e.g. IV.58.2 ('Four are his horns, three his feet, two his heads, seven his hands…') as suggesting the 4,320,000,000-yr yuga era; III.54.5 epigraph; the seven-horse Sun = the seven planets; equinoctial references (Krittika/Mrigashira/Punarvasu) dating later Vedic literature to c.2500/4000/6000 B.C. CLASSICAL but verified:false; Frawley the conduit and interpreter.
Classical

Prāṇa relevance

Prāṇa relation not yet traced — a complete, acceptable terminal state.

Connections (2)

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  • ←The yuga / world-age cycle (Sri Yukteswar's precessional lesser cycle; the greater cycle)Classical
    Frawley reads Rig Veda symbolic verses (e.g. IV.58.2 'Four are his horns, three his feet, two his heads, seven his hands...') as encoding the great yuga era, and uses III.54.5 as the world-ages epigraph (book p.55). The yuga doctrine draws part of its scriptural grounding/interpretation from these located Rig Veda verses, Frawley the conduit and interpreter.
  • ←Brihat Parashara Hora ShastraModern
    Frawley traces the origins of Vedic astrology (and so of its source-scripture BPHS) to Parashara Shakti, grandson of the rishi Vasishta and himself seer of esoteric Rig Veda hymns; he treats the Rig Veda as the origin of Vedic astrology (its planetary-deity mantras come from it). The hora-scripture's pedigree is derived, via the Vasishta->Parashara lineage, from the Rig Veda — a traditional/legendary lineage CLAIM transmitted by Frawley.

Sources

  • txt-frawley-astrology-seersVedic Science / Vedic Astrology (book pp.38–40); World-Ages epigraph (book p.55)Modern✓ verifiedFrawley quotes/interprets Rig Veda IV.58.2 and III.54.5 and reads its astronomical symbolism

Other attributes

Text Class
mula
Approx Date
Vedic (pre-3000 B.C. per Frawley; conventionally c.1500–1200 B.C.)
Attribution
the Vedic rishis (Vasishta, Parashara Shakti, et al.)
Key Chapters
IV.58.2 (the bull symbolism Frawley reads as the great yuga era); III.54.5 (world-ages epigraph); equinoctial/nakshatra references (book p.40)
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