[INDOLOGY] 9 gate city

[Dipak Bhattacharya]

AV (Ś) 10.2.31-32 AVP 16.62.3-42

*Aṣṭā́cakrā návadvāra devā́nāṃ pū́r ayodhyā́*/ *tásyāṃ hiraṇyáyaḥ kóśaḥ
suvargó jyótiṣā́vṛtaḥ*//

*Tásmin hiraṇyáye kóśe tríyare trípratiṣṭhite*/ *tásmin yád yakṣám ātmanvát
tád vái brahmavído viduḥ//*

There are minor variants in the Paippalāda version.

Best

DB


On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 4:03 PM, Howard Resnick <hr at ivs.edu> wrote:

> Greetings to all,
>
> Bhagavad-gita 5.13 speaks of the embodied soul living in the “city of nine
> gates,” nava-dvAre pure dehI.
>
> I believe we find this metaphor in the Upanisads and perhaps other Vedic
> literature as well. Can anyone provide specific references?
>
> Sincere thanks!
> Howard
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