[INDOLOGY] 9 gate city

[Dipak Bhattacharya]

I regret having missed Reinhold's reply but I mentioned additional source,
ie the AVP which without doubt is the oldest.
Best
DB


On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 5:31 PM, Dipak Bhattacharya <dipak.d2004 at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> AV (Ś) 10.2.31-32 AVP 16.62.3-42
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> *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:
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>> 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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