[INDOLOGY] 9 gate city

[Howard Resnick]

Sincere thanks!
Howard

On Jun 12, 2014, at 8:05 AM, Dipak Bhattacharya <dipak.d2004 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I regret having missed Reinhold's reply but I mentioned additional source, ie the AVP which without doubt is the oldest.
> Best
> DB
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> 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//
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> Tásmin hiraṇyáye kóśe tríyare trípratiṣṭhite/ tásmin yád yakṣám ātmanvát tád vái brahmavído viduḥ//
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> There are minor variants in the Paippalāda version.
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> Best
> 
> DB
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> 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.
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> 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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