[INDOLOGY] Chaos in Indian mythology and philosophy

[Joanna Jurewicz]

I think that not only darkness (tamas), but also flood (salila), beginning
with  (RV 1, 164.41, 10.129.3), and used, in later texts (up to Smrti
cosmogonies) very consequently to conceive and express the pre-creative
state of the world, which might correspond to the Greek concept of chaos.
Maybe also the concepts of asat (RV 10.72.2, 10.129.4) as opposing to sat,
cosmos.

Regards,

Joanna Jurewicz

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Prof. dr hab. Joanna Jurewicz

Katedra Azji Południowej /Chair of South Asia Studies

Wydział Orientalistyczny / Faculty of Oriental Studies

Uniwersytet Warszawski /University of Warsaw

ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28

00-927 Warszawa , Poland

Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages

College of Human Sciences

UNISA

Pretoria, RSA

Member of Academia Europaea

https://uw.academia.edu/JoannaJurewicz


pon., 11 sty 2021 o 04:09 Luis Gonzalez-Reimann via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> napisał(a):

> Hi Dmitry,
>
> If you are interested in social chaos, the obvious notion is the upheaval
> that arises in the Kali Yuga, but especially at the end of the Kali Yuga.
> The confusion of social classes, the varṇa-saṃkara, where people from one
> varṇa behave like those of a different varṇa, is considered the worst
> offense, especially between the two extremes, when brahmans behave like
> śūdras and vice versa. There is also moral deterioration.
>
> This idea is put forth in the Mahābhārata, and later becomes common in the
> Purāṇas. See Mbh 3.188 for a description of the social chaos, and Mbh 3.189
> for how Kalki redresses the situation (this is the first mention of Kalki
> in the literature). The references are to the Critical Edition. You can see
> van Buitenen's translation in his vol 2, which includes books 2 & 3.
>
> Best,
>
> Luis
>
> UC, Berkeley
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 9, 2021 at 8:25 AM Danilov Dmitry via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
>> Dear list members,
>>
>> I would be very thankful for any suggestions and works, which have
>> studied the concepts in Indian philosophy and religion related or similar
>> to the Western concept of "chaos".
>>
>> Best to all,
>> Dmitry Danilov
>> danilov.dmitry.a at gmail.com
>>
>>
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