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

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DB

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

 

AV (Ś) 10.2.31-32 AVP 16.62.3-42

Aṣṭā́cakrā návadvāra devā́nāṃ pū́r ayodhyā́/ tásyāṃ hiraṇyáyaḥ kóśaḥ s_uvargó jyótiṣā́vṛtaḥ//

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

There are minor variants in the Paippalāda version.

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DB

On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 4:03 PM, Howard Resnick <hr@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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