Dear Prof. Reigle, 

Thanks for the Nirukta references for Adhyatmam, Adhidaivatam and Adhiyajnam interpretations. 

As I mentioned in my previous post, and as you must be aware, Aadhibhautika is grouped along with Aadhidaivika and Aadhyaatmika in the concept of taapatraya. 

In 8-1 + 8-2 pair of the Gita, adhibhootam gets mentioned alongside adhyaatmam, adhidaivam and adhiyajnam  ( and karma and brahma )

For me, adhibhootam and aadhibhautika came handy to categorize the nature interpretations of myths.

soma discussed in 11.4 of nirukta is a good example for an idea suited for all the three levels of interpretatation. (Nirukta adds adhiyajna imterpretation in 11.4)

Thanks again, 

Regards, 

Nagaraj  

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Nagaraj Paturi
 
Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.
 
Former Senior Professor of Cultural Studie
 
FLAME School of Communication and FLAME School of  Liberal Education,
 
(Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA )