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 )