Towards the end of the sukta passage there is the unmistakable reference to Vishnu: "hreeshchatE lakshmeescha patnyow...." The Deity of this sukta is hailed as "Lakshmi's spouse!" i.e. Vishnu. Regds, dAsan, Sudarshan --- In Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, K G Jagannathan <kgjagan21@...> wrote: > > Dear members, > > I have been going through various occurences of the purusha sUkta. I notice that the viRata pUrusha or parama purusha as praised in the purusha sUkta is not neccesarily grouped under Vishnu. > > I do not find direct refernces to Vishnu in the purusha sUkta, in any of it's occurences or recensions. > > On what basis then is Vishnu identified as the parama purusha of the sUkta? > > Regards, > > Jagan > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new. Click here > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/XUWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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