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| The Rig Veda contains several creation accounts that do not agree. | | What paradoxical state does the Nasadiya Sukta describe at the beginning? | It opens with a state beyond ordinary categories: neither existence nor non-existence, and neither death nor immortality. | | What uncertainty concludes the Nasadiya Sukta? | It asks who knows creation’s origin, allowing that even the highest overseer in heaven may not know. | | How does the Purusha Sukta account for the cosmos? | The cosmos emerges through the sacrifice of Purusha, a primeval cosmic person. | | What role does Hiranyagarbha play in a Vedic creation account? | Hiranyagarbha, the golden womb, floats on the waters and gives rise to all that exists. | | How are differing Vedic creation accounts commonly understood? | The accounts are read as different approaches to a reality beyond ordinary description, not as rivals that must be resolved. | | How does the Vaishnava Puranic account describe creation through Vishnu and Brahma? | In the Vaishnava account, Vishnu sleeps on Ananta above the cosmic ocean; a lotus grows from his navel, and Brahma fashions the world from it. | | What does Shiva’s Nataraja dance represent in Shaiva cosmology? | Shiva’s dance as Nataraja expresses the rhythm through which the cosmos emerges and is drawn back. | | What happens to the universe at pralaya? | Pralaya withdraws creation into its source before the cycle begins again. | | How does Shakta cosmology explain the Goddess’s role in creation? | Shaktas regard Devi as the source who produces, sustains and withdraws the universe. | | How does the Mahishasura episode illustrate the Goddess’s power? | The gods’ combined energies take form as Durga, who defeats Mahishasura when they cannot. | | Name the four yugas in their traditional sequence. | The four yugas are Satya, Treta, Dvapara and Kali. | | What changes across the four yugas? | Each successive yuga is shorter and contains less dharma than the one before. | | Which yuga do Hindus identify as the present age? | The present is placed in Kali Yuga, the final and most degenerate age. | | What is a kalpa in Hindu cosmology? | A kalpa is a thousand mahayugas and is described as one day in Brahma’s life. | | Why are the Vedas classed as shruti? | The Vedas are shruti, knowledge “heard” by sages rather than composed by them. | | What does apaurusheya mean when applied to the Vedas? | It means not of human authorship; the Vedas are considered free from errors introduced by human authors. | | What role did acceptance of Vedic authority play in defining orthodoxy? | Accepting Vedic authority became the working test of orthodoxy; traditions rejecting it, such as Buddhism and Jainism, were classed as nastika. | | What grounds the traditional authority of Brahmins? | Brahmins traditionally learned, recited and taught the Vedas, preserving them through precise oral transmission. | | What is the key difference between Brahmin authority and guru authority? | Brahmin authority is traditionally linked to varna and inherited training; guru authority is personal, based on realisation accepted by a disciple. | | A teaching lineage passed from guru to disciple is a sampradaya. The Vedas are classed as shruti and described as apaurusheya. | A teaching lineage passed from guru to disciple is a sampradaya. The Vedas are classed as shruti and described as apaurusheya. | | In Vaishnava creation, a lotus grows from Vishnu’s navel, and Brahma fashions the world. In the Shakta account, creation originates with Devi. | In Vaishnava creation, a lotus grows from Vishnu’s navel, and Brahma fashions the world. In the Shakta account, creation originates with Devi. | | A full cycle of four yugas is a mahayuga. A thousand mahayugas make a kalpa, described as one day in Brahma’s life. | A full cycle of four yugas is a mahayuga. A thousand mahayugas make a kalpa, described as one day in Brahma’s life. |7f:["$","$L80",null,{"flashcardsMd":"$81"}] 7c:["Flashcards for ","$L82"]

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IB World Religions 4.4.4. Cosmogony, Cosmology and Authority: Creation Myths, the Vedas, Brahmins and Gurus Flashcards

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