Anupadaka: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
'''Anupadaka''' is a word used in the [[Theosophy|Theosophical]] derived from the [[Sanskrit]] anupapādaka (or Aupapaduka) which means "parentless", "self-existing", or "having no material parent".<ref>[http://spokensanskrit.de/index.php?script=DI&beginning=0+&tinput=anupapAdaka&trans=Translate&direction=AU.# Anupapādaka] at Spoken Sanskrit Dictionary.</ref> | |||
'''Anupadaka''' is a word used in the [[Theosophy|Theosophical]] derived from the [[Sanskrit]] anupapādaka (or Aupapaduka) which means "parentless", "self-existing", or "having no material parent".<ref>[http://spokensanskrit.de/index.php?script=DI&beginning=0+&tinput=anupapAdaka&trans=Translate&direction=AU.# Anupapādaka] Spoken Sanskrit Dictionary.</ref> | |||
This term is applied to certain self-created gods, and the [[Dhyāni-Buddhas]]: | This term is applied to certain self-created gods, and the [[Dhyāni-Buddhas]]: | ||
Revision as of 19:06, 30 May 2012
Anupadaka is a word used in the Theosophical derived from the Sanskrit anupapādaka (or Aupapaduka) which means "parentless", "self-existing", or "having no material parent".[1]
This term is applied to certain self-created gods, and the Dhyāni-Buddhas:
“The one merged with the absolute,” can have no parents since he is Self-existent, and one with the Universal Spirit (Svayambhu), the Svâbhâvat in the highest aspect. The mystery in the hierarchy of the Anupadaka is great, its apex being the universal Spirit-Soul, and the lower rung the Mânushi-Buddha; and even every Soul-endowed man is an Anupadaka in a latent state.[2]
Misspelling of the original term
Notes
- ↑ Anupapādaka at Spoken Sanskrit Dictionary.
- ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 52.
Further reading
- Anupādaka at Theosopedia
- Technical Terms in Stanza I by David Reigle at Eastern Tradition Research Institute