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'''Adi''' (devanāgarī: आदि, ''ādi'') is a [[Sanskrit]] word meaning "first, beginning, primeval." It is frequently use to talk about the primordial buddha ([[Adi-Buddha]]), primordial wisdom [[Buddhi#Adi-Buddhi|Adi Buddhi]], the primeval ancient one [[Adi Sanat]],<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 98.</ref></blockquote> the first cause [[Adi-Nidana]],<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 98.</ref>, adi-shakti (primeval force),<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 10.</ref>
'''Adi''' (devanāgarī: आदि, ''ādi'') is a [[Sanskrit]] word meaning "first, beginning, primeval." It is frequently use to talk about the primordial Buddha ([[Adi-Buddha]]), primordial wisdom [[Adi-Buddha#Adi-Buddhi|Adi-Buddhi]], the primeval ancient one Adi-Sanat,<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 98.</ref></blockquote> the first cause Adi-Nidana,<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 98.</ref>, adi-shakti (primeval force),<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 10.</ref> and the first Principle ([[Tattva#Adi-Tattva]]).<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. X (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1988), 612.</ref>
 
More specifically, the word "Adi" is related to the primordial man:


<blockquote>Âdi is the generic name in our Doctrine of all the first men, i.e, the first speaking races, in each of the seven zones––hence probably “Ad-am.” And such first men, in every nation, are credited with having been taught the divine mysteries of creation.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XIV (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1988), 175.</ref></blockquote>
<blockquote>Âdi is the generic name in our Doctrine of all the first men, i.e, the first speaking races, in each of the seven zones––hence probably “Ad-am.” And such first men, in every nation, are credited with having been taught the divine mysteries of creation.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XIV (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1988), 175.</ref></blockquote>
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<blockquote>The words Ad and Adi mean in Sanskrit “the first”; in Aramæan, “One” (Ad-ad, “the only one”); in Assyrian, “father” whence Ak-Ad or “father-creator.” And once the statement is found correct it becomes rather difficult to confine Adam to the Mosaic Bible alone, and to see therein simply a Jewish name.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. II, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 42.</ref></blockquote>
<blockquote>The words Ad and Adi mean in Sanskrit “the first”; in Aramæan, “One” (Ad-ad, “the only one”); in Assyrian, “father” whence Ak-Ad or “father-creator.” And once the statement is found correct it becomes rather difficult to confine Adam to the Mosaic Bible alone, and to see therein simply a Jewish name.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. II, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 42.</ref></blockquote>
<blockquote>ÂDI TATTVA, the primordial universal Force, issuing at the beginning of manifestation (or creative period) from the eternal immutable SAT, the substratum of ALL. It corresponds with the Auric Envelope or “Brahmâ’s Egg,” surrounding every globe, as every man, animal and thing. It is the vehicle containing potentially everything––Spirit and Substance, Force and Matter. It is Âdi Tattva that we refer to in Esoteric Cosmogony, as the Force which proceeds from the First or Unmanifested Logos.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. X (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1988), 612.</ref></blockquote>


== Notes ==
== Notes ==

Revision as of 22:59, 9 January 2018

Adi (devanāgarī: आदि, ādi) is a Sanskrit word meaning "first, beginning, primeval." It is frequently use to talk about the primordial Buddha (Adi-Buddha), primordial wisdom Adi-Buddhi, the primeval ancient one Adi-Sanat,[1] the first cause Adi-Nidana,[2], adi-shakti (primeval force),[3] and the first Principle (Tattva#Adi-Tattva).[4]

More specifically, the word "Adi" is related to the primordial man:

Âdi is the generic name in our Doctrine of all the first men, i.e, the first speaking races, in each of the seven zones––hence probably “Ad-am.” And such first men, in every nation, are credited with having been taught the divine mysteries of creation.[5]

As suggested in the previous quote, Blavatsky asserts that the name "Adam" for the first man comes from a root used universally in different traditions:

The words Ad and Adi mean in Sanskrit “the first”; in Aramæan, “One” (Ad-ad, “the only one”); in Assyrian, “father” whence Ak-Ad or “father-creator.” And once the statement is found correct it becomes rather difficult to confine Adam to the Mosaic Bible alone, and to see therein simply a Jewish name.[6]

Notes

  1. ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 98.
  2. ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 98.
  3. ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 10.
  4. ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Collected Writings vol. X (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1988), 612.
  5. ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Collected Writings vol. XIV (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1988), 175.
  6. ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine vol. II, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 42.
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