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'''Aditi''' (devanāgarī: अदिति) is a [[Sanskrit]] word that means limitless (from ''a'' "without" and ''diti'' "bound"). In the Vedas Aditi is mother of the gods (devamatri) from whose cosmic matrix the heavenly bodies were born. As celestial mother of every existing form and being, the synthesis of all things, she is associated with [[space]] ([[akasa]]) and with mystic speech ([[Vāc]]). She may be seen as a female aspect of [[Brahmā]]. | '''Aditi''' (devanāgarī: अदिति) is a [[Sanskrit]] word that means limitless (from ''a'' "without" and ''diti'' "bound"). In the Vedas Aditi is mother of the gods (devamatri) from whose cosmic matrix the heavenly bodies were born. Aditi is associated with the primal substance ([[mulaprakriti]]) in Vedanta. As celestial mother of every existing form and being, the synthesis of all things, she is associated with [[space]] ([[akasa]]) and with mystic speech ([[Vāc]]). She may be seen as a female aspect of [[Brahmā]]. | ||
== In Theosophy == | |||
[[H. P. Blavatsky]] writes that Aditi is the abstract aspect of Parabrahman [[mulaprakriti]], both unmanifested and unknowable.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 7.</ref> She relates this with [[space]] in its various stages of differentiation, becoming [[Vâch]] in its third aspect.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 430.</ref> Aditi-Vâch is the female Logos, or the “word,” Verbum.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 431.</ref> | |||
== In Hinduism == | |||
[[Category:Sanskrit terms]] | [[Category:Sanskrit terms]] | ||
[[Category:Hindu concepts]] | [[Category:Hindu concepts]] | ||
[[Category:Concepts in The Secret Doctrine]] | [[Category:Concepts in The Secret Doctrine]] | ||
Revision as of 16:41, 26 July 2012
Aditi (devanāgarī: अदिति) is a Sanskrit word that means limitless (from a "without" and diti "bound"). In the Vedas Aditi is mother of the gods (devamatri) from whose cosmic matrix the heavenly bodies were born. Aditi is associated with the primal substance (mulaprakriti) in Vedanta. As celestial mother of every existing form and being, the synthesis of all things, she is associated with space (akasa) and with mystic speech (Vāc). She may be seen as a female aspect of Brahmā.
In Theosophy
H. P. Blavatsky writes that Aditi is the abstract aspect of Parabrahman mulaprakriti, both unmanifested and unknowable.[1] She relates this with space in its various stages of differentiation, becoming Vâch in its third aspect.[2] Aditi-Vâch is the female Logos, or the “word,” Verbum.[3]
In Hinduism
- ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, The Theosophical Glossary (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 7.
- ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 430.
- ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 431.