Nagaraj, Thanks for this. Wikipedia! Of course, the material there can suffer sometimes from input from unreliable sources, but this article gives good specifics.
Jim > On Dec 26, 2021, at 7:51 PM, Nagaraj Paturi <[email protected]> wrote: > > Even a simple popular source such as Wikipedia covers this : > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhu-vidya#Vedic_background > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhu-vidya#Vedic_background> > > In the Rig Veda <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rig_Veda>, Soma > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soma_(drink)>, the Vedic symbol for deep > spiritual truth, is addressed as Madhu, the nector or ambrosia, the drink of > Immortality sought by both gods and men. Rishi Vamadeva > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vamadeva> has described how the saving of the > knowledge of Madhu or Soma Doctrine came to him through a hawk in a sudden > flash in his darkest hour.[4] > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhu-vidya#cite_note-4> > It is believed that Rishi Dadhichi had his ashrama in Dudheshwara on the > banks of Sabarmati River <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabarmati_River> near > present-day Ahmedabad <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmedabad>. His name > appears in the Rig Veda <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rig_Veda>.[5] > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhu-vidya#cite_note-5> Dadhichi was a sage > of Vedic repute (Rig Veda I.84.13: इन्द्रो दधीचो अस्थ > भिर्वृत्राण्यप्रतिष्कुतः| जघान नवतीर्नव ||). He was the son of Rishi Atharvan > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atharvan> of the Atharvaveda > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atharvaveda>, and the father of Pippalada > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pippalada> of the Prasna Upanishad > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prasna_Upanishad>. His name is seen to occur > in the first Mandala of the Rig Veda, and in the Bhagavata Purana > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhagavata_Purana>. Rishi Kakshivana, the sage > of the Rig Veda <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rig_Veda> Sukta > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukta> 119 which is addressed to the Ashvins > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashvins>, in Mantra > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantra> 9 tells us : > उत स्या वां मधुमन्मक्षिकारपन्मदे सोमरयौशिजा हुवन्यति | > युवं दधीचो मन आ विवास्थोऽथा शिरः प्रति वामश्व्यं वदत् || > "The bee desirous of honey sang praise-song for you. Aushij in delight of > Soma tells how Dadhichi, told you the secret of his mind after the head of > his horse was cured."[6] > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhu-vidya#cite_note-6> > On Mon, Dec 27, 2021 at 3:07 AM Joanna Jurewicz <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Dear Jim, > > I discuss this doctrine (to some extent) in my "Fire, Death and Philosophy. A > History of Ancient Indian Thinking". > > With regards, > > Joanna > > --- > Prof. dr hab. Joanna Jurewicz > Katedra Azji Południowej /Chair of South Asia Studies > Wydział Orientalistyczny / Faculty of Oriental Studies > Uniwersytet Warszawski /University of Warsaw > ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28 > 00-927 Warszawa , Poland > Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages > College of Human Sciences > UNISA > Pretoria, RSA > Member of Academia Europaea > https://uw.academia.edu/JoannaJurewicz > <https://uw.academia.edu/JoannaJurewicz> > > niedz., 26 gru 2021 o 20:40 Jim Ryan via INDOLOGY > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> napisał(a): > Madhav, > > Thanks for this. This brings up the question of “honey” as a metaphor in > Vedic tradition generally. What was the “honey-ness” that was found I each > footstep? > Naturally, very difficult to ascertain, but interesting to contemplate. > > Jim > >> On Dec 26, 2021, at 11:25 AM, Madhav Deshpande <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Dear Jim, >> >> Check out R̥gveda 1.154.4-5 that refer to Viṣṇoḥ padāni as being filled with >> Madhu and having a fount of Madhu. >> >> Madhav >> >> Madhav M. Deshpande >> Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics >> University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA >> Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies >> Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India >> >> [Residence: Campbell, California, USA] >> >> >> On Sun, Dec 26, 2021 at 11:10 AM Jim Ryan via INDOLOGY >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I’m looking for scholarship relating to the Honey Doctrine sonorously >> invoked in Bṛhadāraṇyaka U., 2.5.1-19. Are there Vedic antecedents anywhere? >> >> Jim Ryan >> Asian Philosophies and Cultures (Emeritus) >> California Institute of Integral Studies >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> INDOLOGY mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >> <https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology> > > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology > <https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology> > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology > <https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology> > > > -- > Nagaraj Paturi > > Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA. > > > Director, Indic Academy > BoS, MIT School of Vedic Sciences, Pune, Maharashtra > BoS Kavikulaguru Kalidasa Sanskrit University, Ramtek, Maharashtra > BoS Veda Vijnana Gurukula, Bengaluru. > Member, Advisory Council, Veda Vijnana Shodha Samsthanam, Bengaluru > BoS Rashtram School of Public Leadership > Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Studies in Public Leadership > Former Senior Professor of Cultural Studies, > FLAME School of Communication and FLAME School of Liberal Education, > Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA. > > >
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