On the Mythical Origin of Yajñopavīta

Autor:	Ankur Betageri
Rok vydání:	2022
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Popis:	In this article I explore the act of concealing and embodying esoteric knowledge by considering Vedic, Upanishadic and Puranic narratives concerning the yajñopavīta. The esoteric nature of the initiation ritual of Upanayana established in Vedic texts like Śatapatha-Brâhmana and Atharva Veda is elaborated in the metaphysical Upanishadic texts of Subāla-upanishad and Brahma-upanishad. I show that the yajñopavīta, conceptualized as sutra-vastra in the Devānga Purāna, was a symbolic object that concealed and made one embody esoteric knowledge. By considering a similar act of concealing and embodying of the esoteric knowledge that happens while chanting the Samavedic strotas I claim that the yajñopavīta was invented to curb the directedness which comes with the will to knowledge and to symbolically contain the meditative interiority of esoteric knowledge.
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