Sacrifice Of Purusha Research Paper

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Each culture has a different creation story on how the world and its inhabitants came to be. For those that practice Christianity, Catholicism and, Protestantism the Bible is the source of their creation story. Those that practice Vedism, which is the ancient Indo-European speaking religion of people who entered India in 1500 BCE, the Sacrifice of Purusha is the ancient the ancient text that, holds their creation story (Britannica). Humanity is very reliant on the scriptures that hold the teachings and tales of the Gods, also humans believe in the teachings to the point where they become law, the Devine is the basis for everything that happens in human life and in the world. For the religions of Christianity, Catholicism and, Protestantism the creation story that explains all derives from the Old Testament in the book of Genesis with the telling of how God created the Earth, Sky, and Garden of Eden. Genesis also tells the story of how God made man and from man, woman. All of the plant life that was created by God and in the garden of Eden is supposed to be all of the vegetation that we have lying around our society, nothing more and nothing less. God created …show more content…

Other deities were thus spawned from Purusha because the deity had one thousand heads, one thousand eyes and one thousand feet (S.P. 1). All of the things that we humans use to our advantages like livestock, earth and plants, the sun and the moon, the sky, and the oceans all stemmed from the many body parts of Purusha. For this culture, Purusha makes up everything they have and utilize. The hymn even mentions oil as one of the many things that were given to the society from the other deities spreading Purusha’s limbs. Every essence of Purusha, besides the three-fourths that were sent up to be created into heaven and eternal life, has a purpose and nothing would go to waste in their

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