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THE SYMBOLISM
OF
A TANJORE
PAINTING

DILIP RAJEEV

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ISBN: 1545294186
ISBN-13: 978-1545294185
TO THE ONE
 PURPLE
SYMBOLIZES THE ETERNAL UNMANIFEST
THE MATTER THAT PRECEDES THE ELEMENTS

THAT WHICH PRECEDES

FIRE

THAT WHICH PRECEDES

WATER

AIR

ETHER

AND

EARTH
THE UNIVERSE
HAS ITS
ORIGIN

IN

THE

ETERNAL

UNMANIFEST
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THE ETERNAL UNMANIFEST

ORIGINS FROM

THE ONE

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HIGHER THAN THE ONE,

THERE IS NOTHING

SAY

THE

UPANISHADS

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GOVINDAM ADI PURUSHAM

TAM
AHAM BHAJAMI

SAYS

BRAHMA HIMSELF IN
THE
BRAHMASAMHITA

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KRISHNA,
THAT PRIMORDIAL ONE,
HIM I WORSHIP

- THE BRAHMASAMHITA

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THE BRAHMA SAMHITA DESCRIBES

THE ONE
AS SURROUNDED
BY UNIVERSES

AS HEAPS OF FUR

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IN EACH UNIVERSE
APPEARS
VISHNU

THE FIRST GOD

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FROM WHOSE NAVEL

EMERGES A LOTUS,

AND IN THAT LOTUS APPEARS BRAHMA,

BRAHMA

IS THE

MANIFEST

CREATOR

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TO WHAT IS ONE
SEVEN GERMS UNRIPENED YET ARE HEAVEN'S
PROLIFIC SEED:
THEIR FUNCTIONS THEY MAINTAIN BY
VISHNU'S ORDINANCE.
ENDUED WITH WISDOM THROUGH
INTELLIGENCE AND THOUGHT,
THEY COMPASS US ABOUT PRESENT ON EVERY
SIDE.

WHAT THING I TRULY AM I KNOW NOT

CLEARLY:
MYSTERIOUS, FETTERED IN MY MIND I
WANDER.
WHEN THE FIRST-BORN OF HOLY LAW
APPROACHED ME,
THEN OF THIS SPEECH I FIRST OBTAIN A
PORTION.
...

THEY CALL HIM INDRA, MITRA, VARUNA, AGNI,

AND HE IS HEAVENLY-WINGED GARUTMAN.
TO WHAT IS ONE, SAGES GIVE MANY A TITLE.

RIGVEDA 1.164.36-37, 46
TRANSLATED BY KLOSTERMAIER

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IN WORSHIPFULNESS
OF
THE ONE

THE ADEPTS
SOUGHT

TRANSCENDING
THE MANIFEST
PREISHABLE
UNIVERSE

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NOTHING OF THE ELEMENTS IS PERFECT

NOT THE GODS
SAYS SIVASAMHITA

ONLY THE ONE THAT TRASCNEDS ALL THIS

IS

HE IS THE SUPREME PURIFYING

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AS THE BEING WERE PURIFIED,

IN WORSHIPFULNESS,
OF THE ONE,
THE PERCEPTION

OF

THE ONE EMERGED

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THE ADEPT UNIONED

HIS CONSCIOUSNESS
WITH THE ONE

IN PROFOUND AND DEEP

WORSHIPFULNESS

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THE SUN
AS THE SOURCE OF ALL

THAT SHINES

WERE

AN

ANCIENT SYMBOL

OF

THE ONE

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THE PAINTING DEPICTS TRANSFORMATIONS

IN THE

PROCESS

WHEREBY

THE ONE

TRANSFORMS

THE EARTH-UNIVERSE

THE BODY OF THE ONE IN THE MANIFEST

INTO THE

ONE
NATURE

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THIS IS
DESCRIBED

AS
THE OPERATION

OF THE SUN

IN
THE EMERALD TABLET

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AT THE END OF AN AGE THIS DISSOLUTIONARY

PROCESS

HAPPENS

THE ONE APPEARS

IN THE WORLD

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THE EARTH-BODY OF THE ONE,

UNIONS

HIS

CONSCIOUSNESS WITH

THE PERCEPTION

OF THE

ONE

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IN THE PERCEPTION OF THE ONE THE BODY IS

ACTIVATED

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THE ONE

ACTING HERE AS THE ACTIVATING PRINCIPLE

IS ATTRIBUTED

THE COLOUR

RED

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THE WHEEL SYMBOLIZES

THE AXIS,

AND THE SEXUAL

ANATOMY

WHERE THE SEXUAL WATERS

ABIDE

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THE U SHAPE ATTRIBUTED TO THE WHEEL

STRUCTURE

IS SYMBOLIC

OF THE PELVIC BONE

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THE DUAL SPOKES SHOW THE DUAL NEURAL

TRACTS

THE WHEEL SUGGESTS THE PRIMORDIAL

RHYTHMING,

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THE PRIMORDIAL ONES

RHYTHM,

AND NATURE,

IN THE SEXUAL WATERS

AND THE NEURAL SYSTEMS,

THE AXIAL WORLD-TREE.

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THE INNER NATURE UNIONS

WITH

THE ONE

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GREEN IS THE COLOUR OF NATURE

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THE GREEN LION

SWALLOWS UP THE SUN,

IN ALCHEMICAL SYMBOLISM

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THE GREEN LION

FILLS HIS OWN CONSCIOUSNESS UP

WITH THE PROFOUND PERCEPTION OF

THE ONE

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THE GREEN LION

IS

THE AWARENESS,

THE CONSCIOUSNESS,

THE INNER SOUL,

THE INNER BEING,

THE INNER SELF,

THE INNER LIVING STREAMS,

AND SO FORTH,

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IT ABIDES NEAR

IN THE WORLD AXIS,

IN THE IMAGERY

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THE WORLD AXIS,

THE WORLD TREE,

IS FILLED WITH

THE ONE,

AND THE GREEN LION

SERVES

THE ONE

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THE GREEN LION PROFOUNDLY

ALIGNS

WITH THE ONE

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THE CLOTHING OF THE ONE

IS THE SURFACE BODY

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THE GOLDEN IS THE IDEAL

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WHITE IS THE COLOR OF PURITY

THE WHITE SPIRIT

HOLDS THE REFLECTION OF THE ONE

WHITE IS THE SEXUAL LAKE

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THE HORSES

ARE THE VITAL FORCES

ABOVE

THE SILVER
LAKE

THAT IN

PURITY HOLDS

ONE NATURE

THE HORSES SERVE THE ONE,

ARE YOKED TO THE ONE,

FOUNTAIN TOWARD,

AND UNION WITH THE ONE,

IS IN ONE NATURE WITH THE ONE,

AS SHOWN BY A REFLECTION OF THE ONE ON

THEM

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IT

IS

THE

WHITE SPIRIT

THAT HOLD

THE ONE NATURED CHARIOT

ON TO

THE EARTH

THE WHITE SPIRIT THUS OUGHT

BE

PRESERVED

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THE WHITE SPIRIT OUGHT

NOT BE
AGITATED

IN WAYS

THAT

WOULD

HAVE

IT

WISH

TO ESCAPE

THE WHITE SPIRIT OUGHT BE

NEVER
LOST

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THE EARTH

IS THE HUMAN

BODY

THE EARTH IS

WHERE ITS LIVING SPIRITS

ABIDE

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THE ONE

APPEARS

ON THE AXIAL PERCEPTION

THE CHARIOT IS THE AXIAL TRANSFORMATORY

THE WORLD AXIS

AND ITS YOKED ENERGIES

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THE LOTUS

ON THE CHARIOT

SYMBOLIZES

EVOLVING

ENERGIES,

IN

ONE
NATURE

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ON THE WHITE SPIRIT

IS AN ANCIENT

SYMBOL FOR

TRANSFORMATION

TO THE HIGHER,

INTO THE ONE,

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IN A LOST AGE,

IN THE KINGDOMS THAT WERE BEYOND

THE HIMALAYAS

IN THE

THE NORTH-EAST OF

INDIA,

THE

ONE LINE

WERE VISUALIZED AS

A SYMBOL OF

THE ONE

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THE SYMBOL WERE

MEDITATED ON,

PONDERED ON,

AS FILLING THE ENTIRE

UNIVERSE OF ONES

PERCEPTION,

IT WERE THOUGHT TO

GENERATE

THE

PERCEPTION OF

THE ONE

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IT WERE VISUALIZED

ON THE AXIS,

IN THE LAKE,

ETC.,

TRANSFORMING THE WORLD WATERS,

ITHE ONE NATURED WATERS,

AND THE AXIAL ENERGIES,

INDEED,

IT WERE ALSO UNDERTOOD

THAT ONLY THOSE

THE ONE DESIRED TO PERCEIVE HIM,

WOULD PERCEIVE HIM,

AND THUS A PROFOUND WORSHIPFULNESS,

WERE ADVISED,

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ONLY THROUGH LOVE FOR THE

ONE,

AND THROUGH WORSHIPFULNESS,

WERE HE REACHED,

SAY

THE ANCIENT TEXTS,

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THE ANCIENT ARTS

SOUGHT

TO MERGE

INNER

ESSENCE,

THE INNER FOUNTAINING SPIRITS,

WITH

THE ONE

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THE ANCIENT SYMBOL,

WERE

ONE OF

ENERGIES

FOUTNAINING

TO

THE HIGHER,

INTO THE ONE,

THE SYMBOL IS FOUND ON

THE ONES REFLECTION,

THE WHITE SPIRIT,

THE GREEN LION,

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THE SILVER LAKE FOUNTAINS,

INSIDE,

ALONG THE WORLD AXIS,

TO THE ONE,

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AS THE SILVER LAKE

HOLDS THE ONE,

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THE TAPERING DOME

OF THE CHARIOT

SYMBOLIZES

UPWARD

TRANSFORMATION

OF ENERGIES

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THE SAGES

THE POETS

THE PURIFIED

AND VIRTUOUS AMONGST

HUMANS

ALL OBSERVE THE ONE,

IN WORSHIPFULNESS,

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THERE ARE ESOTERIC SENSES

TO EACH

ASPECT OF THE IMAGERY

HERE

A SENSE IS

THAT THE EARTHEN BODY PLAYS

ITS MUSIC, OBSERVING

THE ONE

THE MUSIC

IS THE INNER RHYTHMS

OF THE BODY,

THAT GENERATE ITS EXISTENCE

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WHITE IS THE NEW GENERATED, THE PURE,

GOLDEN THE EXTERIOR,

AND GREEN SYMBOLIZES THE LIVING,

JOYFULNESS,

ABOUND,

INSIDE,

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THE SAGE

THAT IS OFFERING

TO THE ONE

IS THE PROFOUND

INNER WISDOM

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AS THE ONE ENTERS THE UNIVERSE,

THE UNIVERSE

DISTILLS

INTO TWO FOUNTAINS,

THE WHITE WOMEN,

AND THE PURPLE ONE,

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THE WHITE IS THE FOUNTAIN

FROM THE

PROFOUNDEST DEPTHS

OF THE UNIVERSE.

THE PURPLE

IS THE DISTILLED,

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THE MATTER OF THE UNIVERSE

DISSOLVED

INTO ONE NATURE,

IN THE PURPLE DISTILLATE.

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THIS IS UNIONED WITH THE WHITE,

AND FORM

THE ONE,

AND

THE ONE

FORMS

THE ONE BODY

THUS,

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THE SYSTEM IS KEPT PROFOUNDLY COOLED

FREE OF ANY AGITATIONING

IN THE PURPLE AND WHITE BATH,

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BOTH THE FOUNTAINS EXIST IN

INFINITE,

THE ONE WHITE,

AND THE ONE PURPLE,

THE ONE PURPLE PERVADES,

AND THE ONE WHITE,
AT THE PROFOUND DEPTHS,

THE ONES FORM IS FOUNDED ON THE

FIRMAMENTS FOUNTAINING AXIS,

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THE DISTILLATE

TENDS TO

VAPOUR AWAY,

THE DISTILLATE PENETRATES EVERYTHING

SUBTLE AND GROSS,

AND DISSOLVES,

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THE DISTIALLATE

IS THUS INFUSED

IMMEDIATELY

INTO THE

BODY,

OF THE ONE,

AND INDEED NOWHERE ELSE,

AND THE WHITE FOUNTAIN ADDED,

THE WHITE FOUNTAIN MAY AS WELL,

FIRST BE POURED,

AND THE PURPLE DISTILLUM ADDED,

THROUGH THE UNION OF THE WHITE,

AND THE PURPLE,

DISSOLVED THE EARTH,

AND TAKEN UP BY THE WHITE AND PURPLE,
UNION

IS THE WORK OF THE ONE DONE,

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THE WORK OF THE SUN IS DESCRIBED IN THE

EMERALD TABLET AS WELL,

THE SPIRIT THAT SEPERATES ITSELF FROM

EARTH,

AS THE ONE WILLS,

AND THEN UNIONS AGAIN,

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DISTILL AND COAGUALTE,

WARM AND PROFOUNDLY COOL,

THE ONE AND THE FEMININE,

LOVE,

WITHOUT THE LOSS OF THE WHITE FOUNTAIN,

IN THE WAY THE ONE OPERATES,

GENERATE VARIATIONING IN OPERATIONS,

SO THE ONE WORKS THE BODY,

DESTROYING THE FEMININE TO THE ONE ,

THE WHITE FEMININE FILLS UP WITH THE

PERCEPTION OF THE ONE,

AS THE ONE UNIONED, THE FEMININE, HEART,

SPIRIT, AND SOUL,

CONSCIOUSNESS,

AND THE SPIRITIZED BODY,

WITH THE ONE,

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AN ANALOGY WITH FARMING EXISTS,

IN THE RAYS OF THE SUN,

THE WATERS DISTILL,

TO POUR BACK ON TO EARTH AS RAIN,

AS DEW,

EMBEDDING ITSELF,

AS SNOW IN THE WELL NOURISHED, WELL

RAKED EARTH,

THE SEEDS ARE EMBEDDED IN THE EARTH,

AND IN THE SUN,

THEY EMERGE ANEW,

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THE ONE PURPLE EARTH,

THE ONE WHITE STREAMS
NOURISH,

THE ONE PURPLE EARTH

ABSORBS THE ONE WHITE,
THE ONE PURPLE EARTH,
EVOLVES THE ONE WHITE,

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THE TWO FOUNTAINS OF WHITE AND PURPLE,

UNIONED,

THE EARTH IN PURPLE DISSOLVED,

AND THE WHITE ADDED,

OR THE EARTH WHITENED,

AND THE PURPLE POURED,

THE ONE FORMED,

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THE WHITE WOMEN

AS
THE INNER STREAMS
IN THE PURPLE BODY

THE STREAMS
OF ONE WHITE

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WARMING THE EARTHEN,

IN THE PERCEPTION OF THE ONE,

GENERATES

THE TWO FOUNTAINS,

THE DISSOLVED EARTHEN BODY,

DIP INTO THE
FOUNTAINS
THE ONE SEED WATERS
IN THE DEPTHS OF THE
FIRMAMENT,

THE ONE SEED FORMS THE ONE

FORM,

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IN THE PERCEPTION OF THE ONE,

THE EARTHEN BODY IS DISSOLVED,
THE ONE WHITE FOUNTAIN,
ADDED,
AND THE ONE FORMED.

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ESTABLISHED,

ON THE

FIRMAMENTS
FOUNTAIN,
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THE ONE
UNIONS
THE
ONE WHITE,
WITH
THE ONE
PURPLE.
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