Trita Aptya : a god or Rishi of the third plane, full of luminous mental kingdoms unknown to the physical mind; Aptya from his origin in Āpah (water).
... Mandala Nine Suktas 1 – 3, 31 – 37, 41 – 50 . Rishis: Madhuchchhandas Vaishwamitra (1), Medhatithi Kanwa (2), Shunahshepa Ajigarti (3), Gotama Rahugana (31), Shyavashwa Atreya (32), Trita Aptya (33 – 34), Prabhuvasu Angirasa (35 – 36), Rahugana Angirasa (37), Medhyatithi Kanwa (41 – 43), Ayasya Angirasa (44 – 46), Kavi Bhargava (47 – 49), Uchathya Angirasa (50). Reproduced from a notebook ...
... mid-air, the region of vital force. And there are other deities,—Parjanya, giver of the rain of heaven; Dadhikravan, the divine war-horse, a power of Agni; the mystic Dragon of the Foundations; Trita Aptya who on the third plane of existence consummates our triple being; and more besides. The development of all these godheads is necessary to our perfection. And that perfection must be attained on ...
... Mandala Ten Hymns to the Mystic Fire Trita Aptya SUKTA 1 अग्रे बृहन्नुषसामूर्ध्वो अस्थान्निर्जगन्वान् तमसो ज्योतिषागात् । अग्निर्भानुना रुशता स्वङ्ग आ जातो विश्वा सद्मान्यप्राः ॥१॥ 1) High and vast the Fire stood in front of the dawns; issuing out of the darkness he came with the Light: Fire, a perfect body of brilliant lustre, filled out at his ...
... who hymned thy name, O lord of a hundred powers! Take ye knowledge of this word that I speak, O Earth and Heaven. (9) Yonder are those seven rays, and in them the navel of my being is hung. Trita Aptya knows the truth they hold and is singing the word of wisdom that they may meet and be at one. Take ye knowledge of this word that I speak, O Earth and Heaven. (10) Five Bulls are standing ...
... speaking the companion-word, seeks his weapons. स पित्र्याण्यायुधानि विद्वानिन्द्रेषित आप्त्यो अभ्ययुध्यत् । त्रिशीर्षाणं सप्तरश्मिं जघन्वान् त्वाष्ट्रस्य चिन्निः ससृजे त्रितो गाः ॥८॥ 8) Trita Aptya discovered the weapons of the Father and missioned by Indra went to the battle; he smote the Three-headed, the seven-rayed and let loose the ray-cows of the son of Twashtri the form-maker. ...
... front of the Dawns. Delivered from his smoke-enveloped activity he burns high in our skies, scales the ether of the pure mind and mounts upon the back of heaven. There on that rarer level its god Trita Aptya takes this high-flaming force and forges it into a weapon of sharpness that shall destroy all evil and ignorance. This Seer-Will becomes the guardian of the illuminations of knowledge—herds of the ...
... seven rivers or movements of our being winding through the obstructions of our mortal existence. × Trita Aptya, the Third or Triple, apparently the Purusha of the mental plane. In the tradition he is a Rishi and has two companions significantly named Eka, one or single, and Dwita, second or double, who must ...
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