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Purusha, The Cosmic Man

Purusha, the 1000-headed Cosmic Man, stands on Vishnu. The Cosmic Man is also an archetypical figure that appears in creation myths of a wide variety of cultures around the world and parts of his body became physical parts of the universe. The Universe is the Cosmic Man. In Hindu myth, the masculine half of Brahma, of whom Satrap is the feminine half. In some versions, Purusha is a primeval giant from whose body the universe was created. In the allegorized extension of the concept of Brahma, Purusha is also the universal spirit or world-soul. In the Rigveda, Purusha is described as a primeval giant that is sacrificed by the gods and from whose body the world and the varnas (classes) are built. He is described as having a thousand heads and a thousand feet.
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Purusha, The Cosmic Man
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Purusha, the 1000-headed Cosmic Man, stands on Vishnu. The Cosmic Man is also an archetypical figure that appears in creation myths of a wide variety of cultures around the world and parts of his body became physical parts of the universe. The Universe is the Cosmic Man. In Hindu myth, the masculine half of Brahma, of whom Satrap is the feminine half. In some versions, Purusha is a primeval giant from whose body the universe was created. In the allegorized extension of the concept of Brahma, Purusha is also the universal spirit or world-soul. In the Rigveda, Purusha is described as a primeval giant that is sacrificed by the gods and from whose body the world and the varnas (classes) are built. He is described as having a thousand heads and a thousand feet.
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2850 x 3720 px | 30.3 MB
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24.1 x 31.5 cm | 9.5 x 12.4 in (300 dpi)
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