GayatriIts Astronomical

and Cosmological References

The Modern Cosmological

World View

The Large Scale Universe

A Brief Chronology of India

Paleolithic <38,000 BC NW tools, petroglyphs

Early Indus Valley <5000 BC NW cattle and pottery

Early Harappan <2500 BC NW Grains, towns, goddess

Harappa and MD <1500BC NW Sanskrit and Rig Veda

Vedic: 1000-400BC NW

and the 3 other Vedas, Buddhism, Jainism, Brahmanas

Persian 400 BC NW Foreign, Cyrus

Macedonia 327 BC NW Alexander

Indo-Greeks 185 BC NW

Mohenjo-Daro

Ruhr University – Ten Years of Archaeoastronomy

Common Numbers: 4, 7, 9, 12, 27

(28), 108

Number 4 – Four Main Lunar

Phases

Moon - Chandra Ganesha - Balachandra

Number 7 – Big Dipper or/and

the Geocentric Worldview

Planets: Sun, Moon, Mercury,

Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn,

and Lunar Nodes

Number 9: Navagrahas – The 9

Influences on Earth (Bhumidevi)

Surya – Sun (Sunday)

Chandra – Moon (Monday)

Mangala – Mars (Tuesday)

Budha – Mercury (Wednesday)

Brihaspati – Jupiter (Thursday)

Shukra – Venus (Friday)

Shani – Saturn (Saturday)

Rahu – ascending lunar nodes (N)

Ketu – descending lunar nodes (S)

North and South Lunar Nodes

Number 7: Seven Pointed Star

Number 12 (10): Surya and the

Zodiac

Number 27 (28) – The 27 (28)

Nakshatras, the Lunar Mansions

Why 27, and 108 (4 x 27)?

The Sidereal Lunar Month of

27.3 days represents the

progression of the moon across

the Stars

The First MansionsAshvini – Asvini Kumaras - The

Beautiful Stallion ( a, b ) Arietes

Bharani – Yama (dim triangle in

Arietes)

Krittika – Agni - The Pleiades

Rohini – Brahma - Aldebaran (the

eye of the Bull)

Mrgasirsha – Soma - The head of

Orion, l Orion and others

As Above so is Below … Sir A.

Avalon

Gayatri - Mantra

Meaning of the "extended" Gayatri Mantra:

OM bhūr OM bhuvah OM svah OM mahah OM janah OM tapah OM satyam

tatsavitur varenyam bhargo devasya dhīmahi

dhiyo yo nah pracodayat

OM āpo jyotī raso ‘mrtam brahma bhūr bhuvah svar OM

Let us meditate on the excellent glory of the divine Savitr (the sun)

May he inspire/enlighten our thoughts/understanding

Water, light, flavor, the food of immortality, the earth, the region in between, [and] heaven are all Brahman.

MAITREYA.--The sphere of the whole earth has been described to

me by you, excellent Brahman, and I am now desirous to hear an

account of the other spheres above the world, the Bhuvar-loka and

the rest, and the situation and the dimensions of the celestial

luminaries (Vishnu Purana – VII - Horace Hayman Wilson, 1840)

From the VISHNU PURANA - VII

PARÁŚARA. The sphere of the earth (or Bhúr-loka), comprehending

its oceans, mountains, and rivers, extends as far as it is illuminated by

the rays of the sun and moon; and to the same extent, both in

diameter and circumference, the sphere of the sky (Bhuvar-loka)

spreads above it (as far upwards as to the planetary sphere, or

Swar-loka) . The solar orb is situated a hundred thousand leagues

from the earth; and that of the moon an equal distance from the

sun. At the same interval above the moon occurs the orbit of all the

lunar constellations. The planet Budha (Mercury) is two hundred

thousand leagues above the lunar mansions. Śukra (Venus) is at the

same distance from Mercury. Angáraka (Mars) is as far above

Venus; and the priest of the gods (Brihaspati, or Jupiter) as far from

Mars: whilst Saturn (Sani) is two hundred and fifty thousand leagues

beyond Jupiter. The sphere of the seven Rishis (Ursa Major) is a

hundred thousand leagues above Saturn; and at a similar height

above the seven Rishis is Dhruva (the pole-star), the pivot or axis of

the whole planetary circle. Such, Maitreya, is the elevation of the

three spheres (Bhúr, Bhuvar, Swar) which form the region of the

consequences of works. The region of works is here (or in the land of

Bhárata) (Vishnu Purana – VII - Horace Hayman Wilson, 1840)

Above Dhruva, at the distance of ton million leagues, lies the

sphere of saints, or Mahar-loka, the inhabitants of which dwell in it

throughout a Kalpa, or day of Brahmá. At twice that distance is

situated Janaloka, where Sanandana and other pure-minded

sons of Brahmá, reside. At four times the distance, between the

two last, lies the Tapo-loka (the sphere of penance), inhabited by

the deities called Vaibhrájas, who are unconsumable by fire. At

six times the distance (or twelve Crores, a hundred and twenty

millions of leagues) is situated Satya-loka, the sphere of truth, the

inhabitants of which never again know death (Vishnu Purana – VII

- Horace Hayman Wilson, 1840)

Worlds of Becoming; Worlds of

Perfection

These three spheres (Bhur, Bhuvah, Svah)

are termed transitory: the three highest,

Jana, Tapa, and Satya, are styled

durable 4: Maharloka, as situated between

the two, has also a mixed character; for

although it is deserted at the end of the

Kalpa, it is not destroyed (Vishnu Purana –

VII - Horace Hayman Wilson, 1840)

Yoga Sutras - Patanjali