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  1. Deities/Vedic Devas/Vedic / Sanatana/free

    Lord Vayu

    … h and universal life-force — the macrocosmic counterpart of prāṇa in the human body. He fathered Hanumān through Añjanā and Bhīma through Kuntī, gifting both sons his prodigious sp …

  2. Essay · Vedic & Vedāntic Cosmology/Vedic & Vedāntic/free

    The Devas and the Trimūrti — a stratified cosmology

    Indra, Agni, Varuṇa, Sūrya, Vāyu and the other Vedic devas were once celestial sovereigns; in the Purāṇic era they appear subordinate to Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śiva. Not a replacement …

  3. Essay · The Devas and the Trimūrti — a stratified cosmology/Vedic & Vedāntic/free

    The major Vedic devas at a glance

    … - **Vāyu** — the cosmic breath, macrocosmic counterpart of *prāṇa* in the body. Father of Hanumān and Bhīma. - **Uṣas** — the goddess of dawn, one of the most beloved of Vedic devī …

  4. Essay · The Devas and the Trimūrti — a stratified cosmology/Vedic & Vedāntic/free

    Macro-micro isomorphism — the cosmic body inside the human body

    … — the same laws that govern the universe govern the body. **Prāṇa** operates in the body through a fivefold physiological division, each corresponding to a macrocosmic force: - ** …

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