In Rig Veda, the abode of Dyaus Dyulok is regarded as Fountain-head of God-the Primeval Purusha.

In the Vedic view, creation is ascribed to the self-consciousness of the primeval being ( Purusha ).

There is also a Purusha program at an ashram in Uttarkashi, India.

Earliest reference to panentheistic thought in Hindu philosophy is in a creation myth contained in the later section of Rig Veda called the Purusha Sukta, which was compiled before 1100 BCE.

Maharishi Sthapatya Veda is a system of architectural and planning principles based on " ancient Sanskrit texts " The movement also operates numerous schools and universities, offers monastic programs called Mother Divine and Thousand Headed Purusha, operates health centers such as The Raj and Maharishi Ayurveda Health Center, assorted businesses such as Maharishi Ayurveda Products International and several TM-centered communities.

( Purusha is the knower of the field ; Prakriti is the field ; Shiva is another name for the knower of the field and Shakti is the field ; Spirit is another name for the knower of the field and Matter ( Prakriti ) is the field.

The male half of Ardhanarishvara stands for Purusha and female half is Prakriti.

Purusha is the male principle and passive force of the universe, while Prakriti is the female active force ; both are " constantly drawn to embrace and fuse with each other, though ... separated by the intervening axis ".

Most of philosophy of the Rig Veda is contained in the sections Purusha sukta and Nasadiya Sukta.

Concept of Yajna or sacrifice is also enunciated in the Purusha sukta where reaching Absolute itself is considered a transcendent sacrifice when viewed from the point of view of the individual.

In some lineages of Hinduism, Purusha ( Sanskrit, प ु र ु ष " man, Cosmic man ", in Sutra literature also called " man ") is the " Self " which pervades the universe.

According to the Rigvedic Purusha sukta, Purusha was dismembered by the devas — his mind is the Moon, his eyes are the Sun, and his breath is the wind.

In the Rigveda, Purusha is described as a primeval giant that is sacrificed by the gods ( see Purushamedha ) and from whose body the world and the varnas ( classes ) are built.

Its formation is described in a shloka ( verse ) of the Purusha Sukta, a Vedic hymn, as follows:

The Upanishad uses the imagery of Asvamedha sacrifice, described in Purusha Sukta, to depict the creation of the universe.

The hymn of Purusha sukta may also have influenced Samkhya.

He has also been mentioned in the Upanishads as Amanava Purusha ( Superhuman being ).

In the sacrifice of Purusha, the Vedic chants were first created.

Varna refers to the Hindu belief that human beings were created from different parts of the body of the divinity Purusha.

The sixth and last question is concerned with the being by whom all this known and unknown universe got created and who has sixteen vital things ( kala ) or who is called as Shodashakala Purusha.

Thought processes and mental events are conscious only to the extent they receive illumination from Purusha.

Kurma Purana describes the preceding battle between the Purusha and demonic forces in which he escapes a powerful weapon called Pashupata and it describes how Prahlada's brothers headed by Anuhrada and thousands of other demons " were led to the valley of death ( yamalayam ) by the lion produced from the body of man-lion " avatara.

It contains the earliest conception of Purusha, a cosmic being from whom the manifestation arises.

then makes ‘ Sankalpa ’ of doing the Yajna and wakes the God up with motherly care by uncovering the ‘ Bhaasma ’ ( Ashes ) from the sacred fire continues from the day of the ‘ Praagatya ’ when the ‘ Aadi Purusha ’ ( first person ) of that Agnihotra Paramparaa ( tradition ), first invited ( lightened ) the Lord Agni by Vedic Method.

After the act of offering ‘ Aahutis ’, the excellences of the Lord are sung through the ‘ Mantras ’ of ‘ Shaanti Suukta ’, ‘ Purusha Suukta ’, ‘ Suurya Suukta ’ from the ‘ Yajurveda ’.

For instance, in the Purusha sukta of the Rigveda, Purusha ( Sanskrit, प ु र ु ष " man ," or " Cosmic Man ") is sacrificed by the devas from the foundation of the world — his mind is the Moon, his eyes are the Sun, and his breath is the wind.

The Dhruva-stuti as mentioned in the Vishnu Purana is an extended version of the Vedic Purusha sukta and is quite different from the Dhruva-stuti of Bhagavata Purana.

The earliest application to the formal division into four social classes appears in the late Rigvedic Purusha Sukta ( RV 10. 90. 11 – 12 ), which has the Brahman, Rajanya (= Kshatriya ), Vaishya and Shudra classes emerging from the mouth, arms, thighs and feet of the cosmic being, Purusha, respectively.

The Purusha Sukta describes the process of creation of matter from the cosmic Purusha ( universal spirit ) which is shown as a human-like entity.

Based on the Purusha Sukta ( Rgveda 10. 90 ) the Pañcaratra Agamas teach that God ( Narayana or Vasudeva ) manifests the whole world from one fourth of himself.

In Jyotiṣa ( Indian astrology ), Vishnu is seen as the head of Kaala Purusha, the God of Time.

It presents the nature of Purusha or the cosmic being as both immanent in the manifested world and yet transcendent to it.

More specifically it is supposed to represent Purusha ( the supreme being ), and Prakriti ( mother nature, or causal matter ).

Patañjali's Yoga Sutras accept the Samkhya's division of the world and phenomena into twenty-five tattvas or principles, of which one is Purusha meaning Self or consciousness, the others being Prakriti ( primal nature ), Buddhi ( intellect or will ), Ahamkara ( ego ), Manas ( mind ), five buddhindriyas ( sensory capabilities ), five karmendriyas ( action-capabilities ) and ten elements.

Final and last question asked by son of Bharadwaja the Sukesha, is about a vedic divine being called " Shodashakala Purusha " or " Person with sixteen divine attributes ".

* Rishi Narayana — seer of the Purusha Sukta of the Rig Veda.

* The Transcendental Meditation movement sponsors two monastic groups: the Thousand-Headed Purusha for men and the Mother Divine for women.

The Purusha Sukta gives a description of the spiritual unity of the cosmos.

At the end of the Iron Age and by the very beginning of Satyuga, the Lord will incarnate Himself for the protection of the lowly, And will perform wonderful sports and in this way the incarnated Purusha will come for the destruction of the enemies. 140.

The union of Purusha ( Shiva ) and Prikriti ( Shiva's energy, Shakti ) generates the universe, an idea also manifested in the union of the Linga of Shiva and Yoni of Devi creating the cosmos.

The Vishnudharmottara Purana also emphasizes the identity and sameness of the male Purusha and female Prakriti, manifested in the image of Ardhanarishvara.

* The Purushamedha or symbolic sacrifice of a man, imitating that of the cosmic Purusha, cf.

Purusha Sukta as well as, in its Śrauta form, the Ashvamedha.

The Purusha Sukta gives a description of the spiritual unity of the cosmos.

The Purusha Sukta, in the seventh verse, proclaims the organic inseparability of the constituents of society.