Motif
many-formed cosmic deity
many_formed_cosmic_deity
A motif of the Theophany and Divine Manifestation family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
2 occurrences
1 traditions
hindu
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The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4: Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 SECTION XIII / SECTION XIV / SECTION XV / SECTION XVI; lines 2989-3072 confidence: high
The passage describes three bodies or forms associated with Kala, Purusha, Brahma, Brahma, Vishnu, and Rudra; knowing the deity within frees wise persons, while not knowing leads to births and deaths; the deity is the door of heaven and Emancipation and projects and withdraws beings.
The addressed deity is said to have three bodies or forms, to distribute itself into eight forms, and to be identical with deities, elements, faculties, truths, and opposites.
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The Song Celestial; Or, Bhagavad-Gita CHAPTER VIII / CHAPTER IX / CHAPTER X / CHAPTER XI; lines 1805-1982 confidence: high
Sanjaya reports the vast form with countless eyes, mouths, forms, weapons, garlands, luminous robes, heavenly odors, blinding brilliance, and radiance compared to a thousand suns.
The divine form has countless eyes, mouths, forms, faces, arms, members, weapons, and all-beholding vision.
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