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Virochana and Asura from Shin Megami Tensei.
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Virochana and Asura from Shin Megami Tensei.
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Hindu Mythology & Deities
- Hindu deities (15)-
Asuras - Virochana
Virochana has been regarded as the king of the Asuras since ancient times in Indian mythology and Buddhist tales. Virochana was grandson of Hiranyakashipu, son of Prahlada and father of Bali. He is an Asura of the Daitya tribe.
According to the Chandogya Upanishad (VIII.7.2-8.5), he and Indra went to Prajapati to learn about the atman (self) and lived there, practising brahmacharya for thirty-two years. Later Virochana was killed by Indra.
The truth that Virochana and Indra heard from Prajapati was that "the image of the body with beautiful ornaments and reflected in water and mirrors, that is the ego, that is Brahman (the truth of the universe). When Virochana heard this, he was satisfied and went home.
But Indra noticed this lie, because a blind man cannot see the reflection of water. He went back to Prajapati and asked him more questions. Prajapati said, "Yes," and upon hearing this, Indra trained with Prajapati for another 32 years.
The next principal Brahman he heard was, "The dream is the Atman." At first Indra was convinced and went home, but he stopped and said, "If you have a nightmare, that can't be an atman."
When he returned to his master, he said, "Yes," and after a few more years of practice, Indra finally got the true answer that the "selflessness" in his dreams was the atman.
The Asura is a generic term for the god or demon race in Indian mythology, Brahmanism and Hinduism (*Please click → Asuras)
インド神話と神様たち
−ヒンドゥー教時代からの神々(15)–
アスラ族・ヴィローチャナ
ヴィローチャナは、インド神話や仏教説話で古くから、アスラ(阿修羅)族の王とされる。
ヴィローチャナはアスラ王ヒラニヤカシプの孫にあたり、プラフラーダの子である。アスラ王バリの父である。ダイティヤ族のアスラである。
チャーンドーギア・ウパニシャッド・第8章において、デーヴァ神群の王インドラ(帝釈天)、アスラ族の王ヴィローチャナが「本当のアートマン(自我)とは何か」という真理を求め創造主(プラジャーパティ)の元を訪れ32年間修業したたとある。その奥義を得てヴィローチャナは満足し、アスラたちに伝えたという。
ヴィローチャナとインドラがプラジャーパティに聞いた真理とは「美しい飾りをつけ、水や鏡に映る身像、それこそ自我であり、梵(宇宙の真理)である」というものであったという。ヴィローチャナはこれを聞いて満足して帰ったという。
ところが、インドラはこの嘘(盲目の人は水面の姿を見ることができない)に気がつきプラジャーパティの元に戻り、プラジャーパティにまた質問すると、プラジャーパティは「そうだ」と言い、それを聞いたインドラは、さらにプラジャーパティの元で32年間修行した。
次に聞いた梵は「夢こそアートマン」という答えであった。最初納得して帰ったインドラだが、ふと足を止めて「悪夢を見たらそれがアートマンである。そんなのがアートマンであるはずがない」としてまた師のところに戻ると、師は「そうだ」といい、さらに数年間修業し最終的には夢の中にある「無我」こそアートマンという真なる答えをインドラはようやく得る。
アスラ族とは、インド神話・バラモン教・ヒンドゥー教における神族または魔族の総称(*詳しくはこちら)→ アスラ族
「artist」 o c x 「characters」 aleph, hiroko and virochana 「from」 hindu mythology and shin megami tensei
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Hello! I hope your new year is treating you well. Well, let's get to the question: What is the difference between Virochana and Vairocana? Which of the two is Asura lord?I couldn't find much about Asura Lord, it seems relatively obscure. Hope you can help me haha
But seriously, thank you and same to you.
Honestly, this is a subject where you could probably search for ‘vairocana eirikrjs’ and find at least 20 posts about it. Or better, I just searched for ‘virochana vairocana asura’ and the first result is Dijeh’s perennial breakdown of the three:
https://dijehtranslations.wordpress.com/2016/08/08/579/
Should get you what you need!
विरोचन - प्रहलाद का पुत्र - http://bit.ly/2gCs7rj भक्त प्रहलाद के पुत्र और अपनी पिता की तरह ही भगवान विष्णु के परम भक्त। भक्त प्रहलाद के इस पुत्र के बारे में शायद कम लोग जानते है। इस वीडियो में हम आपको विरोचन के रोचक तथ्य बताने जा रहें हैं
Virochana - Son of Prahlada Various ancient tales about Virochana are illustrated in the Vedas and other Hindu scriptures. Here, he is described as a Daitya, who was the father of King Mahabali.