…The religion of the Rig Veda is polytheistic, and most of the gods are natural deities, but its so-called philosophical hymns assume some kind of world principle and attempt to explain the origins of the diverse phenomena of the world, and as a whole have a strong tendency toward monism. This tendency is inherited by the other three Vedic Samhitas (main collections), the Brahmanas (ritual books), and the Āraṇyakas (forest books), but reaches its apex in the Upanishads. The Upanishads assume Brahman (Brahman) as the fundamental principle of the universe, and seek the essence of the individual in Atman (self), and state that the two are essentially the same (Brahman and Atman are one and the same). … *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Āraṇyaka" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…《リグ・ベーダ》の宗教は多神教で,神々の多くは自然神であるが,その哲学的賛歌と呼ばれるものは,なんらかの世界原理を想定して多様な現象世界の成立する理由を説明しようとし,全体として一元論的傾向が強い。この傾向は他の3ベーダ・サンヒター(本集),ブラーフマナ(祭儀書),アーラニヤカĀraṇyaka(森林書)に受け継がれるが,ウパニシャッドにおいて頂点に達する。ウパニシャッドは宇宙の根本原理としてブラフマン(梵)を想定し,個人の本体をアートマン(我)に求めて,この両者は本質的に同一(梵我一如)であるとした。… ※「Āraṇyaka」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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