okay. let me join them.Thyen, kindly do not break in to two what is one.![]()
dharm + a = dharma.
okay. let me join them.Thyen, kindly do not break in to two what is one.![]()
this story of adam and eve is used from vedas. fruits have nothing to do.A tradition established by the people who wrote the Bible. There were no apple trees in Mesopotamia in ancient times. Botanists tell us that the only large, red, edible fruit, in that region in that era, was the pomegranate.
more than 6000 B.C. as India is far older than Summer.We have Adams and Eves in Puranas but not in Vedas. In RigVeda there are two stories.
1. Aditi, the God Mother, begot eight suns (Adityas) of whom one, Martanda (lit. dead egg -Mrit + Anda) was born unformed. Out of Martanda, the humans were created who would be born and die.
2. Sages sacrificed Purusha*, and from the various parts of his body, various things were born. The Brahmins from the head, the Warriors (Kshatriyas) from the arms, the Agriculturists/Herders/Traders (Vaishyas) from the thighs, and workers (Shudras) from the feet.
* Purusha (Lit.-man) is described like this: "This Puruṣa is all that yet hath been and all that is to be."
The first story is one of the oldest, probably 6,000 BC. The second story might date between 1,500-1,000 BC. It is in the latest book.