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MANDUKYA UPANISHAD<br />
SABDA BRAHMAN<br />
M.M.NINAN<br />
Adam Kadamon - the Cosmic Man - Viswanara - who is the<br />
enjoyer of what he perceives and receives.<br />
In the manifested world, Consciousness appears in three states<br />
(Avastha), viz: waking (Jagrat), dreaming (Svapna), and<br />
dreamless slumber (Susupti).<br />
In the waking state the jiva is conscious of external objects<br />
(Bahih-prajna), and is the gross enjoyer of these objects through<br />
the senses (Sthula-bhuk). The jiva. in this state is called<br />
jagari—that is, he who takes upon himself the gross body<br />
(material body) called Visva (Cosmic) and is called Visvanara<br />
(Adam - Man).<br />
This Vaiswanara has 7 limbs. Sankara refers this 7 as in the<br />
Chandogya Upanishat 5.15.2 where this Viswanara is<br />
described as below<br />
The seven limbs are:<br />
Antariksha - the space between heaven and earth which is the<br />
head<br />
Surya - the sun is the eye<br />
Vayu - the air is the pranaa - the breath<br />
Akaasha - the space is the waist<br />
Agni - fire his heart<br />
Aapa - the water is his stomach<br />
Prithvi - the earth is his feet<br />
This of course do not refer to ordinary man, but to the Cosmic<br />
Man, the Virat Purusha<br />
This is similar to the Kabbalistic Structure<br />
If we want to take this in wider sense of Cosmic Man it is no more<br />
talking about common man but Cosmic Man implying the idea of<br />
Virat Purusha, Adam Kadamon, The Primeval Man,<br />
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