Hindu Deity Symbols

The images of the divine child Jesus Christ  and Shri Ganesha reveal the universal content of the archetype of the Self in human unconscious.

analysis of the images of the divine child in Christianity and Hinduism

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"Shri Ganesha and Jesus Christ – Archetypal Images of the Self". – In:  Philosophical Alternative No 4 1996 Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1996
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The problematic identity of the deity Savitṛ in early Vedic religion has sparked more than a century of discussion. Harry Falk, for instance, argued that this god, whose name literally means “Impeller”, can be identified with the Milky Way and associated with the rainy season. Others have suggested that he becomes visible in the zodiacal light or crepuscular rays. The aims of this paper are to review the most important theories about Savitṛ’s manifestations in nature in Ṛgvedic times and to reassess whether and in what ways different natural phenomena and celestial luminaries may have been associated with this deity. In discussing the theories proposed so far, I not only consider the Vedic sources but re-evaluate the archaeoastronomical arguments with modern software. As it turns out, there is no conclusive evidence that Savitṛ was associated with any single phenomenon or luminary at all. Rather, he was an anthropomorphic deification of what was perceived as a certain “cosmic” or “natural” force.