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AKĀSA, ETHER-SPACE
A symbol of primordial matter which brought forth
from within it the Second Logos, the Word, or Higher Self.
"First in order, Akāsa, 'ether,' with the distinguishing property of
sound, or in other words, the substratum of sound (which sound is
the vishaya or object for a corresponding organ sense, the ear).
Footnote,-The Rāmāyana, II. 110, 5, makes Brahmā spring from ether,
but the Epic and Puranic accounts of akāsa are very inconsistent.
Some say that it was created and is perishable, others that it was
not created and is eternal." - MON. WILLIAMS, Indian Wisdom, p. 93.
He (Brahman) who, dwelling in the âkâsa, is distinct from âkâsa,
whom the âkâsa knows not, whose body the âkâsa is, who rules the
âkâsa from within, he is thy soul, the inner guide, the immortal." -
Brihad. Upanishad, III. 7, 12.
"It is the âkâsa, out of which all these creatures proceed, and into
which they are again received, the âkâsa is older than they all, the
âkâsa is the ultimate end." - Khand. Upanishad, I. 9, 1.
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