ARATTA "Cosmic Truth, Order Morality justice" USHAS "weighty counsel"
Researchers think that “Ar” is the root of “Ara”, "Arev", the Sun. Arar(ich Արարիչ, is the Creator and many other words in Armenian have this root. I posit that ARA represents the LIGHT of the SUN and the ENERGY of the Sun, in other words the creative power of the Sun. That said we observe that many geographical names, such as Ereban-Erevan (Yerevan) and Arivan contain this sacred root Ar, also adjectives like “ari” (Արի, courageous). Ar is the light-giving word root, and it is the origin of words like, arat, plenty, arhun ("blood"), argand ("womb"), armat ("root"), arka ("king"), ara ("male"), Arev (Sun), Ar (manifested Ara), Ara is the "essence of the sun" "light".
In conversational Armenian, the name “Ara” has become synonym for the word “man” probably because as a compound with Mani it spells out Ara-Mani, Armenian. In informal conversations, Armenians addressing each other often use the name “Ara”, because it is based on the given name of the Sun/Creator.
The Armenian language also has the archaic Armenian word “manuk” meaning young man or infant, which carries the original meaning of “manu”, MIND and MAN. Thus the word “Armenian” is a compound word, a combination of Ar and Manu. It contains the sacred root “Ar” with the sacred Hindu word for the first MIND born Man, the first Man Manu. Thus we have in the word Armenian or Armani a MIND BORN CREATION, MAN IN THE IMAGE OF THE CREAION. AraManiak was the first born son of Haik the Progenitor of the Hai the Armenian family/community/society/race/nation, the first born MAN of the MIND of HAIK. The first of many Patriarchs who gave his name HAIK to FATHERHOOD and FATHERLAND as HAIRE and HAIRENIK.
De Morgan has said there are signs which show that the Armenians, as their other Aryan relatives, were nature worshipers and that this faith in time was later changed to the worship of national gods, of which many were the equivalents of the gods in the Roman, Greek and Persian cultures. The main proto-Armenian (Aryan) god was Ar, the god of Sun, Fire and Revival.[4] The Armenian hypothesis of Indo-European origins connects the name with the Ar- Armenian root meaning light, sun, fire found in Arev (Sun), Arpi (Light of heaven), Ararich (God or Creator), Ararat (place of Arar), Aryan, Arta etc.[5] According to the researchers, the name of Ardini religious center of ancient Urartu also related to the god Ar-Arda.[6] The cult of Ar appear in Armenian Highland during 5-3th millennium BC and had common Indo-European recognition: Ares (Greek), Ahuramazd (Persian) Ertag (German), Ram (Indian), Yar-Yarilo (Slavonic) etc.[7] After adoption of Christianity the cult of Ar was also evident in Armenia, remembered in the national myth, poetry, art and architecture.
Due to the FIRST DAWN heralding the sun and inducing the daily CONSCIOUS routine, the Light of Dawn, the Heavenly Dawn Goddess was associated with instilling the cosmic order.
Vedic Dawn, Ushas is the arouser of Ṛta the regular rotating hot Sun for order, rule, justice, the ultimate truth.
Extracts from article by Simon E. Davies.
This divine structure can be evidenced by the clockwork motion of the heavens, whereby the sun sets and rises without fail, the seasons move in a constant cycle, and the moon waxes and wanes to a regular pattern. Many world cultures believe this divine order permeates all things, from the traits of animals to the moral impetus of humans, and even the trends of the weather. This divine force is said to be perfect and eternal, regulating the universe, endowing it with motion, purpose and structure.
This creation event brought shape, life and order to the world. It gave rise to sacred landscapes, humans, animals and plants, as well as the laws and customs which maintain its existence.
The primordial essence of the Universe. It represents the underlying forces of nature, from which all things are physically manifest.The stabilizing pattern behind the natural world that helps keeps it balanced and ordered. A metaphysical practice that allows the individual to connect directly with the divine forces of the cosmos.
Ma’at is a governing principle that regulates all things and is regarded as the essence which holds the cosmos together. The Egyptians personified Ma’at as a goddess and believed she governed the coming of rain in the dry seasons, as well as the ethics and morals of humanity. Because mortals have a tendency to create chaos, the rule of Ma’at was made into a law by the pharaohs. Every citizen was expected to follow these laws, or else bring anarchy into the world. Farmers and kings were expected to act with honour, truth, and integrity, anything less could unbalance the cosmic harmony, and bring famine, plague or rebellion into the world.
Rta/Aratta is the principle of natural order which regulates and coordinates the operation of the universe. Rta governed both the natural world and the moral world. Rta is the spiritual essence of law, order, truth, and regularity, which holds command over all things. Even the Gods were made to serve Rta, by commanding the weather, fertility, healing, religious customs, and other such forces.
The cosmic harmony that regulates the universe was said to be perfect and eternal. However, behind this governing influence lay a darker force known as chaos. This destructive medium was said to erode and weaken the divine order of things, bringing droughts, earthquakes, war and anarchy. One of the problems the gods seem to have was the nature of free will of humans. We mortals had the power to do great and heroic things, but sadly, we also committed many wicked and monstrous deeds, bringing chaos into the world. In order to keep the chaos at bay, the gods developed two ways of governing our civilised world.
The Gods developed a number of laws and customs for mortals to follow. If these laws and traditions were not adhered to, the gods would be displeased, and abandon humanity to the forces of chaos. To avert such chaos, humans were expected to perform rituals, meditations, and follow the laws outlined by their gods. This then placed them in accordance with the divine order which preserved the universe, ensuring that the sun always rose in the morning, plants grew in the spring, and the food was always plentiful.
Aratta's geographic existence outside of myth
Since ancient times the cult of sun worship occupied a special place in Armenian mythology. The main proto-Armenian god was Ar, the god of Sun, Fire and Revival. It is connected with light, sun, fire found in Ararat (the people of Ar), Arev (Sun), Arpi (Light of heaven), Ararich (God or Creator), Aryan, Rta, Arta etc.
In the Vedic religion, Ṛta (Sanskrit ऋतम् ṛtaṃ "that which is properly/excellently joined; order, rule; truth") is the principle of natural order which regulates and coordinates the operation of the universe and everything within it. In the hymns of the Vedas, Ṛta is described as that which is ultimately responsible for the proper functioning of the natural, moral and sacrificial orders.
Sanskrit scholar Maurice Bloomfield referred to Ṛta as "one of the most important religious conceptions of the "Rigveda", going on to note that, "from the point of view of the history of religious ideas we may, in fact we must, begin the history of Hindu religion at least with the history of this conception".
Oldenberg (1894) surmised that the concept of Ṛta originally arose in the Indo-Aryan period from a consideration of the natural order of the world and of the occurrences taking place within it as doing so with a kind of causal necessity.
Both Vedic Ṛta and Avestan aša were conceived of as having a tripartite function which manifested itself in the physical, ethical and ritual domains.
In the context of Vedic religion, those features of nature which either remain constant or which occur on a regular basis were seen to be a manifestation of the power of Ṛta in the physical cosmos.
In the human sphere, Ṛta was understood to manifest itself as the imperative force behind both the moral order of society as well as the correct performance of Vedic rituals.
The notion of a universal principle of natural order is by no means unique to the Vedas, and Ṛta has been compared to similar ideas in other cultures, such as Ma'at in Ancient Egyptian religion, Moira and the Logos in Greek paganism, and the Tao.
Amen according to the older Theban traditions, was created by Thoth as one of the eight primordial deities of creation (Amen, Amaunet, Hah, Hauhet, Nun, Naunet, Kau, Kauket).
Later traditions cast him in the role of self-created creator, who shaped the ordered world out of chaos through masturbation and self-fertilization.
OGDOAD;
According to the Hermopolitan mythology there existed four pairs of gods before the creation of the world. They represented the primordial properties of chaos, generally given as:
Nun - Naunet: The primordial waters and the sky above
Amen (Amun) - Amaunet: Invisibility, hidden primordial forces of creation which were ultimately responsible for the proper functioning of the natural, moral and sacrificial orders.
Kuk - Kauket: Darkness
Hah (Huh, Heh) - Hauhet (Hehet): Infinity and eternity
The ogdoad was not unchangeable. The pair Amen and Amaunet were included in the Ogdoad only from the first millennium BCE onwards. Niu and Niut (or Nia and Niat) representing the void, may replace one of the other couples,[1], the symbols for a lack of orientation Tenem and Tenemet are occasionally part of the Ogdoad, at Hibis only there are Gereh and Gereht, doubles of Kuk and Kauket and during the Roman Period Hemsu and Hemset appear on funerary beds.
The males were represented as frogs or men with frog or jackal heads, the females as snakes or women with snake heads.As such they seem to have fertilized the primeval waters. The ogdoad witnessed the creation of the sun, and are often shown worshiping the sun bark. At times they were identified with the eight Heh gods created by Shu and were at times represented as the "Eastern Gods", baboons greeting the rising sun.
Tarku/Sandan;
The chief god, according to the Egyptian inscriptions, was Sutekh, or Atys, and the chief goddess was Antarata, who later became Athar-'Ati—respectively the Atargatis and Derceto of the classics. Antarata corresponds closely in attributes and in art with the Babylonian Ishtar; her husband seems to have been the sun-god Tar, or Tarku, called "Sandan" in Cilicia and Lydia. At a later period she apparently superseded Sutekh as the chief divinity. The deluge-legend was known to the Hittites, who called its hero "Sisythes."
Cosmic Order and Morality
The correspondence between 'truth', reality and an all-encompassing cosmic principle is not far removed from Heraclitus' conception of Logos.
Due to the FIRST DAWN heralding the sun and inducing the daily CONSCIOUS routine, the Light of Dawn, the Heavenly Dawn Goddess was associated with instilling the cosmic order.
Vedic Dawn, Ushas is the arouser of Ṛta the regular rotating hot Sun for order, rule, justice, the ultimate truth.
Extracts from article by Simon E. Davies.
This divine structure can be evidenced by the clockwork motion of the heavens, whereby the sun sets and rises without fail, the seasons move in a constant cycle, and the moon waxes and wanes to a regular pattern. Many world cultures believe this divine order permeates all things, from the traits of animals to the moral impetus of humans, and even the trends of the weather. This divine force is said to be perfect and eternal, regulating the universe, endowing it with motion, purpose and structure.
This creation event brought shape, life and order to the world. It gave rise to sacred landscapes, humans, animals and plants, as well as the laws and customs which maintain its existence.
The primordial essence of the Universe. It represents the underlying forces of nature, from which all things are physically manifest.The stabilizing pattern behind the natural world that helps keeps it balanced and ordered. A metaphysical practice that allows the individual to connect directly with the divine forces of the cosmos.
Ma’at is a governing principle that regulates all things and is regarded as the essence which holds the cosmos together. The Egyptians personified Ma’at as a goddess and believed she governed the coming of rain in the dry seasons, as well as the ethics and morals of humanity. Because mortals have a tendency to create chaos, the rule of Ma’at was made into a law by the pharaohs. Every citizen was expected to follow these laws, or else bring anarchy into the world. Farmers and kings were expected to act with honour, truth, and integrity, anything less could unbalance the cosmic harmony, and bring famine, plague or rebellion into the world.
Rta/Aratta is the principle of natural order which regulates and coordinates the operation of the universe. Rta governed both the natural world and the moral world. Rta is the spiritual essence of law, order, truth, and regularity, which holds command over all things. Even the Gods were made to serve Rta, by commanding the weather, fertility, healing, religious customs, and other such forces.
The cosmic harmony that regulates the universe was said to be perfect and eternal. However, behind this governing influence lay a darker force known as chaos. This destructive medium was said to erode and weaken the divine order of things, bringing droughts, earthquakes, war and anarchy. One of the problems the gods seem to have was the nature of free will of humans. We mortals had the power to do great and heroic things, but sadly, we also committed many wicked and monstrous deeds, bringing chaos into the world. In order to keep the chaos at bay, the gods developed two ways of governing our civilised world.
The Gods developed a number of laws and customs for mortals to follow. If these laws and traditions were not adhered to, the gods would be displeased, and abandon humanity to the forces of chaos. To avert such chaos, humans were expected to perform rituals, meditations, and follow the laws outlined by their gods. This then placed them in accordance with the divine order which preserved the universe, ensuring that the sun always rose in the morning, plants grew in the spring, and the food was always plentiful.
Aratta's geographic existence outside of myth
Since ancient times the cult of sun worship occupied a special place in Armenian mythology. The main proto-Armenian god was Ar, the god of Sun, Fire and Revival. It is connected with light, sun, fire found in Ararat (the people of Ar), Arev (Sun), Arpi (Light of heaven), Ararich (God or Creator), Aryan, Rta, Arta etc.
The name is connected to the Indo-European root Ar- meaning “assemble/create” which is vastly used in names of or regarding the Sun, light, or fire, found in Ararat, Aryan, Arta etc. The names Armen and Arman, feminine Arminé, are common given names by Armenians. Armin is also a Persian given name, and is an ancient Zoroastrian given name, meaning Guardian of Aryan Land. Armin meanings in Urdu & English is Dweller Of The Garden Of Eden.
The Proto-Indo-Iranian term is hypothesized to have proto-Indo-European origins, while it is probably a Near-Eastern loanword from the Ugaritic ary, kinsmen. In Akkadian ayyaru means “young man”.
It has been postulated the Proto-Indo-European root word is *haerós with the meanings “members of one’s own (ethnic) group, peer, freeman” as well as the Indo-Iranian meaning of Aryan. Some authors have connected the Indo-European root *ar- meaning “to assemble”.
In Hittite arā- means “friend” from arā, “right, proper(ly)”, derived in turn from Sanskrit áram, “fittingly” and ṛtá-, “truth, order” as well as Greek “to fit together, construct, equip” (< IE *haer-, “fit”), with its derivative “friendship”. The word is probably non-Semitic, possibly a kulturwort, a word borrowed among many languages denoting a cross-cultural concept.
Vedic Mitra is a prominent deity of the Rigveda distinguished by a relationship to Varuna, the protector of rta (Sanskrit ṛtaṃ “that which is properly/excellently joined; order, rule; truth”, the principle of natural order which regulates and coordinates the operation of the universe and everything within it).
In the Vedic religion, Ṛta (Sanskrit ऋतम् ṛtaṃ "that which is properly/excellently joined; order, rule; truth") is the principle of natural order which regulates and coordinates the operation of the universe and everything within it. In the hymns of the Vedas, Ṛta is described as that which is ultimately responsible for the proper functioning of the natural, moral and sacrificial orders.
Sanskrit scholar Maurice Bloomfield referred to Ṛta as "one of the most important religious conceptions of the "Rigveda", going on to note that, "from the point of view of the history of religious ideas we may, in fact we must, begin the history of Hindu religion at least with the history of this conception".
Oldenberg (1894) surmised that the concept of Ṛta originally arose in the Indo-Aryan period from a consideration of the natural order of the world and of the occurrences taking place within it as doing so with a kind of causal necessity.
Both Vedic Ṛta and Avestan aša were conceived of as having a tripartite function which manifested itself in the physical, ethical and ritual domains.
In the context of Vedic religion, those features of nature which either remain constant or which occur on a regular basis were seen to be a manifestation of the power of Ṛta in the physical cosmos.
In the human sphere, Ṛta was understood to manifest itself as the imperative force behind both the moral order of society as well as the correct performance of Vedic rituals.
The notion of a universal principle of natural order is by no means unique to the Vedas, and Ṛta has been compared to similar ideas in other cultures, such as Ma'at in Ancient Egyptian religion, Moira and the Logos in Greek paganism, and the Tao.
Asha (/ˈʌʃə/; like Arta /ˈɑːrtə/; Avestan: aša/arta) is a concept of cardinal importance to Zoroastrian theology and doctrine. In the moral sphere, aša/arta represents what has been called "the decisive confessional concept of Zoroastrianism". The opposite of Avestan aša/truth is druj, "deceit, falsehood".
The significance of the term is complex, with a highly nuanced range of meaning. It is commonly summarized in accord with its contextual implications of 'truth' and 'right(eousness)', 'order' and 'right working'
Asha, is, first and formost a, 'true statement'. This 'true statement', because it is true, corresponds to an objective, material reality that embraces all of existence. Recognized in it is a great cosmic principle since all things happen according to it. "This cosmic force is imbued also with morality, as verbal Truth and Righteousness, action conforming with the moral order."[12]
The correspondence between 'truth', reality and an all-encompassing cosmic principle is not far removed from Heraclitus' conception of Logos.
Later traditions cast him in the role of self-created creator, who shaped the ordered world out of chaos through masturbation and self-fertilization.
OGDOAD;
According to the Hermopolitan mythology there existed four pairs of gods before the creation of the world. They represented the primordial properties of chaos, generally given as:
Nun - Naunet: The primordial waters and the sky above
Amen (Amun) - Amaunet: Invisibility, hidden primordial forces of creation which were ultimately responsible for the proper functioning of the natural, moral and sacrificial orders.
Kuk - Kauket: Darkness
Hah (Huh, Heh) - Hauhet (Hehet): Infinity and eternity
The ogdoad was not unchangeable. The pair Amen and Amaunet were included in the Ogdoad only from the first millennium BCE onwards. Niu and Niut (or Nia and Niat) representing the void, may replace one of the other couples,[1], the symbols for a lack of orientation Tenem and Tenemet are occasionally part of the Ogdoad, at Hibis only there are Gereh and Gereht, doubles of Kuk and Kauket and during the Roman Period Hemsu and Hemset appear on funerary beds.
The males were represented as frogs or men with frog or jackal heads, the females as snakes or women with snake heads.As such they seem to have fertilized the primeval waters. The ogdoad witnessed the creation of the sun, and are often shown worshiping the sun bark. At times they were identified with the eight Heh gods created by Shu and were at times represented as the "Eastern Gods", baboons greeting the rising sun.
Tarku/Sandan;
The chief god, according to the Egyptian inscriptions, was Sutekh, or Atys, and the chief goddess was Antarata, who later became Athar-'Ati—respectively the Atargatis and Derceto of the classics. Antarata corresponds closely in attributes and in art with the Babylonian Ishtar; her husband seems to have been the sun-god Tar, or Tarku, called "Sandan" in Cilicia and Lydia. At a later period she apparently superseded Sutekh as the chief divinity. The deluge-legend was known to the Hittites, who called its hero "Sisythes."
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