Pranam
HIRANYA GARBA
Hiraṇyagarbha (Sanskrit: हिरण्यगर्भः ; *literally* the 'golden womb' or
'golden egg', poetically translated as 'universal germ') is the source of
the creation of the universe or the manifested cosmos in Vedic
philosophy. *What
was the purpose* behind *performing Hiranya-garbha* ritual? Answer:
*Hiranyagarbha* (literally, the golden womb) war a ritual *performed* by
the non-kshatriyas to become a Kshatriya and a ruler. It was thought to
lead to the rebirth of the sacrifice as a Kshatriya even if he is not one
by birth. Rashtrakuta Kanouja Kingdom kings especially Dantidurga did it.
Rig vedam 10.121.1 says *hiraṇyagharbhaḥ* samavartatāghre bhūtasya jātaḥ
patirekaāsīt | sa dādhāra pṛthivīṃ dyāmutemāṃ kasmai devāyahaviṣā vidhema
||
IN the beginning rose *Hiranyagarbha, born Only Lord of all created beings.
He fixed and holdeth up this earth and heaven. What God shall* we adore
with our oblation?
cakṣuṣaḥ pitā manasā hi dhīro ghṛtamene ajanannannamāne | yadedantā
adadṛhanta pūrva ādiddyāvāpṛthivī aprathetām ||
viśvakarmā vimanā ād vihāyā dhātā vidhātā paramotasandṛk | teṣāmiṣṭāni
samiṣā madanti yatrāsaptaṛṣīn para ekamāhuḥ ||
yo naḥ pitā janitā yo vidhātā dhāmāni veda bhuvanāniviśvā | yo devānāṃ
nāmadhā eka eva taṃ sampraśnambhuvanā yantyanyā ||
ta āyajanta draviṇaṃ samasmā ṛṣayaḥ pūrve jaritāro nabhūnā | asūrte sūrte
rajasi niṣatte ye bhūtānisamakṛṇvannimāni ||
paro divā para enā pṛthivyā paro devebhirasurairyadasti | kaṃ svid
gharbhaṃ prathamaṃ dadhra āpo yatra devāḥsamapaśyanta viśve ||
tamid gharbhaṃ prathamaṃ dadhra āpo yatra devāḥsamaghachanta viśve |
ajasya nābhāvadhyekamarpitaṃyasmin viśvāni bhuvanāni tasthuḥ ||
na taṃ vidātha ya imā jajānāyad yuṣmākamantarambabhūva | nīhāreṇa prāvṛtā
jalpyā cāsutṛpa ukthaśāsaścaranti ||10.82RV
The unborn through parent, the Vishwakarma seen thro the desire thro
mind manifested the universes from east to west and in all directions; the
chain of creations narrated; the universes all around known and the unknown
, similar projections with many SUNs are all exposed by the Hiranya Garba;
Golden womb; incidentally later religions recorded the same words in their
concept of the creations; whereas the entire earth conceived as a CREATION,
Rig Vedam and the Vedic way said it as BRAHMAM the Jothi with the right as
Male and the left as female released or manifested the matter, and from
matter there were many creations by the Hiranya Garba. Sankya yoga
emanated out of this as Purusha and Prakrithi; and many religions sprang
out of it as Buddhism, Jainism Judaism, etc which lead to dualism concept ;
whereas the advaithic concept is ultimate as the release from Brahmam is
the same as the uniting with the Brahmam at the pralayam; the concept of
macro is similar to the concept of the micro in specie. Hence the death and
the Pralayam are not the end and renewal but the cyclic process of the
corridor in chain running half face in front and disappearing at the other
phase in darkness and reappearing as manifestation and Birth. The gold
higher than this may not exist. KR IRS 3221
On Wed, 3 Feb 2021 at 05:56, 'gopala krishnan' via iyer123 <
[email protected]> wrote:
> Respected sir,
>
> Thank you for reading the posting and for added information.
>
> Regarding the weight of gold, I had committed a mistake, I have posted
> correction. Due to power failure at night some distractions caused the
> mistake.
>
> From Banks we get gold, platinum etc. designated debit/credit cards. Now
> with pin for using, credit cards have become a blessing in the time of need
> for money. We can use credit card, keep the debit card as reserve money.
> I am having credit card issued while in service, continued till today.
> What is Indalum?
>
> Only problem in India, gold can be pledged. Not diamonds or platinum. So
> reserve in platinum would not give a timely help.
>
> *I joke about Platinum.* A man owning boat wants urgent money and has
> only a platinum ring in hand. A pawn broker after seeing multiple times,
> rechecking with experts, asks him- *Is it not an aluminium ring,* and
> pulls his drawer and gives money with the condition- To be taken back with
> in a month. A recent Malayalam film scene.
>
> Sincerely,
> Gopala krishnan
>
>
> On Wednesday, 3 February, 2021, 04:21:14 am IST, Narayanaswamy Iyer <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> Dear Sri Gopala Krishna
>
> Just for information.
>
> Nowadays platinum is considered more precious than gold. Engagement
> rings, weddings are made in platinum, but might appear to be silver to the
> uninitiated. Platinum and aluminium appear at first sight to be
> silver-coloured.
>
> In many Shivan temples "indalum" vessels and plates are used instead of
> copper, bronze, and brass for religious functions such as abhishegams.
>
> S Narayanaswamy Iyer
>
>
>
> Some years ago all my "gold" credit cards were replaced by "latinum" cards
> by my banks to enable me to draw more money/buy more expensive items.
>
> On Tue, Feb 2, 2021 at 10:12 PM 'gopala krishnan' via iyer123 <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
> *PONNIN KUDATTHINU POTTU VEANO?*
>
> *Whether tilak is required for Goldpot?*
>
> *GOLD- PART 1*
>
> Dear friends,
>
> It was about 2 years back or so I came across silver coloured gold
> jewellery in a shop in Chennai. Gold in silver colour- It was new
> information to me. About a year back while exchanging some old jewellery I
> observed cleaning it on fire, the yellow colour of the jewellery becoming
> silver colour. *The anxiety I kept with me in mind. Anything wrong??*
>
> The pawn brokers keep a liquid and just touch the jewellery with a small
> brush after dipping in the solution. If more copper or any amalgam,
> smoke would rise from the touched portion and would get extended to sides -
> *If
> the jewellery is below 18 K gold it would react with the liquid*. It is
> called acid test. I have seen this gold test done on my jewellery during
> pledging in the difficult days.
>
> Some not trust worthy jewellers just dip the jewellery on some pretext in
> a liquid for some times. *Later we would note about a gram of gold have
> been absorbed in the liquid and our ornament would weigh less.*We may
> suspect as innocent – due to wear and tear.
>
> Recently by surfing about the yellow metal I could gather there is green
> and blue colour gold jewellery also.
>
> Probably for members with more Chemistry knowledge this posting could be
> of least importance. *I submissively admit I have studied chemistry
> only up to Pre university level.*
>
> I thought the information felt new to me can be shared with friends along
> with other interesting information.
>
> I have kept minimum the tough scientific/chemistry matters.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Gopala Krishnan 26-5-2013.
>
> *Reposted on 2-2-2021 after editing and updating the compilation. R.
> Gopala Krishnan.*
>
> 1. An introduction to Gold
>
> Gold has naming *aurum in Latin*, meaning glow of sunrise. In the
> periodic table (Listing of items in chemistry) it is listed under atomic
> number 79 with symbol Au. For a quick looking, it is listed between
> platinum and mercury. Because Latin name is arum chemical symbol is Au.
>
> The relative density or specific gravity of gold is 19.3. This simply
> means Gold weighs more than 19 times of the same volume of water.
>
> In simple language a paper container giving 250 cc coffee in trains would
> weigh 250 gms. But if gold dust is put in it to the same volume –
> 250x19.3 =4825 gm. *Slightly lesser than ½ kg it would weigh. Whether
> one can lift it in paper cup??*
>
> The melting point is 1064 degree in centigrade. And boiling point is 2856
> degree centigrade. Just as ice cube melt slowly keeping outside, *gold
> too will start melt at about 1000 degree centigrade*. This is ten times
> the temperature in which the water boils. *If a drop of melting gold
> fall on skin???. Still jewellery shops we sit near gold smith while
> melting. Most jewellery shops want the customer witness the melting now a
> days. Many shops do not melt to boiling point.*
>
> *But for making ornaments goldsmiths do not go to these higher
> temperatures.*
>
> Gold is a very good conductor of current. It is a diamagnetic material.
> Diamagnetic means repelling to magnetic field. *In simple words gold dust
> cannot be picked up with magnet.*
>
> Gold is a dense, soft, shiny, malleable, and ductile metal. It has a
> bright yellow colour and lustre traditionally considered attractive, which
> it maintains without oxidizing in air or water.
>
> *Chemically, gold is a transition metal and a group 11 element.* It is
> one of the least reactive chemical elements, solid under standard
> conditions. The metal therefore occurs often in free elemental (native)
> form, as nuggets or grains in rocks, in veins and in alluvial deposits.
> Less commonly, it occurs in minerals as gold compounds, usually with
> tellurium.
>
> Gold resists attacks by individual acids, but it can be dissolved by the
> aqua regia (nitro-hydrochloric acid), so named because it dissolves gold.
>
> Gold also dissolves in alkaline solutions of cyanide, which have been used
> in mining*. It dissolves in mercury, forming amalgam alloys; is insoluble
> in nitric acid, which dissolves silver and base metals, a property that has
> long been used to confirm the presence of gold in items, giving rise to the
> term acid test.*
>
> This metal has been a valuable and highly sought-after precious metal for
> coinage,
> jewellery, and other arts since long before the beginning of recorded
> history.
>
> Discovery of Gold is estimated before 6000 BC
>
> The world consumption of new gold produced is about 50% in jewellery, 40%
> in investments, and 10% in industry.
>
> Some telecommunication relay contacts used golden tips in EARLIER
> technologies.
>
> Besides its widespread monetary and symbolic functions, gold has many
> practical uses in dentistry, electronics, and other fields. Its high
> malleability, ductility, resistance to corrosion and most other chemical
> reactions, and conductivity of electricity has led to many uses, including
> electric wiring, collared-glass production, and gold leafing.
>
> My note- On those days we could see many with gold teeth. Covering a
> treated and rectified tooth with gold leaf. Now a day we see rarely people
> with good teeth. With root canal and ceramic cap easily one cannot
> distinguish the artificial teeth/tooth from natural one. *With ceramic
> cap the teeth/tooth appear beautiful and natural.*
>
> 2. Where is Gold in the earth?
>
> Most of the Earth's gold lies at its core, the metal's high density having
> made it sink there in the planet's youth*. Virtually all discovered gold
> is considered to have been deposited later by meteorites that contained the
> element*
>
> 3. Characteristics of Gold
>
> Gold is the most malleable of all metals; a single gram can be beaten
> into a sheet of 1 square meter. Gold leaf can be beaten thin enough to
> become transparent. The transmitted light appears greenish blue, because
> gold strongly reflects yellow and red.
>
> Such semi-transparent sheets also strongly reflect infrared light, making
> them useful as infrared (radiant heat) shields in visors of heat-resistant
> suits, and in sun-visors for *space suits.*
>
> Gold readily creates alloys with many other metals. These alloys can be
> produced to modify the hardness and other metallurgical properties, *to
> control melting point or to create exotic colours.*
>
> Gold is a good conductor of heat and electricity and reflects infrared
> radiation strongly. Chemically, it is unaffected by air, moisture and most
> corrosive reagents, and is therefore *well suited for use in coins and
> jewellery and as a protective coating on other, more reactive metals*.
> However, it is not chemically inert. Gold is almost insoluble, but can be
> dissolved in aqua regia.
>
> Now I told about dissolving gold in acid- Gold ions in solution are
> readily reduced and precipitated as metal by adding any other metal as the
> reducing agent. The added metal is oxidized and dissolves, allowing the
> gold to be displaced from solution and be recovered as a solid precipitate.
>
>
> 3a. Comparison with lead
>
> In addition, gold is very dense, *a cubic meter weighing 19,300 kg*. By
> comparison, the specific gravity of lead is 11.34. This means a piece of
> gold of the same size of a lead sheet, will weigh more than 1.5 times of
> the lead sheet- a more familiar and easily available metal to understand.
>
>
> 4. Colours of Gold
>
> We know about electrons, protons and neutrons in the atom. The electrons
> are orbiting and the one on the outer shell of the atom is called valance
> electrons. It is the density of these valance electrons gives the colour
> to the gold.
>
> Rose Gold- Common collared gold alloys such as rose gold can be created
> by the addition of various amounts of copper and silver.
>
> Alloys containing palladium or nickel are also important in commercial
> jewellery as these produce white gold alloys.
>
> Less commonly, addition of manganese, aluminium, iron, indium and other
> elements can produce more unusual colours of gold for various applications.
>
>
> Update- Seeing copper colour appearing in gold bangles on those days Gold
> was considered impure.
>
> *I will continue in another posting.*
>
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