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HINDU GOD - ASHWINI
THE SWIFT GODS OF LIGHT
The Ashwini twins are Vedic gods who
were once held in high esteem but have
been all but forgotten in the faith of
the people. They were however, the
prototype for the notion of Kumara,
the eternal youth, which is how both
Skanda and the Buddha would
be represented in future so at least in
the field of sculpture they left an
impact.
The Ashwinis were also the first physicians and were
doctors to both humanity as well as the gods. They were also
one of the many Solar Deities present in the Vedas and many
of their attributes were taken over by Vishnu when his cult,
by a process of osmosis, engulfed all the solar gods in his
vast embrace. For all these reasons the Ashwinis are worth
consideration, but especially for the fact that they seem to
be the most energetically joyful of all the gods known to
man.
The Twins were the heralds of the dawn, lords of the
fleetingly transient state between night and dawn, again an
attribute of their great speed. There are also thus firmly
placed as threshold deities, guardians of the
sacred and rare times when higher levels of consciousness
may be accessed by crossing over the boundaries that limit. |
