In ancient South Asia, society and craftsmen understood the value of mathematical adornment for cult purpose. The motivation of the dizzying array of planetary deities and the function of the zodiac Eventually the gleaming perpetual beings flash right up into the firmament of heaven, which is Uranus the Sky called Vasuki. In addition to the luminaries Sun (Surya) and Moon (Chanda), the foremost in the order of importance are - Mercury (Budha) the psychopomp, Saturn (Shani) the father of destiny and time, Venus (Sri/Lakshmi), Earth (Demeter/Hariti) and Pluto (Mara, Dharmaraja/Yama), followed by Mars the forceful lance bearer, Jupiter (Guru) the priest/teacher, and Neptune (Varun). Personified classical planets that express themselves with different qualities in the signs of the zodiac surround human beings facing infinity. Esoteric Buddhist cult in South Asia avidly seeks the natural order of the planetary deities protecting and steering the departed to reach radiant everlasting life. In the history of art and literature a pair of anagrammatic magic words ‗Amitabha' and ‗Tejaprabha' linked to Buddha of immense light and infinite life actually spells out what the mysterious new culture actually wants. Synopsis The knowledge of illumination was singled out in the extraordinary Buddhist funerary cult during the early Christian period (1st-3rd century AD).
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