The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads) c10.104

c10.104

In another way a move in the direction of monotheistic pantheism is made through the personification of all nature as a giant “man,” called Purusha. His head is heaven, his eye is the sun, his breath is the wind, and so on. Purusha reminds us of the cosmic giant, Ymir in the Edda. The notion that man is a microcosm, or small world, and that, conversely, the world is a huge man (macranthropos) is widely diffused. Here are some stanzas of Rig-Veda 10. 90: