The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v2.c34.s2.52.3
The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v2.c34.s2.52.3
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v2.c34.s2.52.3
the door of the heaven is in the north-east, that of the world of the Fathers in the south-east,¹⁰ a conception which is clearly due in part at least to opposition to the world of the gods: the relation of the south to the Fathers may be due to the fact¹¹ that on the shortest day, the time of the spirits *par excellence*, the sun is at the furthest south point in his course.