24 guru-s of avadhuta = 2 series of 20 each in Codex Borgia
registre : l[ower], u[pper],
l[ower] l[eft], l[ower] r[ight], u[pper] l[eft], u[pper] r[ight]
24 Guru-s Of Ava-Dhuta |
13-d. periods |
days |
scene |
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p., reg. |
# |
p., reg. |
# |
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1. earth {cf. red earth from which >adam was made} |
10 u.r. |
18 |
red gem |
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2. wind |
9 u.l. |
19 |
blowing conch-shell trumpet |
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3. sky |
9. u.r. |
20 |
woman breaking pestle {cf. African myth of woman striking pestle against sky} |
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4. water uprooting "impudent trees" of the "vain and wealthy" (WhDLD 4.1.4) |
61 u. |
20 |
jewel-plants {? cf. those encountered underground by Aladdin in 1001 Nights} growing out of vase |
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5. fire |
61 l. |
1 |
smoke-house |
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6. sun |
62 l. |
2 |
half-sun |
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7. moon |
10 l.r. |
3 |
moon |
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8. pigeon |
10 l.l. |
4 |
bird |
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9. python |
63 l. |
3 |
10 l.l. |
4 |
snake |
10. ocean |
64 l. |
4 |
sea-shell necklaces |
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11. river |
65 l. |
5 |
irrigation-channel |
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12. moth |
66 l. |
6 |
red butterfly |
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13. honey-bee [they describe route to flowers] |
67 l. |
7 |
path from plants |
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14. elephant [they become inebriated by liquor] |
68 l. |
8 |
goddess of pulque-liquor |
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15. honey-gatherer, smoking out bees |
69 l. |
9 |
fire-god Xiuhtecuhtli with smoke |
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16. deer [doe in time of deluge, according to Markan.d.eya Puran.a] |
70 l. |
10 |
drowning |
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17. fish |
13 u.l. |
11 |
fishing |
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18. courtezan Pingala [nerve-channel in physiology] |
70 u. |
11 |
goddess of medicine; acupunctured ocelot |
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19. osprey [is kept with eyen bandaged between hunting-forays] |
69 u. |
12 |
bandaged-eyed god Ixquimilli |
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20. maiden |
68 u. |
13 |
12 u.r. |
14 |
(unwed) goddess Tlazolteotl |
21. arrow-smith |
67 u. |
14 |
holding spears |
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22. snake |
67 u. |
14 |
11 u.l. |
15 |
feathered snake |
23. spider constructing cobweb |
66 u. |
15 |
11 u.r. |
16 |
death-goddess [= spider] |
24. wasp (praeparing paralyzed prey as food for young); its mud nest may praeternaturally appear blurry |
10 u.l. |
17 |
praeparing human as food; god Xolotl whose eye is extruded |
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Uddhava Gita 2:33-35 |
pp. 61 to 70 |
pp. 9 to 13 |
Codex Borgia |