sabato 1 novembre 2014

Mitto della zangola

...the cosmic butter churn!
"As the churning of the Milk Ocean continued, 

treasures began to appear in the manner as butter 

might emerge from the churning of cream"



The Churning of the Sea Milk, painting, Punjab Hills, 19th Century


Churning the Milky Sea

In Hindu cosmology, the Ocean of milk (kṣīroda, kṣīrābdhi or Kṣīra Sāgara) is the fifth from the center of the seven oceans that surround loka or directional space and separate it from aloka or non-directional space. It surrounds the continent known as Krauncha. In Hinduism, the devas, (gods) and asuras, (demons) worked together for a millennium to churn the ocean and release Amrita the nectar of immortal life. It is spoken of in the Samudra manthan chapter of the Puranas, a body of ancient Sanskrit legends.




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