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The origin of the palm leaf
In the context of predictions of the future for people who come to palm leaf libraries in India for their personal interpretation recorded on a palm leaf, Indian (Hindu) mythology has a very important role.
Predictions of the future, written on palm leaves for individual human destinies, arose as a dialogue between Indian gods and Indian sages, or between Indian sages and their disciples.
These unique and mysterious predictions of human destinies were written many thousands of years ago by these very Indian sages, who are also called rishis. Mutual communication and connection of Indian gods with rishis is described in Indian epics, especially in the Mahabharata, but also in the Upanishads, Rigedas, Puranas, etc.
The main Indian gods are the trinity of gods Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. In Christianity, a similar trinity is God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. i.e in Greek mythology they are the gods Zeus, Poseidon and Hades.
The basic characteristics of the Indian gods are very diverse and are based on the assumption that every thing has a beginning, a middle and an end. It is also related to the Hindu conception of the perception of cosmic time, which is cyclical, in contrast to the Western linear conception of time.
In Indian mythology, the god Brahma is considered to be the creator of the universe. He is not as popular in Indian epics and myths as the gods Vishnu and Shiva, and his main mission is to maintain stability between the centrifugal force of Vishnu and the centrifugal force of Shiva. He is depicted sitting in a lotus position on a lotus flower with four heads, four arms and red skin.
Unlike the Hindu gods, he has no weapons in his hands. His vehicle is a goose.
The wife of the god of Brahma is the goddess Sarasvati (flowing). She is the goddess of speech, knowledge and art. Hindus believe that only the goddess Sarasvati can guarantee them an end to their reincarnation, the so-called moksha, i.e. the final liberation of the soul in the eternal cycle of death and rebirth.
God of Vishnu is known in Indian mythology as the protector, embodying stability, law and order. He is generally depicted as a heavenly king, repeatedly descending to earth in a total of ten revelations (incarnations) to correct the balance between good and bad forces.
Vishnu's wives are the goddess Bhudevi, known as the goddess of the earth, and Lakshmi, who is known as the goddess of wealth and abundance. His vehicle is the divine bird Garuda (devourer).
God Shiva (Merciful) is known in Indian mythology as a destroyer in the sense of destroying demons, devils and all evil by protecting all the people in the universe.
The most popular symbol through which the god Shiva is worshiped in most temples is the lingam, or phallus. It is traditionally placed in a pedestal to mimic the yoni, or female genital organ. This expresses the view that the union of phallus and yoni, i.e. the masculine and feminine principles or the masculine and feminine energies, is the lifeblood of life. The common energy that increases with this connection spreads throughout the world that it brings to life.
Another well-known depiction of the god Shiva is Nataraja, or the "Lord of Dance," which expresses the five supreme powers. The wife of god Shiva is the goddess Parvati (daughter of the mountains) (Kártikéja) The living car is the white bull Nandin (jubilant).
According to legend, the Rishis left this world more than a thousand years ago and now reside in an intangible form, in a place called Kalapa, which the Tibetans call Shambhala. Although they are no longer in our dimension, their souls are still here with us.
Nadi interpreters, or "nadi readers", connect to the rishis when interpreting predictions from palm leaves, and risis are present in energetic form for the duration of the interpretation.
Another legend says that the 7 great rishis were once transferred to the sky, in the form of the stars of the Great Chariot.
In the Mahabharata, the realms are spoken of as the fathers of mankind and play a major role in Hindu myths.
Their spiritual power, which they have acquired over the years of considerable renunciation, gives them supernatural abilities, which they have used precisely to predict the future of individual human destinies, written on palm leaves. According to their origin, the rishis are divided into divine, brāhmaṇa and royal.
The 7 largest or most famous rishis include Agasthya, Atri, Jaimini, Songinar, Narad, Vashishta and Vishwamitra. The most famous of these rishas to this day is the Agasthya rishis. The literal meaning of his name is "the one who conquered the hill."
