The aim of the paper is to show that application of cognitive linguistics into the study of the ancient poetical text, the 'Rgveda' (c.a. XIII B.C., composed in Sanskrit) can solve serious problems with its understanding. One stanza (Rgveda 1.139.2) is analysed. The cognitive linguistics methodology reveals its conceptual motivation and makes the difficult content of the stanza clear and consistent.
The aim of the paper is to show that the concept of four states of atman in the early Upanishads (Brhadaranyaka, Chandogya, Aitareya) is conceived as cessation of the subjective-objective cognition conveyed in a reverse order to the creation seen as the appearance of such cognition.
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