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[[Sthavara]], meaning  ''Stable One'', or ''[[Prthvi]]'', meaning [[Earth]] or [[Vasundhara]] which means the [[Bearer of Treaure]].
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[[Sthavara]], meaning  ''{{Wiki|Stable}} One'', or ''[[Prthvi]]'', meaning [[Earth]] or [[Vasundhara]] which means the [[Bearer of Treaure]].
So this whole story of [[Siddhartha]] touching the [[earth]] has three elements that we could look at a little more closely - there is the attack by [[Mara]], there is the response of calling on the [[earth]] to witness and there is the emergence of the [[earth]] [[goddess]].
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So this whole story of [[Siddhartha]] [[touching]] the [[earth]] has three [[elements]] that we could look at a little more closely - there is the attack by [[Mara]], there is the response of calling on the [[earth]] to {{Wiki|witness}} and there is the [[emergence]] of the [[earth]] [[goddess]].
 
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Latest revision as of 01:29, 29 January 2015

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Sthavara, meaning Stable One, or Prthvi, meaning Earth or Vasundhara which means the Bearer of Treaure. So this whole story of Siddhartha touching the earth has three elements that we could look at a little more closely - there is the attack by Mara, there is the response of calling on the earth to witness and there is the emergence of the earth goddess.