RTA
Rta means true,proper,right and honest in an ordinary sense.In the Vedas ,it has various meanings.It stands for truth,eternal laws ,cosmic order ,water ,yajna etc.Sayanacharya in his commentary usually interpret it to mean “water”,sun,sacrifice,while european scholars take it in the sense of divine truth and faith etc.The great vedist Dayananda Saraswathi interpreted the word in the sense;true knowledge,eternal causes;what stands in conformity to cosmic order ,the veda,the eight proof of reasoning ,one's own experience,and consciousness,GOD,time,sun,air,atoms and perseverance.Word rta occur 120 times in rigveda ,14 times in yajurveda,43 in samaveda, and 22 in atharva veda.
Brahmanas explains the word in various senses and some of them are truth,sun,fire,universe,mind god and the act which enable one to enjoy unworldly freedom and happiness.To mr.Maurice Bloomfield “rta is unquestionably the best conception that has been elaborated by the aryans”.
As the basis of cosmic order the rta rules the world and nature.The events of the nature that recur periodically are fixed or regulated by rta.The proper order of a sacriface is also is called rta.In man’s activity the rta manifests itself as a moral law(varuana is the real trustee of the rta).The two fold aspects of rta are cosmic order and moral conduct of man.
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