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The document discusses Hindu conceptions of time found in the Bhagavad Gita. It summarizes that in the Gita, the supreme deity Vishnu is revealed to have an ambivalent nature, manifesting as both the creator and destroyer of the universe. Further, Vishnu is explicitly identified as being Time itself, which makes worlds perish when ripe and brings destruction. This conception of identifying the supreme deity with time is part of a wider tradition in Indian thought, where early gods like Varuna were associate
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- Αστέριος Κουτσός
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- EN