Lexicon

of Rig Veda

adri, stone, rock

The image of mental consciousness, the world of upper Earth, in its penetriation into higher air of Overmind = (parvata), but with connotation from stone as instrument for pressing out soma, i.e. for making hymn-offering. That soma plant, like milch-cow for you in the morning they milk by stones, 1.137.3. O illuminated seers, you make by stones the call, 3.53.10. Indra everywhere is named the Master of stone, i.e. of man’s mind, that desired coming Indra, 1.149.1; Indra, mighty Archer pierces the Boar (Enemy) across the mountain (i.e. mind), 1.61.7. The rivers desiring right thinking of the Beyond flowed wide altogether over Mountain, 1.73.6. The Maruts making to go forward Mountain to plenitude, 1.85.5. O Maruts, together with mountain you fly over blazing ocean (over Overmind Ocean towards upper supramental Ocean), 1.168.6. When Sarama-Intuition has found breach in Mountain, she make right path to the Upper Greatness (Heaven), 3.31.6.

See also:

•  cave (bila)

•  master of the stone, possesing the stone (adrivat)

•  mortar (ulūkhala)

•  mountain (parvata)

•  pressed out with stones (adridugdha)

•  pressing stone (grāvan)

•  soma (soma)

•  strainer (pavitra)

•  stronghold (pur)