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Introduction
TheRgvedicmodelsareusedintheMBh,redefinedandpresentedas
storiesaboutmenandgods,butconstruedinsuchawaythattherecipientalso
understandstheirtargetdomains.TheconceptofIndrastillremainedasthe
sourcedomainfortheconceptualisationofradicalchangeofconsciousness.76
TheearlySmṛtiphilosophersevoketheseRgvedicmodelsrarelythoughin
somecontextstheyplayasignificantroleinconstructionofmeaning.
InresearchonthemetaphysicalcontentoftheRV
,theterm4thegeneral
domain’hasbeenused.77Itisunderstoodasanabstractandgeneralconcept,
notnecessarilyexpressedinwords,butasmotivatingthethinkingofthe
poetsandlaterphilosophersandusedbytheminacoherentwaytoconceive
somechosentargetdomains.Aswithotherconceptsofthiskindtheycan
bereconstructedwithcognitivetools.TheywerequitenumerousintheRV
thoughinlatertraditiontherearefewer.Thegeneraldomainsareattestedin
theearlySmṛtitextsareasfollows.ThegeneraldomainofProcreationwhich
comesfromtheRVismostlyusedtoconceivecreation.TheRgvedicgeneral
domainofCleansingbyHeat(initsspecificrealisationsofChurningButter
andtheRefiningofGold/Iron)isusedtoconceivecreationandtransformation
ofmenduringliberatingpractices.ThegeneraldomainofCookingwhich
begantobeusedintheBrāhmanasismostlyusedtoexpresstheinfluence
oftimeandliberatingcognition;inBhG11itactivatesitsVedicmeaning
basedontheconceptualisationofrealityasfiery.
Finally,thegeneraldomainofJourney(withitsspecificrealisationas
RidingInAChariot)isusedtoconceivetheinfluenceoftimeandliberating
cognition.ThisdomainisanelaboratedversionoftheSOURCE-PATH-GOAL
imageschemawhich,asstatedearlier,isusedasthesourcedomainfor
plannedactivities.78Sincefreedomisunderstoodintermsoffreemovement
(Lakoff2006),thisconceptbecameasourcedomainforanyactivitywhich
liberatingpowerofmen.IntheKenaUpanisad4.3,Indraisdescribedas4somehow’surpassing
theothergods,4forhebothcameintoclosecontactwithitandwasthefirsttorecogniseit
asbrahman’(Olivelle’stranslation).SeealsoJurewicz(2016/18:GeneralConclusion).
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Forexample,thestoryofArjunawhogetsthemiraculousweaponsfromŚivacanbeinterpreted
asexpressingtheliberatingprocessconceivedintermsofmetaphorYOGAISAJOURNEY
(seechapter4.6.2).BeforeArjunameetsŚiva,Indraappearsbeforehimandtellshimhow
toaskŚivafortheweapons(MBh338).Withouthisadvice,Arjunaprobablywouldnot
obtainthem,inspiteofhispowerfulheatingeffort(tapas)whichobscurestheworldwith
smoke(MBh3.39.26cd:ugretapasiduspóresthitodhdmóyayandiśah;fortapasasheatsee
below,section7andchapter4.3-6).TheappearanceofIndraisnotonlymotivatedbythe
factthatheisArjuna’sfatherintheepicbutalsobytraditionwherethisconceptisusedto
denotearadicaltransformationduringliberatingcognition(seealsofootnote101inChapter
Oneonpage129).
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Thegeneraldomainincludesthemostprototypicalfeaturesofagivenconcept.
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Thisgeneraldomain,togetherwiththedomainofwar,constitutesthedefiningeventcalled
Expansion(Jurewicz2010).
