ritam
ṛtaThe Vedic principle of cosmic order, the true running of things, from which descend the words for season (ritu) and right conduct (dharma).
Where this term appears
- Rita: The Cosmic Order at the Root of Dharma Essentials
Rita (ritam) is the ancient Vedic principle of cosmic order: the truth-in-action by which the universe holds together rather than dissolving into chaos. In the…
- The History of Sanatana Dharma: A Timeline History
Sanatana Dharma has no founder and no single date of birth. It is the cumulative tradition of the Indian subcontinent, built up over more than three thousand years,…
- Reading the Hindu Calendar Treatise
The calendar is the instrument that keeps a human life in time with ritam , the cosmic order.
- The Wheel of the Year Treatise
The order beneath the year The oldest layer of the tradition, the hymns of the Rigveda , has a word for the way the cosmos holds together. The word is ritam , sometimes written rita .
- The Year as a Teacher Treatise
The Rigveda has a word for the way the cosmos holds together: ritam , the true running of things, the order by which the sun rises and the seasons turn.