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What Tree Did They Cut the World From? The Rigveda's Life in Wood
A Rigvedic poet asks which tree the universe was carved out of, and asks it twice. The question turns out to be technical, not mystical: these were people who knew exactly which timber goes into an axle, and who spoke to their tools.