Mahatowarat
Mahatowarat signifies the ultimate, all-encompassing cosmic principle in certain Hindu philosophical traditions, representing a state or entity vastly exceeding any conceivable measure or sphere of existence. It is the boundless, the immeasurable, beyond all limitations and definitions.
Where the word comes from
The term derives from Sanskrit. "Mahat" means great or vast, and "owarat" (likely a transliteration of avarata or a related concept) implies encompassing or enclosing. Together, they suggest a greatness that contains all, a superlative vastness that transcends conventional understanding of size or scope.
In depth
Used of Parabrahm ; greater than tiugreatest spheres.
How different paths see it
What it means today
Blavatsky's rendering of Mahatowarat, "greater than greatest spheres," points to a concept that resonates deeply with the perennial quest for the absolute. It speaks to a cosmic immensity that dwarfs our anthropocentric measures, a notion explored by thinkers across traditions. Mircea Eliade, in his studies of the sacred, often highlighted humanity's need to connect with a reality that transcends the mundane, the ordered and familiar. Mahatowarat, as an epithet for the ultimate, serves this very purpose. It is not merely a large entity, but a qualitative leap beyond all dimensions, a concept that echoes the ineffable nature of God in Christian mysticism, or the Tao that cannot be named.
The difficulty in pinning down Mahatowarat, even in its Sanskrit roots, mirrors the challenge of articulating ultimate reality. It is akin to the Buddhist concept of sunyata (emptiness), not as a void, but as the absence of inherent existence, the ground from which all phenomena arise and to which they return. The Sufi poet Rumi, in his ecstatic verses, often describes the Beloved in terms that defy description, a presence that is both intimately felt and infinitely distant, encompassing all and yet beyond all grasp. For the modern seeker, Mahatowarat invites a contemplation of scale, not in terms of physical size, but in terms of ontological depth. It encourages a letting go of the need to define and control, to instead embrace a perspective where the 'greatest spheres' are but fleeting ripples on an ocean of boundless being. This is not an invitation to intellectual surrender, but to a profound recalibration of our relationship with the cosmos, recognizing that the ultimate may be found not in grasping, but in allowing.
RELATED_TERMS: Brahman, Para Brahman, Sunyata, Tao, The Absolute, Godhead, Ain Soph, Unmanifest ---
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