User:Lander/Hindu myth

It has been made clear that Heroes is influenced strongly by Hindu myth. A few terms to consider: Rama, Ravana, Navratras, Akashic Records, cosmic involution, Chakra.

The Elementals

It would be quite useful to attempt to categorize the heroes into sub-classes based on the elemental manifestations of their powers; According to the Hindu festival of Navratras, or "nine nights," there are elemental chakras, into which we may classify evolved humans:

• Muladhara: earth element, associated with the number 56
• Manipur: water element, associated with the number 52
• Svadhistan: fire element, associated with the number 62
• Anhata: air element, associated with the number 54
• Visudhi: ether element (think Hana Gitelman, Micah), associated with the number 72, and
• Ajna: mind element (think Matt Parkman, The Haitian), associated with the number 64.

The numbers associated with the elements are said to be the number of cosmic 'rays' necessary to cause that element to invoke its cosmic involution. How many rays are there in total? 360. Like a circle. It's the universal sakti -- the number of creation.

Navratras and the number 9

The number nine is central to the festival of Navratras.

Episodes

Five Years Gone

• In the dark future timeline, Niki Sanders and Peter Petrelli are romantically involved.
• When Sylar and Peter Petrelli meet in the hallway at the end of the episode, Sylar invokes Manipur Chakra and Peter Petrelli invokes Svadhistan Chakra to counter it.