Rigvedic deities are deities mentioned in the sacred texts of Rigveda, the principal text of the historical Vedic religion of the Vedic period (1500–500...

water before sunset.[clarification needed] Hindu deities Mithra Mitra Mitra–Varuna Mithraism Rigvedic deities In Sanskrit dvandva compounds, the shorter name...

quotations related to Rigvedic rivers. Ap (water) Aryan migration Nadistuti sukta Old European hydronymy Out of India theory Rigvedic deities River goddess Samudra...

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Rudra (/ˈrʊdrə/; Sanskrit: रुद्र) is a Rigvedic deity associated with Shiva, the wind or storms, Vayu, medicine, and the hunt. One translation of the name...

gradually over the years. Rigvedic deities Nakshatra List of Natchathara temples Aditi Surya Namaskar Kakabhushundi List of Hindu deities List of Hindu temples...

or Dyauspitr (Vedic Sanskrit: द्यौष्पितृ, IAST: Dyáuṣpitṛ́) is the Rigvedic sky deity. His consort is Prthvi, the earth goddess, and together they are the...

concept of Indian Buddhism expanded and integrated local pre-existing deities as a part of regional Buddhist pantheon. The asura realm is one of the...

Buddhism sources, Vishnu (along with other deities) was adopted into the vast pantheon of Buddhist deities. These deities are often associated with the multiform...

deities whose home is heaven, O ye eleven who make earth your dwelling, Ye who with might, eleven, live in waters, accept this sacrifice, O deities,...

Hindu spiritual thinkers assign symbolism to the Vedic deities like Savitr. The Vedic deities are not only forces of nature, but also forces that exist...

Hindu deities are the gods and goddesses in Hinduism. Deities in Hinduism are as diverse as its traditions, and a Hindu can choose to be polytheistic...

minor deity who later acquired greater significance, acquired the traits of other deities as his importance increased among the Indo-Aryans. Rigvedic deities...

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solar deity in Hinduism. He is traditionally one of the major five deities in the Smarta tradition, all of whom are considered as equivalent deities in the...

Indra and Vishnu (in the form of Vamanadeva). Hindu deities Hindu mythology List of Hindu deities Macdonell, Arthur Anthony (1917). A Vedic Reader for...

organized into ten books (Sanskrit: mandalas). The hymns are dedicated to Rigvedic deities. The books were composed by poets from different priestly groups over...

"great and holy river in north-western India," but in the middle and late Rigvedic books, it is described as a small river ending in "a terminal lake (samudra)...

traditionally ascribed to Shaunaka. It is an enlarged catalogue of the Rigvedic deities worshipped in the individual suktas (hymns) of the Rigveda. It also...

romanized: Vasu) are a group of deities in Hinduism associated with fire and light. They are described as the attendant deities of Indra, and later Vishnu...

of the earth as the stable, fertile ground supporting all life. In the Rigvedic hymns, Prithvi is exalted for her boundless fertility and capacity to sustain...

address the entirety of the various deities featured in the Vedas. It also refers to a specific classification of deities in the Puranas. The visvedevas are...

Grammar' to his magnum opus The Shape of Ancient Thought. Hindu deities Rigvedic deities Śabda Holdrege, Barbara A. (2012-02-01). Veda and Torah: Transcending...

known as the Marutagana and sometimes identified with Rudras, are storm deities and sons of Rudra and Prisni. The number of Maruts varies from 27 to sixty...

the Avestan concept of "the waters" Doab, spit of land lying between two confluent rivers Old European hydronymy Rigvedic rivers Sea and river deity...

Russell Coulter; Patricia Turner (2013). "Ribhus". Encyclopedia of Ancient Deities. Routledge. p. 918. ISBN 978-1-135-96397-2. HH Wilson (1866). Rig-Veda-Sanhita...

himself with Sunahshepa in the human sacrifice. Sunahshepa prayed to the Rigvedic deities, and was saved from the sacrifice. Harishchandra's illness was also...

dawn deity Ushas is female, whereas Surya, the Sun, and Aruṇa, the Sun's charioteer, are male. Ushas is one of the most prominent Rigvedic deities. The...

the Vedas is a deity of rain, thunder, lightning, and the one who fertilizes the earth. It is another epithet of Indra, the Vedic deity of the sky and...

gods in the Vedic pantheon. They are at times identified with the storm deities referred to as Maruts, while at other times considered distinct from them...