Devalok

The Vedic gods, one page each

The gods of the hymns, roughly 1500 to 500 BCE: Indra of the thunderstorm, Agni the fire, Ushas the dawn, Varuna who keeps the order of things. Each page gives the god's hymns, what the singers asked of him, and what became of him when the Puranas came.

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All GanapatyaHindu, Buddhist and JainShaivaShaiva and VaishnavaShaktaShakta (Shri Vidya)SmartaSmarta and NathVaishnavaVedic
Aditi Vedic The boundless one, mother of the gods…Aditi Agni Vedic Fire itself, the priest of the gods and…Agni Apam Napat Vedic The golden god who shines in the depths…Apam Napat Apas Vedic The Waters, a company of goddesses who…Apas Aranyani Vedic The forest herself, heard in the…Aranyani Brihaspati Vedic Lord of prayer and priest of the gods…Brihaspati Dyaus Vedic Father Sky, the bright vault over…Dyaus Indra Vedic King of the gods, the thunderbolt in…Indra Matarishvan Vedic The one who brought the hidden fire…Matarishvan Mitra Vedic The friend among the gods, keeper of…Mitra Nirriti Vedic Decay and ruin, the dark goddess the…Nirriti Parjanya Vedic The rain cloud as a god, a roaring bull…Parjanya Prajapati Vedic Lord of all that is born, the father…Prajapati Prithvi Vedic Mother Earth, the broad one, who…Prithvi Pushan Vedic Lord of the roads, who brings home the…Pushan Ratri Vedic The Night, daughter of the Sky and…Ratri Rudra Vedic The feared archer of the hymns, who is…Rudra Savitr Vedic The golden-handed god who rouses the…Savitr Soma Vedic The pressed drink of the gods, king of…Soma Surya Vedic The sun himself, eye of the gods, who…Surya The Adityas Vedic The sons of Aditi, kings who never…The Adityas The Ashvins Vedic The twin horsemen of the morning…The Ashvins The Gandharvas and Apsarases Vedic Bright beings of the upper air and the…The Gandharvas and Apsarases The Maruts Vedic The storm gods who ride as one troop…The Maruts The Ribhus Vedic Three mortal brothers whose skill was…The Ribhus Trita Aptya Vedic The Third, who fights beside Indra…Trita Aptya Tvashtri Vedic The craftsman of the gods, who forged…Tvashtri Ushas Vedic The Dawn, daughter of the Sky, who…Ushas Vac Vedic Speech herself, queen of the gods, who…Vac Varuna Vedic The king who sees everything, keeper of…Varuna Vayu Vedic The Wind, swiftest of the gods, who…Vayu Vishvakarma Vedic The maker of everything in the Rigveda…Vishvakarma Yama Vedic The first to die, who found the road…Yama

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