myth, Vṛtra has coiled around a mountain and has trapped all the waters, namely the Seven Rivers. All the gods abandon Indra out of fear of Vṛtra. Indra...
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Hinduism states, "... in the Mahābhārata Vṛtra is the son of Danāyu, (and) the Ṛigveda (1.32.9) speaks of Vṛtra as the son of Danu." However, in books 2-7...
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learn that the dragon Vrtra has ruled Thavnair for millennia, hiding behind a figurehead satrap. While testing a ward made from Vrtra's scales, the alchemist...
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ISBN 978-1-291-22965-3. www.wisdomlib.org (28 January 2019). "Story of Vṛtra". www.wisdomlib.org. Retrieved 19 October 2022. Ekadash Rudra Shiva. Harinesh...
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- Vrtra. In Vedic literature, Vrtrahan is predominantly an epithet used for Indra after he defeated Vrtra. Vrtrahan literally means "slayer of Vrtra."...
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resulting in creation: RV 10.104.10 ārdayad vṛtram akṛṇod ulokaṃ he hit Vrtra fatally, cutting [> creating] a free path. RV 6.47.4 varṣmāṇaṃ divo akṛṇod...
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Vedas, Indra, the Vedic god of storms, battles Vṛtra, a giant serpent who represents drought. Indra kills Vṛtra using his vajra (thunderbolt) and clears the...
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Hellenised Scythian theonym). Cognate with Latin tepeo and several other terms. Vrtra-/Vr̥tragʰná/Vritraban verethra, vərəθra (cf. Verethragna, Vərəθraγna) "obstacle"...
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Roman equivalent of Trita Apya, the companion of Indra in the slaying of Vrtra. G. Wissowa in Roschers Lexicon 1909 s.v. Semo Sancus col. 3654; Wissowa...
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