The Reign of the Vedic Gods

by Swami Achuthananda

If you know little or nothing about Hindu mythology, this is your ideal starting point where you will meet the overwhelming array of Hindu gods and learn about their wonderful stories.

The Reign of the Vedic Gods

Author: Swami Achuthananda

Publisher: Relianz Communications Pty Ltd

ISBN: 0975788310

Page: 202

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Home to one of the ancient civilizations of the world, India is also the birthplace of a dizzying array of gods worshipped by millions of Hindus living in India and across the globe. Over the centuries many of these gods rose to power and became the object of utmost devotion, only to fall from grace and lose their standing. These deities shared a peculiar trait: they were never perfect. In this multivolume series entitled, The Galaxy of Hindu Gods, Sach takes you on an extended journey to meet with the gods and share their tales with you. Among the multitude of deities, the most ancient are the Vedic gods, which include luminaries like Indra, Surya, Varuna, Agni, and others. Today a minor deity, the Vedic Indra was once the ruler of the three worlds who, under the influence of a mysterious power drink, fought with the demons and vanquished them. His reign did not last long. His comrades Surya and Varuna also had their glory days but were overthrown by other gods of the pantheon. Yet, after thousands of years, gods like Indra, Surya, and Varuna are still household names and honored in Hindu rituals and traditions. If you know little or nothing about Hindu mythology, this is your ideal starting point where you will meet the overwhelming array of Hindu gods and learn about their wonderful stories.

Hindu Mythology Vedic and Pur nic

by William Joseph Wilkins

For anyone interested in the subject, or for anyone approaching an epic such as the Mahabharata, a good guide is needed, and none has equaled Hindu Mythology, Vedic and Puranic by W.J. Wilkins for completeness and clarity.

Hindu Mythology Vedic and Pur nic

Author: William Joseph Wilkins

Publisher: Calcutta : Thacker, Spink ; Bombay : Thacker ; London : W. Thacker

ISBN:

Page: 411

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Hindu mythology can easily become a bewildering subject. There are a vast number of gods, demigods and supernatural beings (some writers refer to as many as 330 million deities). More than this, the beliefs concerning them, their roles in religious practice, and their manifestations in different texts vary according to time, place, and tradition throughout India's vast territory and long history. For anyone interested in the subject, or for anyone approaching an epic such as the Mahabharata, a good guide is needed, and none has equaled Hindu Mythology, Vedic and Puranic by W.J. Wilkins for completeness and clarity.

The Myths and Gods of India

by Alain Daniélou

The study of Hindu mythology explores the significance of the most prominent Hindu dieties as they are envisioned by the Hindus themselves.

The Myths and Gods of India

Author: Alain Daniélou

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

ISBN: 1594777330

Page: 512

View: 449

The study of Hindu mythology explores the significance of the most prominent Hindu dieties as they are envisioned by the Hindus themselves. Referred to by its adherents as the "eternal religion," Hinduism recognizes for each age and each country a new form of revelation--and for each person, according to his or her stage of development, a different path of realization. This widely praised study of Hindu deities reveals the message of tolerance and adaptability at the heart of this ancient religion.

Hindu Gods Goddesses

by Stephen Knapp

This book explains the nature of the Vedic divinities, their purposes and powers, and the ways they influence and affect the natural energies of the universe.

Hindu Gods Goddesses

Author: Stephen Knapp

Publisher: Jaico Publishing House

ISBN: 8184953666

Page: 208

View: 859

UNDERSTANDING VEDIC HINDU DIVINITIES Understanding the assorted divinities or gods and goddesses of the Vedic or Hindu pantheon is not so difficult when it is presented simply and effectively. And that is what you will find in this book. This will open you to many of the possibilities and potentials of the Vedic tradition, and show how it has been able to cater and fulfill the spiritual needs and development of so many people since time immemorial. This book explains the nature of the Vedic divinities, their purposes and powers, and the ways they influence and affect the natural energies of the universe. It also shows how they can assist us and that blessings from them can help our own spiritual and material development and potentialities, depending on what we need. The divinities include Lord Krishna, Vishnu, their main avatars and expansions, along with Brahma, Shiva, Ganesh, Murugan, Surya, Hanuman, as well as the goddesses including Radha, Durga, Saraswati, Lakshmi. We find explanations of their names, attributes, dress, weapons, instruments, the meaning of the Shiva lingam, and some of the legends and stories connected with them.

Vedic Mythology

by Nagendra Kr Singh

Chapter - X THE MINOR DEITIES In this chapter several vedic minor deities has
been discussed . The Veda contains a number of deities invoked for various
occasions and purposes as can be seen from their description given below .

Vedic Mythology

Author: Nagendra Kr Singh

Publisher: APH Publishing

ISBN: 9788170248675

Page: 301

View: 337

Encyclopedia of Ancient Deities

by Charles Russell Coulter

On November 8, another festival, known as the Festival of the Goddess of the
Kitchen Range, or the Feast of Bellows (Fuigo Matsuri) was held in Inari's honor.
Here she is known as Httsui-no-kami. Other kitchen deities include Oki—TsuHiko,
 ...

Encyclopedia of Ancient Deities

Author: Charles Russell Coulter

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN: 1135963908

Page: 610

View: 857

The history of the divine is the history of human thought. For as long as men and women have pondered the mysteries of their existence, they have answered their own questions with stories of gods and goddesses. Belief in these deities shaped whole civilizations, yet today many of their names and images lie buried. The Encyclopedia of Ancient Deities makes those names available to the general reader as well as the scholar. This reference work lists all the known gods through recorded history. Alphabetically arranged entries provide the name of each deity (with alternate spellings), as well as notes on names that may be linguistically or functionally related. The tribe or culture that worshiped the deity is identified, and the god's origins and functions are explained. An extensive bibliography provides opportunities for further research and an exhaustive index provides access to the entries through virtually all names, forms and kinds of deities.

Iconography of Jaina Deities

by Shanti Lal Nagar

According to Kena - upanişad , the Vedic gods of fire , wind , etc . , were
themselves sustained with power of the Brahman . This position indicated that
Brahman is the supreme power of the universe , and the Vedic deities are the
messengers ...

Iconography of Jaina Deities

Author: Shanti Lal Nagar

Publisher:

ISBN:

Page: 501

View: 519

A Study of Deities of Rig Veda with the Help of Science

by Shanti Swarup Gupta

BOOK I Natural Phenomena Gods — Agni Devata (Energy Gods) — Surya and
Associate Deities — Aaditya-Gan — Aakaasha Devata (Sky) — Prithvi Devata (
Earth) — Varuna Devata (Water) — Vayu and Associate Deities Agni Devata ...

A Study of Deities of Rig Veda with the Help of Science

Author: Shanti Swarup Gupta

Publisher: Abhinav Publications

ISBN: 8170174481

Page: 260

View: 375

This Is Probably For The First Time That A Serious Study Of Deities Of Rig Veda Has Been Made With The Help Of Modern Research Methodology And Science To Find Out What The Rishis Had Said, A Few Thousand Years Back, About The Deities. Efforts Were Also Made To Identify These Gods. It Is A Finding Of Great Importance That What Rishis Had Said About These Gods Is Being Corroborated By The Western Science Today. Dr. Gupta Has Grouped These 33 Gods Of Rig Veda In Three Categories: (I) Natural Phenomena Gods Sky, Earth, Fire, Air And Water. All The Material Things Are Produced By Their Permutations And Combinations. These Five Natural Phenomena Gods Have Their Sub-Gods Also. For Example, Agni Has Surya Agni (Nuclear Energy), Apan Napat Agni (Agni In The Sky Like Lightning), Davanal (Agni On Earth), Badvanal (Agni In The Oceans Or Water) And Jathragni (Agni In The Body); (Ii) Gods Connected With Soul Energy Such As Vishnu (Can Be Compared With A Modern Generating Station), Brahama, Who Induces The Tiny, Invisible, Weightless Particles Of Soul Energy In All The Living Beings To Give Them Life, Shiva, Who, At An Interval Of Time, Takes Out This Particle Of Soul Energy From All The Living Beings And They All Become Dead, And Yama, Who And Whose Assistants Take These Tiny Particles Of Soul To A Place Called Yama Loka; (Iii) Craftsmen Gods Such As Vishvakarma, Tvastha And Ribhugan Who Assemble And Mix The Five Basic Elements In Different Proportions To Create Structures Or Forms So That Soul-Particles Can Be Introduced In Them; And (Iv) Miscellaneous Gods Such As Rishis And Other Men, Animals (Cow, Frog, Etc.) Raised To Godhood, And Other Important Things Like Meaning Of Prayer, Does Rig Veda Give History Etc.

Deities and Devotees

by Uma Maheswari Bhrugubanda

The films in this genre narrativize encounters between modern Hindu men and
gods and other divine creatures from Hindu mythology. They usually feature a
contest between the gods (usually Vedic gods like Yama, Kubera, and Indra, who
 ...

Deities and Devotees

Author: Uma Maheswari Bhrugubanda

Publisher: Oxford University Press

ISBN: 019909327X

Page: 268

View: 392

How have cinema and popular religion shaped each other? Is the display of devotion in a cinema hall the same as devotion in a temple? How do we understand cinema’s compelling power to mesmerize people? Unlike Hindi cinema, mythological and devotional films remained popular genres in Telugu (and Tamil too) until quite recently. The political success of film star N.T. Rama Rao, well-known for his portrayal of gods and kings, posed afresh the problem of cinema’s power to enthral. To what extent viewers were persuaded of his divinity became a matter of debate. In later decades, the figure of another kind of viewer haunted the discourses around cinema, that of the female viewer who got possessed during screenings of goddess films. Using questions around viewership as the focal point, this book studies the intersections between popular cinema, religion, and politics in South India. The first full-length study of Telugu mythological and devotional films, it combines an account of the history and politics of these genres with an anthropology of film-making and viewership practices. It argues that cinema and other audio-visual technologies lead to the re-orientation of sensibilities and the cultivation of new sensory modes.

Culture and the Environment in the Himalaya

by Arjun Guneratne

As, for instance, in the research area, villagers increasingly associate and identify
the Kotgari Devı ̄, the local goddess of justice, as one of the eight forms of
Shakti. Not only are local deities increasingly associated with the Vedic deities,
but ...

Culture and the Environment in the Himalaya

Author: Arjun Guneratne

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN: 1135192871

Page: 256

View: 291

Drawing on Himalayan ethnography to interrogate and critique contemporary theorizing about the environment, this book examines how the environment is conceptualized among different social groups in the region. A new approach to the study of the environment in South Asia, this book introduces the new thinking in environmental anthropology and geography into the study of the Himalaya.

Minor Vedic Deities

by J. R. Joshi

of the Vedic age . At different periods in the course of that history , Vedic
mythology had been dominated by different Vedic gods . There is another aspect
of the evolutionary character of Vedic mythology . The essentially heterogeneous
 ...

Minor Vedic Deities

Author: J. R. Joshi

Publisher: Pune : University of Poona

ISBN:

Page: 220

View: 997

Let s Know Gods Goddesses of India

by M. Gupta

This worship of many deities was not polytheism ; it was monotheistic polytheism
, mainly concerned with propitiation of divinities associated with the sky and the
atmosphere . HINDU GODS There were two classes of gods — Vedic gods and ...

Let s Know Gods Goddesses of India

Author: M. Gupta

Publisher: Star Publications

ISBN: 9788176500913

Page: 31

View: 475

A Coffee Table Book On Various God & Goddesses Being Worshipped In India In Different Religions Alongwith Their Photographs And Artis. Fully Coloured.

The oriental studies

by John Muir

While the gods are in some passages of the Rig Veda represented as the
offspring of Heaven and Earth , they are in other ... and mutual relations of these
deities , I shall give some account of the general conceptions entertained by the
Vedic ...

The oriental studies

Author: John Muir

Publisher:

ISBN:

Page: 211

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