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 | | In the Vedic hymns, Mitra is always invoked together with Varuna, so that the two are combined as 'Mitravaruna': Varuna is lord of the cosmic rhythm of the celestial spheres, while Mitra brings forth the light at dawn, which was covered by Varuna. | | | The treaty is guaranteed by five Vedic gods: Indra, Mitra, Varuna and the twin horsemen, the Ashvins or Nasatya. | | | In the later Vedic ritual, a white victim is prescribed for Mitra, a dark one for Varuna. |
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http://www.teachtime.com/en/wikipedia/m/mi/mitra.html
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| | In the Vedic hymns, Mitra is always invoked together with Varuna, so that the two are combined as 'Mitravaruna': Varuna is lord of the cosmic rhythm of the celestial spheres, while Mitra brings forth the light at dawn, which was covered by Varuna. | | | The treaty is guaranteed by five Vedic gods: Indra, Mitra, Varuna and the twin horsemen, the Ashvins or Nasatya. | | | In the later Vedic ritual, a white victim is prescribed for Mitra, a dark one for Varuna. |
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http://www.informationgenius.com/encyclopedia/m/mi/mitra.html
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| | A Vedic Reader (Excerpts) |
| | The conclusion from the Vedic evidence that Mitra was a solar deity, is corroborated by the Avesta and by Persian religion in general, where Mithra is undoubtedly a sun-god or a god of light specially connected with the sun. | | | The Vedic gods may most conveniently be classified as deities of heaven, air, and earth, according to the threefold division suggested by the RV. | | | In their structure the Vedic metres thus come half way between the metres of the Indo-Iranian period, in which, as the Avesta shows, the principle is the number of syllables only, and) those of Classical Sanskrit, in which (except the sloka) the quantity of every single syllable in the line is fixed. |
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http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/vedaread.htm
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| | SaramA and the PaNis: A Mythological Theme in the Rigveda |
| | In I.151.9, the PaNis are depicted as hankering after the divinity ( devatvam) of VaruNa and Mitra (who are called Asuras or Great Gods in the fourth verse of the hymn). | | | The PaNis are found in Teutonic mythology as the Vanir: | | | The Rigveda, it must be noted, represents an analogous situation, where the Gods are the Devas or Asuras (Aesir) and the demons are the PaNis (Vanir). |
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http://www.bharatvani.org/books/rig/ch10.htm
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| | .:SAKSIVC: Vedic Literature: Veda Books: Specialty of the Rig Vedic Poetry:. |
| | In the deep and mystic style of Dīrghatamas as in the melodious lucidity of Medhātithi, in the puissant and energetic hymns of Vishvāmitra as in Vasişhţha's even harmonies we have the same firm foundation of knowledge and the same scrupulous adherence to the sacred conventions of the Initiates'' (Sri Aurobindo). | | | Nevertheless, to the composer of the Vedic hymn it was only a help, a means for his progress and a help for others. | | | They differ in temperament and personality; some are inclined to a more rich, subtle and profound use of Vedic symbolism; others give voice to their spiritual experience in a barer and simpler dictum...... |
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http://www.vedah.com/org/literature/vedaBooks/Specialty.asp
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| | Mitra |
| | Mitra is a Vedic god who stood for the sun, and was, with his brother Varuna, the guardian of the cosmic order. | | | In pre-Vedic times Mitra was probably far more important, but his prominence faded with the coming of the Indo-Aryans to India. | | | He is seen as a mediator between the gods and man. |
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http://www.pantheon.org/articles/m/mitra.html
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| | rediff.com: BJP defends altering history books |
| | The NCERT book written by well-known historian Romila Thapar, as also another book written by Rajendra Lal Mitra contended that beef was served to guests during the Rig Vedic age. | | | Significantly, a former Delhi University professor Ram Sharan Sharma's book on Ancient India has established that the Rig Vedic society was primarily pastoral and the chief possession of the people during those times was cattle. | | | As pointed out by Malhotra, the BJP has also taken umbrage to Sharma's reference in the book that archaeological evidence does not support the existence of Rama's Ayodhya in 2000 BC and Krishna between 200 BC and 300 AD. |
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http://www.rediff.com/news/2001/nov/24tara.htm
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| | Rosicrucian Order supports Akhnaten, and Solomon & his Temple |
| | His son, Amenhotep II, met with the chief kings of the Mittanni, Aryans who were devoted to Mitra, Varuna, Indra and other Vedic gods, and he borrowed Mitra's winged sun disc for the solar gods of Egypt. | | | Vedic religion was polytheistic; so, even if there was a Vedic influence on Egypt's New Kingdom religion, it does not explain Akhnaten's monotheism or iconoclasm. | | | Truly the religion of Amenhotep did not endure for long. |
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http://users.cyberone.com.au/myers/rosicrucian.html
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| | Rosicrucian Order supports Akhnaten, and Solomon & his Temple |
| | His son, Amenhotep II, met with the chief kings of the Mittanni, Aryans who were devoted to Mitra, Varuna, Indra and other Vedic gods, and he borrowed Mitra's winged sun disc for the solar gods of Egypt. | | | Vedic religion was polytheistic; so, even if there was a Vedic influence on Egypt's New Kingdom religion, it does not explain Akhnaten's monotheism or iconoclasm. | | | Destroying the temples of Egypt's traditional polytheistic religion, Akhnaten became High Priest himself, as well as King. |
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http://users.cyberone.com.au/myers/rosicrucian.html
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| | In Hinduism Hinduism the Adityas are a group of solar deities... |
| | Though there were originially seven to eight of them their number was increased to twelve during the Vedic period Vedic period, representing the twelve months. | | | Adityas: #Ansa Ansa #Aryman Aryman #Bhaga Bhaga #Daksha Daksha #Dhatri Dhatri #Indra Indra #Mitra Mitra #Ravi Ravi #Savitri Savitri #Surya Surya #Varuna Varuna #Yama Yama |
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http://www.biodatabase.de/Aditya
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| | In Hinduism Hinduism the Adityas are a group of solar deities... |
| | Though there were originially seven to eight of them their number was increased to twelve during the Vedic period Vedic period, representing the twelve months. | | | Adityas: #Ansa Ansa #Aryman Aryman #Bhaga Bhaga #Daksha Daksha #Dhatri Dhatri #Indra Indra #Mitra Mitra #Ravi Ravi #Savitri Savitri #Surya Surya #Varuna Varuna #Yama Yama |
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http://www.biodatabase.de/Aditya
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| | IN SEARCH OF WASSUKKANI |
| | They were an Indo-Aryan people, experts in chariot warfare, who worshipped the pre-vedic Aryan Gods Indra, Natasya, Mitra and Varuna and used pre-vedic Sanskrit. | | | But for a full and authentic account of the times and lives of the Mitannis and pre-vedic Aryans, we have to wait till Wassukkanni is located, dug and its findings deciphered. | | | In the later forms (1400 BC to 1190 BC) are to be found the Treaties and Treatise mentioned earlier, which are now on display at the Archaeological Museum in Istanbul along with other historical treasures, literally a sweep through time and history. |
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http://www.turkpulse.com/amb.htm
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| | Punjabi.net discussions chat forums |
| | The RigVeda refers to Vedic holy-men as "Athravan" - not "Brahmin" - and contains uncorrupted verses forbiding the Aryans from going southward into the gangetic region of the "krishna-yoni dasyas" (Note that Krishna is a prominent Brahmin God while the RigVedic Gods Indra, Mitra and Varuna and not found in Brahmin temples!). | | | The Brahmins originate from dravidian priests ("Brahmanas") grafted on by the expanding Vedic Kshatriyas from Punjab as their chamchas (the later Huns repeated this). | | | Also, Kautaliya (dubbed "Brahmin" nowdays) was a Maga priest (Saka sun priest) and was ethnically and culturally totally separate from the Gaur Brahmins of UP (Manu "forbids" Brahmins from travelling to Punjab). |
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http://www.punjabi.net/talk/messages/1/30600.html?1031346535
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| | Buber's Basque Page: On Basque Astronymy: The Sun in Mythology |
| | In Vedic mythology the sun is the `eye of the gods', above all of Surya, Mitra, Varuna [+] and Agni. | | | The reader whose interest is piqued by this brief reference can consult any good treatise of Vedic mythology, above all that of Macdonell, which is excellent. | | | One of the hymns of the Rigveda tells that the gods celebrated a sacrifice with the body of a giant named Purusha, and from his only eye formed the sun. |
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http://www.buber.net/Basque/Astro/node12.html
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| | Vedic gods |
| | In the hymns of the Visvadevas, we generally find the names of such popular gods as Bhaga, Daksa, Mitra, Aditi, Aryaman, Varuna, Soma, the Asvins, Saraswathi, Vayu, Prithvi, Father Heaven, Soma, Pusan, Indra, Tarksya, Maruts, Agni, Varuna, Mitra, Rta, and the dikpalas. | | | The concept of Visvadevas changed during the post Vedic period especially with the emergence of the Puranas and its rich lore of mythology. | | | According to some scholars hidden in the hymns of the Visvadevas are the seeds of monotheism. |
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http://www.hinduwebsite.com/hinduism/vedicgods.htm
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| | the Missalette of Fortune: Solar Monotheismn, an essay by Alec Way |
| | Mitra is the Sanskrit root of the Persian name of solar god Mithra. | | | He was originally one of the twelve Adityas, or solar deities as per the Vedic conception of the twelve seasons of the sun. | | | Surya is still the solar god of India, praised heavily in the religious texts and in daily life of that country. |
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http://www.cubby.net/missalette/missalette12/solarmono.html
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| | Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Mitanni |
| | In a treaty between the Hittites and the Mitanni, the deities Mitra, Varuna, Indra, and Nasatya (Ashvins) are invoked. | | | Some scholars try to equate the deities venerated by the Mitanni with Vedic deities, and trace the names used by the aristocracy to Indo-Aryan roots. |
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http://www.baghdadmuseum.org/ref/index.php?title=Mitanni
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| | ORIENTALIA - Varuna Puja for rain |
| | Varuna, Guardian of Cosmic Justice, Lord of the Sky, was once the most revered and powerful deity known to Vedic India. | | | Varuna was a dual god known as Mitra-Varuna, the former ruling the day and the latter the night, but slowly the names became synonyms. | | | Varuna's power over the water as well as the geographical conjunction of ocean waters with the sky at the horizon made sure that his watery aspect would remain, even when his people cast him down from the sky. |
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| | Welcome to God Bless This Mess!: Zoroastrianism/Mazdaism |
| | These are entities as well as abstract concepts, aspects, or virtues of the Wise Lord and of the man who follows truth, or asha (Vedic, rta). | | | In other words, Asha and Vohu Manah would appear to be Zoroastrian substitutes for the two main Aryan deities, Varuna and Mitra, representing the first function, that of magical and juridical sovereignty. | | | The main prayers are Ahuna Vairya, Airyema Ishyo, Ashem Vohu, Yenhe Hatam. |
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http://godblessthismess.tripod.com/zoroastrianism.htm
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| | Aryan Gods of fthe Mitanni Treaties: Paul Thieme |
| | Such confrontation yields the result that but one name in the Mitanni list can be postulated safely as that of a Proto-Aryan god whose function it was to protect treaties-- *Mitra m. | | | A reconstruction (of Proto-Aryan religion) can be attempted only by a careful confrontation of Vedic and Avestan terminology. | | | 9ff.) to have pointed out the analogy of the Mitanni series and that of RV 10.125.1bc...There is no justification for obliterating this potential clue by choosing to quote the gods of the Mitanni treaties in an arbitrarily changed order (Burrow, opcit, p. |
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http://www.hindunet.org/saraswati/mesopnew/mitanni.htm
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| | Mitanni, Hurrians, Subareans |
| | In the treaty between the Hittites and Mitanni, the Mitanni king swears by: Mi-it-ra (Indic Mitra), Aru-na (Varun.a), In-da-ra (Indra) and Na-sa-at-tiya (Nasatya or As'wins). | | | A reconstruction can be attempted only by a careful confrontation of Vedic and Avestan terminology'. | | | In Mitanni, the lion is the main opponent in the contest motifs of all periods. |
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http://www.hindunet.org/saraswati/contacts/mitanni.htm
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| | The likely Indo-Aryan origins of the Mitanni is attested in particular by a treaty signed between the Hittites and the Mitanni/Hurrians (ca1350) in which the latter swear by recognizably Vedic gods such as Mitra and Varuna. | | | Relations between the Mitanni and the Egyptians might not always have been friendly, for under Thutmose IV Egypt signed a peace accord with the Mitanni king Artatama (ca1400), a daughter of whom was given in marriage to the Egyptian ruler. | | | Around 1600, there arose the Mitanni Kingdom in eastern Anatolia, which is presumed to have resulted from the fusion of the Hurrians and the Indo-Aryans. |
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http://www.worldhistoryplus.com/h/hurrians.html
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| | Varuna - Free Encyclopedia of Thelema |
| | List of Hinduism-related articles : Parashurama, Aryan race, Underworld, Perun, Makara, Asura, Naga, Aditya, Rta, Ashta-Dikpalas, Mitanni, Vedic civilization, Aryan god, Vaastu Shastra, Mitra, Swadhisthana | | | He is perhaps most strongly associated with rain; after Indra took his former position as overlord of the universe, Varuna became the god of oceans and rivers and keeper of the souls of the drowned. | | | This page was last modified 16:01, 8 Jul 2005. |
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http://www.egnu.org/thelema/index.php/Varuna
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| | Rewriting Indian History - a Hindu Timeline |
| | -1350: At Boghaz Koi in Turkey, stone inscription of the Mitanni treaty lists as divine witnesses the Vedic Deities Mitra, Varuna, Indra and the Nasatyas (Ashvins). | | | Dates in Hindu history after Buddha are subject to little dispute, while dates before Buddha have been decided as much by current opinion and politics as by scientific evidence. | | | This perspective is the source of Hinduism's resilience in the face of competing faiths and conquering armies. |
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| | Encyclopedic Theosophical Glossary: Ard-Asr, Theosophical University Press |
| | Aryaman (Sanskrit) The chief of the pitris or manes, one of the principle adityas (solar divinities) commonly invoked in conjunction with Varuna and Mitra. | | | Arya Samaj (Sanskrit) A movement started in India during the 19th century by Swami Dyanand Sarasvati in order to lead his countrymen back to the pristine purity of their Vedic religion, although under the form of a theistic philosophy, and to free them from the degenerations and demoralizations of the orthodox Brahmanism of the time. | | | Aryahata (Sanskrit) The path of arhatship or spiritual holiness leading to nirvana {Sanskrit Keys to the Wisdom Religion 67}. |
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| | Re: gods |
| | A Vaishnava family which uses Vedic rites at crucial events (naming, upanayanam, marriage, funeral) and calls upon Indra, Agni, Soma, Varuna, Mitra and Viswedevas is by no means strictly monotheistic. | | | The vast majority of people who consider themselves Hindu do worship all deities though they may have some sort of mental hierarchy about which deity is superior to the rest. | | | In many cases, a Vaishnava and Saiva have as ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > much in common as a Christian and a Muslim living in Lebanon, i.e., ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > the overall culture and language may be similar, but the religious > beliefs and practices are starkly different. |
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http://www.hindunet.org/alt_hindu_home/1994/msg00246.html
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| | IRAQ-The 3rd Millennia theatre of war was Aryan Rann-Bhoomi in 2nd Millennia BC |
| | Among the documents discovered were treaties between the Hittites and Mitannis in which reference was made to the Indo-Iranian gods Indra, Natasya, Mitra and Varuna and a treatise on horse training and chariotry in Hittite written by Kikkuli, a Mitanni who used ancient Vedic Sanskrit technical terms. | | | Information on Mitannis and their kingdoms first surfaced at the end of the 19th century when letters from a Mitanni King sent to his Pharaoh son-in-law were discovered at El Amarna and deciphered. | | | Wassukkanni was once thought to be Rais el Ain in Syria, just 80 kms east across from Harran, where Patriarch Abraham had halted on way to Palestine (he is believed to be buried in Hebron) from Urs in Iraq. |
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| | Nuada Airgetlam |
| | The relationship between Nuada and Lugh are not only similiar to the Welsh figures of Lludd and Lleuelys, but also Týr and Oðinn, and Varuna and Mitra in Vedic myth. | | | Nuada's wife is usually one of the three Machas. | | | Nuada is no doubt related to the Romano-British god Mars Nodens, and the Welsh figure Lludd Silver-Hand, also known as Nudd. |
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http://www.maryjones.us/jce/nuada.html
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