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 | | In the Rig Veda, Vritra was a terrible fiend who gathered all the waters of the world into himself and cause a drought to cover the whole earth. | | | The two fought a terrible battle, and in the end, Vritra was destroyed by Indra's thunderbolt. | | | The other gods were afraid at the loss of their king, and they conceived a plan to free him. |
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| | The Indian Myth: May 2005 |
| | Vritra roared as Indra approached, heaven shook and the gods retreated. | | | Prithivi grew fearful for her son; but Indra was inspired by the great draught of soma and by the hymns of the priests on earth and was strengthened by the sacrifices; above all he possessed the thunderbolt, Vajra. | | | At the time of his birth humans were imploring the gods to come to their aid against the demon Vritra who had imprisoned the cloud-cattle, thus reducing them to starvation through drought. |
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http://theindianmyth.blogspot.com/2005_05_01_theindianmyth_archive.html
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| | Vritra took the form of a mighty dragon, and had stolen all the water in the world for himself. | | | Vritra had been keeping the earth in a drought, but when Indra split open the demon, the waters again fell from the skies. | | | So Indra became a hero to all people, and the gods elected him their king for his victory. |
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| | Vritra - Demon-son of Tvashta - Indian Mythology |
| | Vritra is also mentioned in the Rig Veda, where he is the demon of drought, who imprisons all the strom clouds and causes drought. | | | When Vishwarupa, the son of Tvashta, was slain by Indra, Tvashta performed a sacrifice with the intention of obtaining a son who could slay the King of Gods. | | | Vritra - Demon-son of Tvashta - Indian Mythology |
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| | The relation of Hindu and Celtic Culture |
| | Clearly Vritra is Vishvarupa, the son of the God Tvashtar and the Goddess Danu. | | | As Vritra is also the son of Tvashtar and Danu, Indra must ultimately be a son of Danu as well. | | | Both the Vedic Aryans and the Proto-European Aryans are sons of Tvashtar, who was sometimes not the supreme God but a demiurge that they must go beyond. |
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http://www.geocities.com/mahabala_awake/relation.html
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| | Vritra was a Demon from India who brought drought and famine. | | | Through personal dedication and sacrifice he became as powerful as all of the gods except Shiva. |
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| | The Serene Dragon : India - Vritra / Vitra / Ahi / Vritrahan / Indra |
| | The Serene Dragon : India - Vritra / Vitra / Ahi / Vritrahan / Indra | | | Indra ran away after killing him and had to be told by the other gods that Vritra was dead. | | | Cataputha-Brahmana says that he was created by Tvashtri "of soma cast upon the fire; he grew thereafter an arrowshot in all directions until he had forced back the oceans and enveloped the worlds" (Source: Python pg 194.) |
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| | .:SAKSIVC: Vedic Literature: Rig Veda: Gods of the Veda: Indra:. |
| | The rik 7 indicates that the battle between Indra and Vritra was fought in the borders of heaven. | | | In hymn 1, Vritra is called by the name Ahi, the serpent, to indicate that he is a man of energy without any fixed shape. | | | The Seer Hiranyastupa Angirasa describes the battle between Indra and Vritra in two hymns (RV 1.32 and 1.33), emphasizing the symbolism. |
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| | The Mahabharata, Book 5: Udyoga Parva: Section X |
| | Now when the mighty Vritra, terrible to the gods, was killed, Indra became overpowered by falsehood, and he became exceedingly sad; and he was also overpowered by the sin of Brahmanicide | | | Thou shalt be happy and shall dwell eternally in Indra's regions.' And the mighty Vritra having heard the words of the saints, bowed his head unto them. | | | And when Vritra was killed, the cardinal points were free from gloom; and there also blew a pleasant breeze; and all beings were much pleased. |
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| | Vritra the Brave |
| | Vritra was not prepared to stand aside quietly and witness his army being destroyed. | | | Not only demons but also even gods who watched this superb fighting of Vritra exclaimed in admiration. | | | Indra who had lost his grip of Vajra at the demon's terrific blow could not stand before his enemy with his face up for shame. |
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| | Twashta sent him against the chief of the gods, saying: "Enemy of Indra, may you be strong and may you kill Indra." A great battle raged between the two in which Vritra was gaining the upper hand. | | | When the battle was going against Indra, the rishis and the gods sought refuge in great Vishnu who offered them protection and said to them: "Be not afraid. | | | The battle had raged for a long while when Vritra praising the Lord Vishnu, said to Indra: "Meanest of the mean, why do you not use the unfailing Vajrayudha? |
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| | The Mahabharata, Book 12: Santi Parva: Mokshadharma Parva: Section CCLXXXI |
| | Then Vritra, O tiger among the Kurus, possessed of mighty strength and endued with large powers of illusion, stupefied the chief of the deities by fighting wholly with the aid of his powers of illusion. | | | The entire welkin was enveloped by the combats of both sides with swords and axes and lances and darts and spears and heavy clubs and rocks of diverse sizes and bows of loud twang and diverse kinds of celestial weapons and fires and burning brands. | | | The energy of that illustrious lord of the universe thereupon assumed the character of a fierce fever and penetrated the body of Vritra the lord of Asuras. |
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| | Magical Fairie |
| | For centuries the people of India sang a hymn about Indra and Vritra before the story was written down in about 1200 B.C. Water was so precious in those times that the god who controlled it was thought to be all-powerful. | | | But Vritra saw him coming and attacked first. | | | Indra's sun chariot rose in the sky, and the first dawn broke over a new world. |
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| | The Mahabharata, Book 14: Aswamedha Parva: Aswamedhika Parva: Section XI |
| | In ancient times the Prithivi (earth), O king, was encompassed by Vritra, and by this abstraction of earthly matter, the seat of all odour, there arose bad odours on all sides, and the Performer of a hundred sacrifices (Indra), being much enraged by this act, hurled his thunderbolt at Vritra. | | | And he (Vritra) smitten by the thunderbolt by the most powerful Indra betook himself to the Jyoti (luminous matter) and abstracted its inherent property. | | | And wounded therein by the mighty (Indra), he overwhelmed the Akasa (ether), and took away its inherent property, and the Akasa being overwhelmed by Vritra, and its property, sound being destroyed, the god of a hundred sacrifices highly incensed, again smote him with his thunderbolt. |
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| | (Euphorbia v.1 poisoned nectar) butter and milk |
| | Vritra, incidentally, was conceived at the same time as Indra, but Indra's body enveloped him. | | | Those driven mad by Vritra live pampered lives until they become a burden, and then they are given Soma, the elixir of gods. | | | Vritra’s tentacles wrapped about him, trying to hold onto him. |
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| | Vritra-han or Vritra-jit Vrtra-han, Vrtra-jit (Sanskrit) The destroyer of Vritra; a title of Indra, god of the firmament, who was in constant warfare with Vritra, the Vedic demon of drought. |
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| | Book 1:51-100 from the Hymns of the Rigveda Online - The Gold Scales |
| | You with your might grasped the holder-up of heaven, you who are mighty also in the seats of earth. | | | In the wild joy of soma had struck off with might the head of Vritra, tyrant of the earth and heaven. | | | You are the King of lands where men are settled, you have brought comfort to the gods in battle. |
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| | 1994 Literary Magazine |
| | There comes a time in all mermaids' lives when their hand is given to a merman, and though Vritra was the youngest, already proposals were asked and they pleaded with the King for his acceptance; for almost all mermen wanted a wife of such enchanted beauty and mind. | | | Neptune's brother got well, thanks to Vritra, who also saved the whole kingdom, and Vritra also got what she wanted. | | | Once upon a time deep below the waters of the great ocean existed the land of the merpeople whose great kingdom was ruled by the powerful King Neptune. |
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| | SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM: CANTO 6 - CHAPTER 12 |
| | That very great accomplishment of Vritra was lauded by sura and asura and glorified by the heavenly singers and the association of the perfect, but seeing the danger Indra was in they sincerely lamented 'Alas, alas' over it. | | | S'rî S'uka said: 'King Indra hearing the straightforward, reverent words of Vritra took up the thunderbolt and, giving up further wondering about them, addressed he him smilingly. | | | Like the fire at the end of the yuga hurled the King of the Demons with great force the sharp pointed trident twirling at the great Indra roaring as the hero loudly at him in great anger: 'Dead you are thou sinner!' |
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| | The Mahabharata, Book 12: Santi Parva: Mokshadharma Parva: Section CCLXXXII |
| | A little while after, O thou of Kuru's race, the slayer of Vritra, on some purpose connected with the good of the three worlds, was proceeding towards heaven. | | | Beholding Indra of great energy thus proceeding on his mission, she seized the chief of the deities and from that moment stuck to him. | | | Those men who, on every Parva day, will recite this sacred narrative of Vritra in the midst of Brahmanas shall never be stained by any sin. |
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| | Vritra sensed history replaying itself, howling because he’d thought the holy texts that could bind him had been destroyed. | | | Kali told him the secret to trap Vritra once more in his prison. | | | But they would have to wait for sunset, which Kali assured him they had enough time, as the breaths of the evening were already on the breeze. |
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| | CHAOS AND CREATION: CHAPTER 6: THE URANIANS |
| | In the beginning, there was Vritra, a covering and restraint upon the Earth, and later on Vritra had as allies the Vritryas, who were demons of heavenly turbulence. | | | He was fed soma until he grew so great that he finally blew heaven and earth apart forever, filling the atmosphere with his brilliant self. | | | They came out now like lowing cattle, flowing over the body of their former restrainer and lord Vritra, to acknowledge Indra as their new lord. |
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| | Who protects those extracting and cooking Soma juice, who protects those reciting hymns and those active in worship, who increases by hymns, whose Soma is, whose wealth is, he, O people, is Indra. | | | Like a weakling fighting a mighty warrior, Vritra was lying scattered at several places. | | | Indra severed and killed the great coverer Vritra by mighty devastating Vajra. |
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| | Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 84 Verse 49 |
| | My dear Mahārāja Parīkshit, Vasudeva's priests and the officiating members of the assembly, dressed in silk dhotīs and jeweled ornaments, looked so effulgent that they seemed to be standing in the sacrificial arena of Indra, the killer of Vritra. |
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| | Indra & the Dragon |
| | Indra, the Indo-Aryan storm god, Thor's counterpart in the Vedic pantheon, acts as the Aryans' divine war-leader in mythical versions of their conquest of Northern India. | | | When, Indra, thou hadst slain the firstborn of dragons, and overcome the charms of the enchanters, then, giving life to Sun and Dawn and Heaven, thou foundest not one foe to stand against thee. | | | But he, when he had smitten Vritra, opened the cave wherein the floods had been imprisoned. |
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| | From the Hymns of the Rigveda On-line - The Gold Scales |
| | Flying in terror from the snort of Vritra, all Deities who were your friends forsook you. | | | Then wast you, Chieftain of all living mortals, the very mighty slayer of the Vritras. | | | Indra, lord of bay steeds, accept these fitting hymns, hymns which we have thought out for you. |
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| | The boy's father summoned the demon Vritra and sent him against Indra. | | | Vishnu managed to get the god and the demon to agree to a truce on Vritra's terms that Indra would not attack him with any weapon of stone, wood or iron, wet or dry, or by day or night. | | | The other gods rushed to the god's aid and forced Vritra to open his mouth for long enough for Indra to escape. |
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| | MSN India :: Exclusive |
| | Ultimately, Indra killed Vritra by emerging from the latter’s stomach after having been swallowed by him. | | | Show me the path by which my veil of ignorance is cleared off. | | | Vritra then turned towards Indra and began to attack with his trident. |
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| | Vishnu - A Symbolic Appreciation |
| | Further in the Veda, Vishnu is a friend and associate of Indra, god of rain, thunder, and storm. | | | Together, Vishnu the sun and Indra the rain, take on the demon Vritra, who personifies drought. | | | Indra and Vishnu both are described as Vritrahan or the killer of Vritra. |
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| | Varuna is Vritra, the Lord of Waters who upholds them and who is slain by Indra (Shiva), and Indra’s | | | Avidya-Shakti, the Power of Ignorance and Ego symbolised by Vritra. | | | the Head as Indra or Rudra who slays the Ego and Brahma at the Base of the Spine, Vritra or Ignorance, the |
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| | Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 79 Verse 7 |
| | Then they performed His ritual bath, just as the demigods had formally bathed Indra when he killed Vritra. | | | samstutya -- sincerely praising; munayah -- the sages; ramam -- Lord Balarama; prayujya -- awarding; avitatha -- infallible; asishah -- benedictions; abhyashincan -- ceremoniously bathed; maha-bhagah -- the great personalities; vritra -- of Vritrasura; ghnam -- the killer (Lord Indra); vibudhah -- the demigods; yatha -- as. | | | Copyright (c) The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc. |
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| | Vritra was a demon who swallowed Indra to avenge the slaying of his brother at Indra's hands. | | | They were constant companions to Indra, who was the god of thunder and rain. | | | The Maruts were the ones who whipped up this foam for Indra. |
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| | As deity of the atmosphere, he governs the weather and dispenses the rain; he sends forth his lightning’s and thunder, and he is continually at war with Vritra or Ahi, the demon of drought and inelement weather, whom he overcome with his thunderbolts, and compels to pour down the rain. | | | Brahma then told the humiliated god that his defeat was a punishment for the seduction of Ahalya. | | | Many instances are recorded of his incontinence and adultery, and his example is frequently referred to as an excuse in cases of gallantry, as by King Nahusha when he tried to obtain Indra’s wife while the latter was hiding in Vritra. |
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| | Culture Course Vol VII - Vritra (Page4) |
| | Still Vritra did not die because of his boon. | | | Although Vritra was dead, Indra was not happy since he killed Vritra by deceit. | | | At last Indra flung his Vajrayudha into the nearby sea and the foam from its waters fell on Vritra. |
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| | But fearing that the sin of killing one in meditation haunt him, Indra hid away from the world. | | | They reached Vritra who was in deep meditation. | | | Let Indra perform the Ashwamedha and he will regain his Lordship of heaven". |
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| | pratipadaarthaH graste=devoured; shakre=Indra; graste shakre=When Indra was devoured; vaktreNa=by mouth; tu=indeed; tridashAH=the gods; sambhrAntAH=terrified; tadA=then; te=that; mahAsattvA=very strong; vR^itranAshinIm=destroying Vritra; jR^imbhikA.n=yawn; asR^ijan=created. | | | anuvaadaH When Indra was devoured by Vritra, indeed the terrified gods created a yawn to kill Vritra. | | | Henceforward in the worlds the yawn became associated with prana[life energy]. |
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| | Traditional Yoga Studies Interactive Content - God Agni as Kundalinî by Jeanine Miller |
| | In the mythological language of the Rig-Veda, as a result of the taming of that which obstructed, the waters are released and the sun is set up on high, i.e., the spiritual element is set free, and Indra modifies the darkness by means of the sun. | | | For Vritra is the constrictor, that which holds the waters, or the riches of heaven, back from flooding the earth, but which when brought under control by the mind, symbolized by God Indra, who strikes Vritra’s head with his thunderbolt or light of clear consciousness, lets out that which had been kept hidden. | | | The slaying of Vritra symbolizes not the "production," as Wilson would have it, but the conquering of matter after which the "light of heaven" is won. |
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| | Ramayana |
| | Another view is that Rama stands for Indra-god of rain-who fought against Vritra. | | | Obviously the conflict ends with the victory of the Aryans over the non-Aryans. | | | In Indian context norms of epic are set by Ramayana and Mahabharata. |
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| | * W C Mana:Warm> bo human cast 'lightning bo' human *Vritra the Black Numenorean* begins some strange incantations... | | | * W C Mana:Warm> *Vritra the Black Numenorean* seems to have recovered his senses. | | | * W C Mana:Warm> *Vritra the Black Numenorean* begins some strange incantations... |
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| | Ahi - definition of Ahi in Encyclopedia |
| | Ahi is sanskrit for 'snake' and an epithet of Vritra. | | | This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. |
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| | Slaying of Vritra - Indian Mythology |
| | The Gods naturally balked at the thought of the Rishi's death. | | | The Asura taunted Indra for having slain his brother, a defenseless Brahmana. | | | Their power was then lodged in his bones. |
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| | Research Results For Indra |
| | In Hindu mythology, Vritra is the snake of darkness. |
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| | Who Is Indra? |
| | rent Rauhina in pieces: Rauhina may be a drought demon, like Vritra; nothing more is known of him. | | | Elsewhere, however, Indra cast down "the Dasyus, when they fain would climb by magic arts and mount to heaven" (8.14.14). | | | Shambara: another demon, from whose fortresses Indra rescued (or stole) Soma. |
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| | Vritra commanded the fortresses around Zehenna before the fall of the Demonking. | | | A raging and fierce darkgreen humanoid demon, twice the size of a man. One of its arms is a giant hammer, which can break any helmet or armour. |
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| | In Hindu myth, one of the forms of the serpent-god, also identified with Vritra, whom Indra slew with his thunderbolt, releasing the fructifying waters which Ahi withheld and was guarding. | | | Article created on 26 August 1997; last modified on 19 November 1997. |
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