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- Two simple stotra-s, sectarian competition, and the Varāha episode from the archaic Skandapurāṇa
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Alkaios’ hymn to the Dioskouroi: Hindu parallels
In this note we shall see how even a short “sūkta” of the yavana Alkaios to the Dioskouroi (individually named Kastor and Polydeukes), the Greek cognates of the Aśvin-s, offers several parallels to the Hindu tradition in the Veda. In … Continue reading
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Tagged ashvins, Greek, Greek thought, Hindu knowledge, Hindu ritual, Indo-Aryan, Indo-European, Rigveda, Roman, Veda
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Viṣṇu, the Marut-s and Rudra
This note might be read as a continuation of the these two earlier ones: 1) The Aśvin-s and Rudra 2) The roots of Vaiṣṇavam: a view from the numerology of Vedic texts In the Ṛgveda (RV), the Marut-s are seen … Continue reading
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Tagged agni, ashvins, Indo-Aryan, Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, indra, Rigveda, rudra, shatarudrIya, varuNa, ved, Veda, vedAnta, vedic, viShNu, Yajurveda
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The Aśvin-s and Rudra
The twin Aśvin-s and Rudra are both Indo-Aryan reflexes of two deity-classes which can be reconstructed as likely being present in the Proto-Indo-European religion. Both are likely to have even deeper roots going back to even earlier religious traditions across … Continue reading
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Tagged archaeology, ashvins, astronomy, atharva veda, atharvaveda, Hindu, Indo-Aryan, Indo-European, religion, Rigveda, Veda, vedic, Yajurveda
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Revisiting dawn in the R^igveda
One of the most physically and mentally demanding performances in the agnichayana and other soma rituals based on that model is the atirAtra or the overnight rite. The highpoint of it is the great ritual to the gods agni and … Continue reading
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The songs of shunaHshepa and nArada
In the nocturnal ritual of the soma rite 27th and 28th sAmavedic stuti-s are described below. These songs are sung sometime between 12.30-1.00 AM. The sAmavedic mantra-s have the following musical pattern with respect to the three sAmavedin ritualists: The … Continue reading