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Vritra, the Glossary

Vritra is a danava in Hinduism.^[1]

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Danavas
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*H₂n̥gʷʰis

*H₂n̥gʷʰis is a reconstructed Proto-Indo-European term meaning 'serpent', as well as a possible name for a mythological entity, polycephalous sea serpent or dragon which was slain by a hero named Trito with the help of the god Perkʷunos.

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Agni

Agni (अग्नि) is the Hindu god of fire.

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Airavata

Amber, Rajasthan Airavata (lit) is a divine elephant, characterized by four tusks, seven trunks and a white complexion.

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Ap (water)

Ap is the Vedic Sanskrit term for "water", which in Classical Sanskrit only occurs in the plural (sometimes re-analysed as a thematic singular), whence Hindi. Vritra and ap (water) are Rigveda.

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Asura

Asuras are a class of beings in Indian religions.

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Avestan

Avestan is an umbrella term for two Old Iranian languages, Old Avestan (spoken in the 2nd to 1st millennium BC) and Younger Avestan (spoken in the 1st millennium BC).

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Śakra (Buddhism)

Śakra (शक्र; सक्क) is the ruler of the Trāyastriṃśa Heaven according to Buddhist cosmology.

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Bhagavata Purana

The Bhagavata Purana (भागवतपुराण), also known as the Srimad Bhagavatam (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam), Srimad Bhagavata Mahapurana or simply Bhagavata (Bhāgavata), is one of Hinduism's eighteen great Puranas (Mahapuranas).

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Bhakti

Bhakti (भक्ति; Pali: bhatti) is a term common in Indian religions which means attachment, fondness for, devotion to, trust, homage, worship, piety, faith, or love.

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Brahmahatya

Brahmahatya, also rendered Brahmanahatya is the Sanskrit term for "the killing of a Brahmin".

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Chandra

Chandra (shining' or 'moon), also known as Soma (सोम), is the Hindu god of the Moon, and is associated with the night, plants and vegetation.

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Dadhichi

Dadhichi, also rendered Dadhyanga and Dadhyancha, is a sage in Hinduism.

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Danava (Hinduism)

In Hindu mythology, the danavas are a race descending from Kashyapa and his wife Danu, a daughter of the progenitor god, Daksha. Vritra and danava (Hinduism) are danavas.

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Danu (Hinduism)

Danu is a Hindu primordial goddess. Vritra and Danu (Hinduism) are asura and danavas.

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Deva (Hinduism)

Deva (Sanskrit: देव) means "shiny", "exalted", "heavenly being", "divine being", "anything of excellence", and is also one of the Sanskrit terms used to indicate a deity in Hinduism.

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Dharma

Dharma (धर्म) is a key concept with multiple meanings in the Indian religions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism), among others.

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Drought

A drought is a period of drier-than-normal conditions.

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Father

A father is the male parent of a child.

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Hinduism

Hinduism is an Indian religion or dharma, a religious and universal order by which its followers abide.

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Historical Vedic religion

The historical Vedic religion, also known as Vedicism and Vedism, sometimes called "Ancient Hinduism", constituted the religious ideas and practices prevalent amongst the Indo-Aryan peoples of the northwest Indian subcontinent (Punjab and the western Ganges plain) during the Vedic period (1500–500 BCE).

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Indra

Indra (इन्द्र) is the king of the devas and Svarga in Hinduism.

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Jörmungandr

In Norse mythology, Jörmungandr (lit, see Etymology), also known as the Midgard Serpent or World Serpent (Miðgarðsormr), is an unfathomably large sea serpent or worm who dwells in the world sea, encircling the Earth (Midgard) and biting his own tail, an example of an ouroboros.

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Mahabharata

The Mahābhārata (महाभारतम्) is one of the two major Smriti texts and Sanskrit epics of ancient India revered in Hinduism, the other being the Rāmāyaṇa.

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Mahoraga

The Mahoraga (Sanskrit: महोरग), also pronounced as Maha-Uraga ("Greater Reptilians") are a race of deities in Buddhism, and Jainism. Vritra and Mahoraga are snake gods.

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Nahusha

Nahusha (नहुष) is a king of the Chandravamsha (Lunar dynasty) in Hindu mythology.

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Nāga

In various Asian religious traditions, the Nagas are a divine, or semi-divine, race of half-human, half-serpent beings that reside in the netherworld (Patala), and can occasionally take human or part-human form, or are so depicted in art. Vritra and Nāga are snake gods.

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Pali Canon

The Pāli Canon is the standard collection of scriptures in the Theravada Buddhist tradition, as preserved in the Pāli language.

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Proto-Indo-European language

Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Indo-European language family.

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Proto-Indo-Iranian language

Proto-Indo-Iranian, also called Proto-Indo-Iranic or Proto-Aryan, is the reconstructed proto-language of the Indo-Iranian branch of Indo-European.

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Rigveda

The Rigveda or Rig Veda (ऋग्वेद,, from ऋच्, "praise" and वेद, "knowledge") is an ancient Indian collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns (sūktas).

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Rigvedic rivers

The Rigveda refers to a number of rivers located in the northwestern Indian subcontinent, from Gandhara to Kurukshetra. Vritra and Rigvedic rivers are Rigveda.

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Rishi

In Indian religions, a rishi is an accomplished and enlightened person.

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Shambara

Shambara, also known as Shambarasura is an asura featured in Hindu mythology. Vritra and Shambara are asura and characters in the Bhagavata Purana.

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Soma (drink)

In the Vedic tradition, soma (sóma) is a ritual drink of importance among the early Vedic Indo-Aryans. Vritra and soma (drink) are Rigveda.

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Susna

Susna is an asura described in Hindu texts. Vritra and Susna are asura.

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Trisiras

Trishiras (One with three heads), also referred to as Vishvarupa, was the three-headed son of the craftsman god Tvashta. Vritra and Trisiras are asura.

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Tvashtr

Tvashtr (त्वष्टृ) or Tvashta (त्वष्टा) is a Vedic artisan god or fashioner.

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Typhon

Typhon (Τυφῶν|Typhôn), also Typhoeus (label), Typhaon (label) or Typhos (label), was a monstrous serpentine giant and one of the deadliest creatures in Greek mythology. Vritra and Typhon are snake gods.

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Vaikuntha

Vaikuntha (translit), also called Vishnuloka, and Tirunatu (Tirunāṭu) in Tamil, is the abode of Vishnu, the supreme deity in the Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism,Gavin Flood, (1996).

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Vaishnavism

Vaishnavism (translit-std) is one of the major Hindu denominations along with Shaivism, Shaktism, and Smartism.

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Vajra

The Vajra is a legendary and ritualistic tool, symbolizing the properties of a diamond (indestructibility) and a thunderbolt (irresistible force).

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Vala (Vedic)

Vala, meaning "enclosure" in Vedic Sanskrit, is a demon mentioned in the Vedas, including the Rigveda and the Atharvaveda. Vritra and Vala (Vedic) are asura.

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Vamana

Vamana also known as Trivikrama, Urukrama, Upendra, Dadhivamana, and Balibandhana, is an avatar of the Hindu deity Vishnu.

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Varuna

Varuna (वरुण) is a Hindu god, associated with the sky, oceans, and water. Vritra and Varuna are asura.

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Vedas

The Vedas are ancient Sanskrit texts of Hinduism. Above: A page from the ''Atharvaveda''. The Vedas are a large body of religious texts originating in ancient India.

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Veles (god)

Veles, also known as Volos, is a major god of earth, waters, livestock, and the underworld in Slavic paganism.

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Verethragna

Verethragna or Bahram (𐬬𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬖𐬥𐬀‎ vərəθraγna) is an Indo-Iranian deity.

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Vishnu

Vishnu, also known as Narayana and Hari, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. Vritra and Vishnu are characters in the Bhagavata Purana.

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Yamata no Orochi

, or simply, is a legendary eight-headed and eight-tailed Japanese dragon/serpent.

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Yato-no-kami

The are snake deities in Japanese folklore appearing in the Hitachi no Kuni Fudoki.

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Yudhishthira

Yudhishthira (Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर, IAST: Yudhiṣṭhira) also known as Dharmaraja, was the king of Indraprastha and later the King of Kuru Kingdom in the epic Mahabharata.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vritra

Also known as Ahi (Hinduism), Britasur, Britra, Vritora, Vritrasura, Vrtra, Vṛtra.

, Yudhishthira.

Vritra, the Glossary

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See also

Danavas

Drought gods

Evil gods

Killed deities

Snake gods

References