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Vritra (Sanskrit: वृत्र, lit. 'enveloper', IAST:
Vṛtrá,
Sanskrit pronunciation: [ʋr̩.ˈtrɐ]) is a
danava in Hinduism. He
serves as the personification...
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Vrtra. In
Vedic literature,
Vrtrahan is
predominantly an
epithet used for
Indra after he
defeated Vrtra.
Vrtrahan literally means "slayer of
Vrtra."...
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learn that the
dragon Vrtra has
ruled Thavnair for millennia,
hiding behind a
figurehead satrap.
While testing a ward made from
Vrtra's scales, the alchemist...
- (शक्र,
powerful one), Vṛṣan (वृषन्, mighty) Vṛtrahan (वृत्रहन्,
slayer of
Vṛtra) Meghavāhana (मेघवाहन, he
whose vehicle is cloud) Devarāja (देवराज, king...
- the son of
Tvashtr and
therefore the
brother of
Vrtra. Historically, it has the same
origin as the
Vrtra story,
being derived from the same root, and from...
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comparisons to
dragon and
world serpent narratives, such as
Indra slaying Vrtra or Thor
slaying Jörmungandr.
Leviathan also
figures in the
Hebrew Bible...
- Edda, and the
vedic battle between Indra and
Vritra (from
Sanskrit वृत्र,
vṛtrá,
meaning enveloper,
cover and
therefore obstacle) who is
accused as a dragon...
- tradition, the only
dragon of
importance is
Vrtra, but "there is no
Iranian tradition of a
dragon such as
Indian Vrtra" (Boyce, 1975:91-92). Moreover, while...
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resulting in creation: RV 10.104.10 ārdayad vṛtram akṛṇod ulokaṃ he hit
Vrtra fatally,
cutting [> creating] a free path. RV 6.47.4 varṣmāṇaṃ divo akṛṇod...
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Indra is the
embodiment of good and
represents the Devas,
while the
dragon Vrtra is the
embodiment of evil and an Asura.
During this
battle between good...
