-
Vritra (Sanskrit: वृत्र, lit. 'enveloper', IAST:
Vṛtrá,
Sanskrit pronunciation: [ʋr̩.ˈtrɐ]) is a
danava in Hinduism. He
serves as the personification...
- -
Vrtra. In
Vedic literature,
Vrtrahan is
predominantly an
epithet used for
Indra after he
defeated Vrtra.
Vrtrahan literally means "slayer of
Vrtra."...
- 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...
-
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...
- 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...
- (शक्र,
powerful one), Vṛṣan (वृषन्, mighty) Vṛtrahan (वृत्रहन्,
slayer of
Vṛtra) Meghavāhana (मेघवाहन, he
whose vehicle is cloud) Devarāja (देवराज, king...
- 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...
- the multi-headed
serpent Vṛtrá,
which has been
causing a
drought by
trapping the
waters in his
mountain lair. In the Vedas,
Vṛtrá is
frequently called Ahi...
-
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...
-
Vedic Trita, the hero who
recovered the
stolen cattle from the
serpent Vṛtrá; the
Avestan Thrita and Thraētona ('Third' and 'Son of Third'), who won...
