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Sanskrit - Vrtra. In
Vedic literature,
Vrtrahan is
predominantly an
epithet used for
Indra after he
defeated Vrtra.
Vrtrahan literally means "slayer of Vrtra...
- that had
already been shattered. For this feat,
Indra became known as "
Vṛtrahan" (lit. "Slayer of Vritra" and also as "slayer of the first-born of dragons")...
- of the
Iranian god of
victory mentioned in Avesta, as well as the
Vedic Vŗtrahan, the
usual epithet of the
thunder god Indra. It was
borrowed into Armenian...
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Indian religions,
notably Śakra (शक्र,
powerful one), Vṛṣan (वृषन्, mighty)
Vṛtrahan (वृत्रहन्,
slayer of Vṛtra) Meghavāhana (मेघवाहन, he
whose vehicle is cloud)...
