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There are 1028 hymns in the Rigveda, most of them dedicated to specific deities. The Rigveda ( Sanskrit sa ऋग्वेद ṛgveda, a compound of ṛc "praise verse" and veda "knowledge" See also List of deities A deity is a Postulated Preternatural or Supernatural Being, who is always

Indra, a heroic god, slayer of Vrtra and destroyer of the Vala, liberator of the cows and the rivers; Agni the sacrificial fire and messenger of the gods; and Soma the ritual drink dedicated to Indra are the most prominent deities. Indra ( Sanskrit: इन्द्र or इंद्र Indra, Malay: Indera, Thai: พระอินทร์ Phra-Intra In the early Vedic religion, Vritra ( Sanskrit: वृत्र ( Devanāgarī) or Vṛtra ( IAST) "the enveloper" was an Asura Agni is a Hindu and Vedic deity. The word agni is Sanskrit for "fire" (noun cognate with Latin ignis Soma ( Sanskrit: सोम) or Haoma ( Avestan) from Proto-Indo-Iranian * sauma-, was a ritual drink of importance

Invoked in groups are the Vishvedevas (the "all-gods"), the Maruts, violent storm gods in Indra's train and the Ashvins, the twin horsemen. The Visvedevas ( Sanskrit: विश्वेदेवाः ( viśve-devāḥ "all-gods" are the various Vedic gods taken together In Hinduism the Maruts ( Sanskrit: मरुत also known as the Marutgana and the Rudras are storm deities and sons of Rudra and Diti The Ashvins (अश्विन ( aśvin- "possessor of horses" "horse tamer" "cavalier" dual aśvinau) or Ashwini Kumaras

There are two major groups of gods, the Devas and the Asuras. Deva (देव in Devanagari script pronounced as /'d̪evə/ is the Sanskrit word for "god Deity " In Hinduism In Hinduism, the Asura ( Sanskrit: असुर are a group of power-seeking deities sometimes referred to as Demons or sinful Unlike in later Vedic texts and in Hinduism, the Asuras are not yet demonized, Mitra and Varuna being their most prominent members. Hinduism is a religious tradition that originated in the Indian subcontinent. This article is about the Vedic deity Mitra. For other divinities with related names see the general article Mitra. In Vedic religion, Varuna or Waruna ( Devanagari:वरुण IAST: varuṇa) is a god of the Sky, of Rain and Aditi is the mother both of Agni and of the Adityas or Asuras, led by Mitra and Varuna, with Aryaman, Bhaga, Ansa and Daksha. Aditi ( Sanskrit अदिति - limitless) ''a'' not + ''diti'' bound from the verbal root ''da'' to bind unbounded free as a noun infinite and shoreless In Hinduism, the Ādityas are a group of Devas or celestial gods the sons of Āditi and Kashyapa. Aryaman (अर्यमन् pronounced as "əryəmən" nominative singular is aryamā) is one of the early Vedic deities ( devas) Sanskrit bhaga is a term for "lord patron" but also for "wealth prosperity" In Hinduism, Daksha, "the skilled one" is an ancient creator god one of the Prajapatis ref> Narada said

Surya is the personification of the Sun, but Savitar, Vivasvant, the Ashvins and the Rbhus, semi-divine craftsmen, also have aspects of solar deities. In Hinduism, Surya ( Devanagari: सूर्य sūrya, lit "the Supreme Light" Malay: Suria; Thai: The Sun (Sol is the Star at the center of the Solar System. See Ashvins for the divine twins Ashvin ( Hindi: क्वार kvaar, Bangla: আশ্বিন In Hinduism, the Ribhus (ṛbhú- meaning "clever skilful" cognate to Latin labor and perhaps to English Elf, said of "Sun god" redirects here For the Ramsey Lewis album see Sun Goddess (album. Other natural phenomena deified include Vayu, (the wind), Dyaus and Prithivi (Heaven and Earth), Dyaus continuing Dyeus, the chief god of the Proto-Indo-European religion, and Ushas (the dawn), the most prominent goddess of the Rigveda, and Apas (the waters). In Hinduism Vayu ( Sanskrit: वायु, IAST: Vāyu Malay: Bayu Thai: Phra Pai is a primary deity the father of In the Vedic religion Dyauṣ Pitar   is the Sky Father, husband of Prithvi and father of Agni and Indra ( RV 4 Prithvi ( Sanskrit: pṛthvī, also pṛthivī) is the Hindu Earth and Mother Goddess. * Dyēus (also * Dyēus ph2ter) is the reconstructed chief deity of the Proto-Indo-European pantheon. The existence of similarities among the deities and religious practices of the Indo-European (IE peoples allows glimpses of a common Proto-Indo-European Ushas (sa उषस् uṣas) Sanskrit for " Dawn " is a Vedic deity, and consequently a Hindu deity as well A goddess is a Female Deity. Many Cultures have goddesses Often deities are part of a polytheistic system that includes several deities

Rivers play an important role, deified as goddesses, most prominently the Sapta Sindhu and the Sarasvati River. Rivers play a prominent part in the hymns of the Rigveda, and consequently in early Vedic religion. The Sapta Sindhu ( Sanskrit: सप्त सिंधु also Hapta Hindu in Avestan "seven rivers" are the seven sacred rivers in Indian mythology The Sarasvati River ( Sanskrit: sa सरस्वती नदी sárasvatī nadī) is one of the chief Rigvedic rivers mentioned in ancient Hindu

Yama is the first ancestor, also worshipped as a deity, and the god of the underworld and death. | Llama, the animal Yama ( Sanskrit: यम also known as Yamarāja (यमराज in India Yanluowang (閻羅王 or simply Yan In the study of Mythology and Religion, the underworld (gr κάτω κόσμος) is a generic term approximately equivalent to the lay term Afterlife

Vishnu and Rudra, the prominent deities of later Hinduism (Rudra being an early form of Shiva) are present as marginal gods. For other meanings see Vishnu (disambiguation. Vishnu ( IAST viṣṇu Devanagari विष्णु (honorific Rudra ( Sanskrit: रुद्रः is a Rigvedic god of the storm the wind and the hunt Hinduism is a religious tradition that originated in the Indian subcontinent. Shiva:(pronunciation; Sanskrit: शिव Śiva, lit "Auspicious one" One of the Trimurtis Shiva is the supreme God in the Shaiva

The names of Indra, Mitra, Varuna and the Nasatyas are also attested in a Mitanni treaty, suggesting that the some of the religion of the Mitannis was very close to that of the Rigveda. Mitanni ( Hittite cuneiform, also Mittani) or Hanigalbat ( Assyrian Hanigalbat Khanigalbat cuneiform)

Deities by prominence

List of Rigvedic deities by number of dedicated hymns, after Griffith (1888). Some dedications are to paired deities, such as Indra-Agni, Mitra-Varuna, Soma-Rudra, here counted doubly.

Minor deities (one single or no dedicated hymn)

References

Ralph T.H. Griffith, Hymns of the Rigveda (1888). Aditi ( Sanskrit अदिति - limitless) ''a'' not + ''diti'' bound from the verbal root ''da'' to bind unbounded free as a noun infinite and shoreless Sanskrit bhaga is a term for "lord patron" but also for "wealth prosperity" Vásukra is the name of a Rishi with patronymic Aindra, author of RV 10. This article is about the sage named Atri See also the Gotra named Atri. kṣétrapati (or kṣétrasya páti) "lord of the soil" is the name of a Tutelary deity in the Rigveda ( RV 4 Ghee ( Hindi घी ghī, Urdu گھی ghī, Punjabi ਘਿਉ/گھیو ghiu, Kashmiri ग्याव/گیاو In Hinduism, Nirṛti is one of the Guardians of the directions (dik-pala, representing the southwest (or—according Monier-Williams ’s Asamāti ( á-sāmaati "having no equal unparalleled" is a minor deity invoked in RV 10. This article is related to Hindu mythology For the Indian film actresses with the name Urvashi see Urvashi (actress and Urvashi Sharma Urvashi Pururavas ( Hindi:पुरूरव, According to Vedas is a mythological entity associated with the Surya (the sun and Usha (the dawn and Other uses Vena is also a Russian name of Vienna city the nickname of 2S31 self-propelled 120 mm russian mortar/cannon and a record label In Hinduism, Aranyani is a goddess of the Forests and the Animals that dwell within it Maya ( Sanskrit sa माया māyā) in Indian religions, has multiple meanings Tārkṣya is the name of a mythical being in the Rigveda, described as a horse with the epithet áriṣṭa-nemi "with intact wheel-rims" In Vedic religion, Tvastr ( Tvaṣṭṛ, also transliterated as Tvashtr, Tvastri or Tvashtri, nominative Tvaṣṭā) Saranyu ( Saraṇyū) or Saraniya is the wife of Surya, and a goddess of the dawn and the clouds in Hindu mythology, and is sometimes associated Ralph Thomas Hotchkin Griffith (1826-1906 scholar of Indology, B

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This article discusses the historical religious practices in the Vedic time period see Hinduism and Indian religions for details
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