All languages combined word senses marked with topical category "Vedic religion"
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Total 77 word senses
- Aryaman (Proper name) [English] a Hindu solar deity: an Aditya
- Indra (Proper name) [English] The god of war and weather; also the King of the Gods or Devas and Lord of Heaven or Svargaloka in Hinduism.
- Marut (Noun) [English] Maruts, storm deities and children of Rudra and Prishni.
- Prajapati (Proper name) [English] A deity, later identified with Brahma.
- Rudra (Proper name) [English] A Rigvedic deity, associated with wind or storm and the hunt.
- Ushas (Proper name) [English] Vedic and Hindu female deity, personifying the dawn, usually mentioned in plural. She is portrayed as welcoming birds and warding off evil spirits, and as a beautifully adorned young woman riding in a golden chariot on her path across the sky.
- pajāpati (Proper name) [Pali] Prajapati
- soma (Noun) [English] A ritual drink in ancient Vedic culture, obtained by pressing the Soma plant.
- soma (Noun) [Polish] soma (ritual drink in ancient Vedic and continuing Hindu culture)
- اندر (Proper name) [Urdu] Indra (king of the deities and god of rain and thunder)
- اگنی (Proper name) [Urdu] Agni
- برہسپت (Proper name) [Urdu] Brihaspati
- ঋগ্বেদ (Proper name) [Bengali] Rigveda (the oldest scripture in the Vedic religion)
- চন্দ্র (Proper name) [Bengali] Chandra, the Vedic lunar deity
- রুদ্র (Proper name) [Bengali] Rudra
- সূর্য (Proper name) [Bengali] Surya, the Vedic solar deity
- 𑀅𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀫 (Proper name) [Prakrit] Aryaman
- ચંદ્ર (Proper name) [Gujarati] Chandra (the Vedic lunar deity)
- બૃહસ્પતિ (Proper name) [Gujarati] Brihaspati
- ਇੰਦਰ (Proper name) [Punjabi] Indra
- ਬ੍ਰਹਿਸਪਤ (Proper name) [Punjabi] Bṛhaspati
- ರುದ್ರ (Proper name) [Kannada] Rudra
- अक्षितोति (Proper name) [Sanskrit] an epithet of Indra
- अङ्ग (Noun) [Sanskrit] a branch, division (e.g. of a science); Vedanga (six auxiliary disciplines connected to the study of the Vedas)
- अर्यमा (Proper name) [Hindi] Aryaman
- असिक्नी (Proper name) [Sanskrit] the Chenab river personified as a goddess
- आकाशेश (Proper name) [Sanskrit] "lord of the sky" an epithet of Indra
- आदित्य (Noun) [Sanskrit] one of the various deities of the heavenly sphere, described as the sons of Aditi and Kashyapa.
- आर्जीकीया (Proper name) [Sanskrit] the Haro river personified as a goddess
- आर्यमन (Proper name) [Hindi] Aryaman
- इरावती (Proper name) [Sanskrit] the Ravi river personified as a goddess
- उषस् (Proper name) [Sanskrit] Ushas, personification of dawn, one of the children of Aditi and sister of Ratri
- कुभा (Proper name) [Sanskrit] the river Kabul personified as a goddess
- केशिन् (Noun) [Sanskrit] an epithet of Rudra
- क्रुमु (Proper name) [Sanskrit] the Kurrum river personified as a goddess
- गङ्गा (Proper name) [Sanskrit] the Ganges river personified as the goddess, Ganga
- तीर्थ (Noun) [Sanskrit] a passage, way or road; that which affords transit:; the path to the altar between the चात्वाल (cātvāla, “sacrificial pit”) and उत्कर (utkara, “pile of refuse”).
- त्र्यम्बक (Proper name) [Sanskrit] an epithet of Rudra or (later on) Shiva
- त्वष्टृ (Proper name) [Sanskrit] Tvaṣṭā, the craftsman of the devas
- दक्ष (Proper name) [Sanskrit] a vedic solar deity and one of the Adityas
- दानु (Proper name) [Sanskrit] Danu, mother of the Danavas.
- द्यौष्पितृ (Proper name) [Sanskrit] Dyauṣpitā, the personification of the sky
- परुष्णी (Proper name) [Sanskrit] the Ravi river personified as a goddess
- पर्जन्य (Proper name) [Sanskrit] rain personified or the god of rain (often identified with Indra)
- पुरुष (Noun) [Sanskrit] Purusha, the divine being from whom the universe is said to be originated
- पूषन् (Proper name) [Sanskrit] Pūṣan (a Vedic solar deity and one of the Ādityas)
- पृश्नि (Proper name) [Sanskrit] Pṛśni, mother of the Maruts in the Rigveda
- प्रजापति (Noun) [Sanskrit] Prajapati, a deity later identified with Brahma.
- प्रशास्तृ (Noun) [Sanskrit] "Director"; the name of a post of a priest
- बृहस्पति (Proper name) [Hindi] Bṛhaspati
- बृहस्पति (Proper name) [Sanskrit] Bṛhaspati, son of अङ्गिरस् (aṅgiras).
- भग (Noun) [Sanskrit] Bhaga, one of the Adityas, a god of wealth and marriage in Hinduism. In the Rigveda Bhaga is the god who supervises the distribution of goods and destiny to each man corresponding to his merits.
- मरुद्वृधा (Proper name) [Sanskrit] a river goddess
- रुद्र (Noun) [Sanskrit] Rudra, father of the Maruts, deity of the winds and storms.
- वज्रहस्त (Proper name) [Hindi] an epithet of Indra
- वज्रहस्त (Proper name) [Hindi] an epithet of Agni
- वज्रहस्त (Proper name) [Hindi] the Maruts
- वज्रहस्त (Proper name) [Sanskrit] an epithet of Indra
- वज्रहस्त (Proper name) [Sanskrit] an epithet of Agni
- वज्रहस्त (Proper name) [Sanskrit] the Maruts
- वितस्ता (Proper name) [Sanskrit] the Jhelum river personified as a goddess
- विराज् (Noun) [Sanskrit] born from purusha, and from whom Purusha was born. RV.
- विरोचन (Proper name) [Sanskrit] name of an Asura
- विवस्वत् (Proper name) [Sanskrit] a Vedic solar deity and one of the Ādityas
- वृत्रहंता (Proper name) [Hindi] Indra
- वृत्रहा (Proper name) [Hindi] Indra
- शक्र (Proper name) [Hindi] Indra
- शक्र (Proper name) [Sanskrit] Indra
- शुतुद्री (Proper name) [Sanskrit] the Sutlej river personified as a goddess
- श्येन (Noun) [Sanskrit] The name of a divine hawk identified with अग्नि (agni) who ascends to the heavens for bringing सोम (soma) to earth
- श्येन (Noun) [Sanskrit] A hawk-shaped fire-altar (अग्निचयन (agnicayana)) constructed with bricks
- सिन्धु (Noun) [Sanskrit] the river Indus personified as a goddess.
- सुषोमा (Proper name) [Sanskrit] the Soan river personified as a goddess
- सूर्य (Proper name) [Sanskrit] Surya, the Vedic solar deity
- स्वर्भानु (Proper name) [Sanskrit] Svarbhānu, an asura who deceitfully quaffed the amrita proffered by Mohini, thereby achieving immortality as two beings despite being beheaded immediately after: his head as Rāhu and his body as Ketu.
- हरित् (Noun) [Sanskrit] a kind of reddish female horse belonging to the Gods
- 𐨀𐨁𐨎𐨡𐨿𐨪 (Proper name) [Gandhari] Indra
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