Thursday 4 July 2013

share of indra : nirukta 7.10

"now the following are shares of indra: the atmosphere, the midday libation, the summer, the trishtubh meter, the fifteenfold hymn, the great chant. and the gods who are enumerated in the middle place and the women. now his function is to release the waters and to slay vrtra. and all actions that relates to strength are functions of indra also. now the gods with whom indra is jointly praised are: agni, soma, varuna, pusan, brhaspati, brahmanaspati, parvata, kutsa, vishnu, vayu. moreover mitra is jointly praised with varuna, soma with pusan and rudra, pusan with vayu, and parjanya with vata"

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