devtas are generally only considered to have some body like humans, however in the vedas they are actually flow of energies, which are portrayed as human body. the definition of devtas is given in nirukt as follows.
deva is so called from making gifts (root da) or from being brilliant ( root dip ) from being radiant ( root dyut ) or because his sphere is heaven. ( nirukt 7.15)
in brahmana scriptures, devtas are described as channels of energy of praana ( life ). for example:
'prana vai deva manujaata' ( taittirya samhita 6.1.4.5) - praan ( life ) is devtas, born of mann ( mind).
'prana vai deva dhishnayaste hi sarva dhiya ishnanti' ( shatpath brahman 7.1.1.24) - ' it is praan who is devta, that inspires the mind.
'praana vai deva, dravinoda' ( shatpath brahman 6.7. 2.3 ) - dev that provides wealth is praan.
(this above verse also tells us that the wealth about which we talk in vedas are not physical gold or something else. but it comes from praan, means it is spiritual upliftment or knowledge is considered as wealth. wealth we generally talk hiranyam ( literal meaning 'gold') is truth, gau ( literal meaning 'cow') is rays, ashva ('literal meaning horse) is energy flow etc.
as praan flows all over the body devtas also seem to be anthropomorphic because they all live inside human body , in aatma and are different features of pran, but by vedic verses we know devtas have both anthropomorphic and unanthropomorphic features ( see nirukt 7.5-6) as with respect to the praan / aatma prevailing in entire universe, their anthropomorphic feature do not hold. that's why it is said in nitukt 7.4, 'all devtas are limbs of single soul. they are produced from karma ( yajna sacrifices ), soul is even their chariot, weapons, arrows. soul is indeed all in all of devtas.'
deva is so called from making gifts (root da) or from being brilliant ( root dip ) from being radiant ( root dyut ) or because his sphere is heaven. ( nirukt 7.15)
in brahmana scriptures, devtas are described as channels of energy of praana ( life ). for example:
'prana vai deva manujaata' ( taittirya samhita 6.1.4.5) - praan ( life ) is devtas, born of mann ( mind).
'prana vai deva dhishnayaste hi sarva dhiya ishnanti' ( shatpath brahman 7.1.1.24) - ' it is praan who is devta, that inspires the mind.
'praana vai deva, dravinoda' ( shatpath brahman 6.7. 2.3 ) - dev that provides wealth is praan.
(this above verse also tells us that the wealth about which we talk in vedas are not physical gold or something else. but it comes from praan, means it is spiritual upliftment or knowledge is considered as wealth. wealth we generally talk hiranyam ( literal meaning 'gold') is truth, gau ( literal meaning 'cow') is rays, ashva ('literal meaning horse) is energy flow etc.
as praan flows all over the body devtas also seem to be anthropomorphic because they all live inside human body , in aatma and are different features of pran, but by vedic verses we know devtas have both anthropomorphic and unanthropomorphic features ( see nirukt 7.5-6) as with respect to the praan / aatma prevailing in entire universe, their anthropomorphic feature do not hold. that's why it is said in nitukt 7.4, 'all devtas are limbs of single soul. they are produced from karma ( yajna sacrifices ), soul is even their chariot, weapons, arrows. soul is indeed all in all of devtas.'
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