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  2. List of Hindu deities - Wikipedia

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    They are explained in Shatpath Brahman and many other scriptures very clearly. (In Sanskrit 33 koti means 33 types god's ) [...] .' The number 33 comes from the number of Vedic gods explained by Yajnavalkya in Brhadaranyaka Upanishad – the eight Vasus, the eleven Rudras, the twelve Adityas, Indra and Prajapati. (Chapter I, hymn 9, verse 2) .

  3. Hindu deities - Wikipedia

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    Toggle Number of deities subsection. 3.1 One or one-ness. 4 Iconography and practices. ... Hindu deities are the gods and goddesses in Hinduism.

  4. Thirty-three gods - Wikipedia

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    The Thirty-three gods, or Tridasha (Sanskrit: त्रिदश, romanized: Tridaśa, lit. 'three tens'), is a pantheon of Hindu deities of the current manvantara . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Samhitas , which are the oldest layer of text in the Vedas , enumerate 33 deities classified as Devas , either 11 each for the three worlds , or as 12 Adityas , 11 ...

  5. God in Hinduism - Wikipedia

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    Hindu adherents to these traditions within Hinduism revere Hindu deities and, indeed, all of existence, as aspects of the Brahman. [75] [76] The deities in Hinduism are not considered to be almighty, omnipotent, omniscient and omnibenevolent, and spirituality is considered to be seeking the ultimate truth that is possible by a number of paths.

  6. Hinduism - Wikipedia

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    [332] [333] [334] The Yoga school of Hinduism accepted the concept of a "personal god" and left it to the Hindu to define his or her god. [335] Advaita Vedanta taught a monistic, abstract Self and Oneness in everything, with no room for gods or deity, a perspective that Mohanty calls, "spiritual, not religious". [336]

  7. Rigvedic deities - Wikipedia

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    List of Rigvedic deities by a number of dedicated hymns, after Griffith. [3] Some dedications are to paired deities, such as Indra-Agni, Mitra-Varuna, Soma-Rudra, here counted double. Visvedevas (all gods and goddesses together) have been invoked 70 times.

  8. Vedas - Wikipedia

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    The Rigveda is structured based on clear principles. The Veda begins with a small book addressed to Agni, Indra, Soma and other gods, all arranged according to decreasing total number of hymns in each deity collection; for each deity series, the hymns progress from longer to shorter ones, but the number of hymns per book increases. Finally, the ...

  9. Hindu mythology - Wikipedia

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    A major factor in the development of Hinduism was the Vedic religion. The Indo-Aryan migration brought their distinct beliefs to the Indian subcontinent, where the Vedas were composed around 1500 BCE. The Indo-Aryans Vedic pantheon of deities included the chief god Indra, the sun deity Surya, Ushas, as well as Agni. [9] [10]