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Female figurine. Mature Harappan period, 2700–2000 BCE. Indus civilization. National Museum, New Delhi. Indus Civilization pottery figure of horned deity. [1]The religion and belief system of the Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC) people have received considerable attention, with many writers concerned with identifying precursors to the religious practices and deities of much later Indian ...
The goddess is also regarded to be the power that resides within all poetry and writing. She is the consort of the creator deity, Brahma. She is represented as a graceful figure, donning white, and traditionally depicted with the veena (vīṇā), rosary (akṣamālā), water-pot (kamaṇḍalu) and book (pustaka). Her abode is at Satyaloka ...
Varuna (/ ˈ v ɜːr ʊ n ə, ˈ v ɑː r ə-/; [6] Sanskrit: वरुण, IAST: Varuṇa) is a Hindu god, associated with the sky, [7] oceans, and water. In the Vedic scriptures, he is paired with the god Mitra and is the lord of Ṛta (justice) and Satya (truth). [8] [9] Varuna is also mentioned as an Aditya, the sons of the goddess Aditi. [10]
The Pashupati seal, showing a seated and possibly tricephalic figure, surrounded by animals; circa 2350–2000 BCE. The Pashupati seal (also Mahayogi seal, [1] Proto-Śiva seal [2] the adjective "so-called" sometimes applied to "Pashupati"), [3] is a steatite seal which was uncovered in Mohenjo-daro, now in modern day Pakistan, a major urban site of the Indus Valley civilisation ("IVC ...
The Priest-King, in Pakistan often King-Priest, [1] is a small male figure sculpted in steatite found during the excavation of the ruined Bronze Age city of Mohenjo-daro in Sindh, now Pakistan, in 1925–26.
Danu (Sanskrit: दनु, IAST: Danu) is a Hindu primordial goddess.She is mentioned in the Rigveda to be the mother of the eponymous race known as the danavas.The word Danu described the primeval waters that this deity perhaps embodied.
The worship of Devi-like deities dates back to period of Indus Valley civilisation. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] The Devīsūkta of the Rigveda (10.125.1 to 10.125.8) is among the most studied hymns declaring that the ultimate reality is a goddess: [ 13 ] [ 14 ]
The two deities most mentioned in Rigveda are Indra and Agni, both male. [7] Surya is the third most revered god, again a male. [8] Each is mentioned, anywhere rain and fire is evoked. They are profusely praised, with ceremonies and prayers to all gods and goddesses symbolically organized around fire (Agni yajna). The hymns seek strengthening ...