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Write brief essay on: The Vedic Gods of the terrestrial region.
- UPSC 1993
- Aryans and Vedic Period
Rigvedic theology classified its thirty-three principal deities into three spatial tiers corresponding to the layered Vedic cosmos — the earth (Prithvisthaniya), the intermediate atmosphere (Antarikshasthaniya), and the sky or heavens (Dyusthaniya). The terrestrial tier — comprising Prithvi, Agni, Soma, Brihaspati, and the river goddesses — is the least populous and least hymned of the three,…
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- Prithvi: The Earth as Goddess
- Agni: Fire as Priest and Intermediary
- Soma: The Deified Plant and Ritual Drink
- Brihaspati: Lord of Sacred Speech
- Rivers and the Wider Terrestrial Company
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