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Vasu

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In Hinduism, the Vasus are attendant deities of Indra, and later Vishnu. [1]

36 relations: Agni, Anala, Anila, Ap (water), Ashvins, Âdityas, Bhishma, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, Carnatic music, Chandra, Dhara (deity), Dhruva, Dyaus (deity), Ganges in Hinduism, Hindu deities, Hinduism, Indra, List of Hindu deities, Mahabharata, Melakarta, Polaris, Prajapati, Prithvi, Raga, Ramayana, Rudras, Shantanu, Shatapatha Brahmana, Soma (drink), Surya, Svadhishthana, Thirty-three gods, Varuna, Vasishtha, Vayu, Vishnu.

Agni

Agni (अग्नि, Pali: Aggi, Malay: Api) is an Indian word meaning fire, and connotes the Vedic fire god of Hinduism.

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Anala

In Hinduism, Anala ("fire" in Sanskrit) is one of the Vasus, gods of the material world.

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Anila

Anila or Anil (Sanskrit: अनिल "wind") is one of the Vasus in Hinduism, gods of the elements of the cosmos.

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Ap (water)

Ap is the Vedic Sanskrit term for "water", which in Classical Sanskrit only occurs in the plural, 'Varuna' or (sometimes re-analysed as a thematic singular), whence Hindi.

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Ashvins

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Âdityas

In Hinduism, Âdityas (आदित्य Ādityá, pronounced), meaning "of Aditi", refers to the offspring of the goddess Aditi and her husband the sage Kashyapa.

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Bhishma

In the epic Mahabharata, Bhishma (Sanskrit: भीष्‍म) was well known for his pledge of Brahmacharya.The eighth son of Kuru King Shantanu and the goddess Ganga Bhishma was blessed with wish-long life and was related to both the Pandava and the Kaurava.

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Brihadaranyaka Upanishad

The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (बृहदारण्यक उपनिषद्) is one of the Principal Upanishads and one of the oldest Upanishadic scriptures of Hinduism.

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Carnatic music

Carnatic music, Karnāṭaka saṃgīta or Karnāṭaka saṅgītam is a system of music commonly associated with southern India, including the modern Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu, as well as Sri Lanka.

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Chandra

Chandra (चन्द्र, IAST: Candra, lit. "shining" or "moon")Graha Sutras By Ernst Wilhelm, Published by Kala Occult Publishers p.51 is a lunar deity and is also one of the nine planets (Navagraha) in Hinduism.

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Dhara (deity)

In Hinduism, Dharā (Sanskrit: धरा; Support) is one of the Vasus, gods of the physical cosmos.

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Dhruva

Dhruva (ध्रुव "constant, immovable, fixed") is a devotee of Vishnu mentioned in the Vishnu Purana and the Bhagavata Purana.

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Dyaus (deity)

(द्यौष्पितृ /, literally "Sky Father") is the "Father Heaven" deity of the Vedic pantheon, who appears in hymns with Prithvi Mata "Mother Earth" in the ancient scriptures of Hinduism.

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Ganges in Hinduism

In Hinduism, the river Ganges is considered sacred and is personified as the goddess Gaṅgā.

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Hindu deities

Hindu deities are the gods and goddesses in Hinduism.

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Hinduism

Hinduism is an Indian religion and dharma, or a way of life, widely practised in the Indian subcontinent.

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Indra

(Sanskrit: इन्द्र), also known as Devendra, is a Vedic deity in Hinduism, a guardian deity in Buddhism, and the king of the highest heaven called Saudharmakalpa in Jainism.

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List of Hindu deities

Hinduism is the dominant and native/original religion of the Indian subcontinent.

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Mahabharata

The Mahābhārata (महाभारतम्) is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India, the other being the Rāmāyaṇa.

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Melakarta

Mēḷakarta is a collection of fundamental musical scales (ragas) in Carnatic music (South Indian classical music).

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Polaris

Polaris, designated Alpha Ursae Minoris (Ursae Minoris, abbreviated Alpha UMi, UMi), commonly the North Star or Pole Star, is the brightest star in the constellation of Ursa Minor.

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Prajapati

Prajapati (IAST:, "lord of creation and protector") is a Vedic deity of Hinduism.

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Prithvi

Prithvi or Prithvi Mata (Sanskrit: पृथ्वी,, also) "the Vast One" is the Sanskrit name for the earth as well as the name of a devi (goddess) in Hinduism and some branches of Buddhism.

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Raga

A raga or raaga (IAST: rāga; also raag or ragam; literally "coloring, tingeing, dyeing") is a melodic framework for improvisation akin to a melodic mode in Indian classical music.

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Ramayana

Ramayana (रामायणम्) is an ancient Indian epic poem which narrates the struggle of the divine prince Rama to rescue his wife Sita from the demon king Ravana.

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Rudras

Rudras are forms and followers of the god Rudra-Shiva and make eleven of the Thirty-three gods in the Hindu pantheon.

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Shantanu

In the epic Mahabharata, Shantanu was a Kuru king of Hastinapura.

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Shatapatha Brahmana

The Shatapatha Brahmana (IAST:, "Brāhmaṇa of one hundred parts") is a prose text describing Vedic rituals, history and mythology associated with the Śukla Yajurveda.

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Soma (drink)

Soma (सोम) or haoma (Avestan) is a Vedic ritual drink of importance among the early Indians.

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Surya

Surya (सूर्य, IAST: ‘'Sūrya’') is a Sanskrit word that means the Sun.

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Svadhishthana

The lord of swadisthan chakra is Lord Bharamdev Swarasti Svadhishthana (स्वाधिष्ठान, IAST:, "one's own base"), or sacral chakra, is the second primary chakra according to Hindu Tantrism.

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Thirty-three gods

The Thirty-three deities (Sanskrit: trayastriṃśat) is a pantheon of Vedic deities, some of Vedic origin and some developed later.

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Varuna

Varuna (IAST: वरुण, Malay: Baruna) is a Vedic deity associated first with sky, later with waters as well as with Ṛta (justice) and Satya (truth).

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Vasishtha

Vasishtha (वसिष्ठ, IAST) is a revered Vedic sage in Hinduism.

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Vayu

Vāyu (Sanskrit) is a primary Hindu deity, the lord of the winds, the father of Bhima and the spiritual father of Hanuman.

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Vishnu

Vishnu (Sanskrit: विष्णु, IAST) is one of the principal deities of Hinduism, and the Supreme Being in its Vaishnavism tradition.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasu

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