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Vritra
Sign in to saveVritra (, , ) is a danava in Hinduism. He serves as the personification of drought, and is an adversary of the king of the devas, Indra. As a danava, he belongs to the race of the asuras. Vritra is also known in the Vedas as Ahi ( ). He appears as a human-like serpent blocking the course of the Rigvedic rivers, and is slain by Indra with his newly forged vajra.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Hindu
- Deity.deity_of
- Personification of drought
- Deity.father
- Tvashtr
- Deity.mother
- Danu
- Deity.affiliation
- Asura
- Deity.Indo european_equivalent
- H₂n̥gʷʰis
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Vritra (, , ) is a danava in Hinduism. He serves as the personification of drought, and is an adversary of the king of the devas, Indra. As a danava, he belongs to the race of the asuras. Vritra is also known in the Vedas as Ahi ( ). He appears as a human-like serpent blocking the course of the Rigvedic rivers, and is slain by Indra with his newly forged vajra.
==Etymology==