Étiquette : Rig Veda translation
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INDRA AND THE WATER WARS
Vritra blocks the waters, Shushna desiccates the fields, the Panis steal the Light: Indra is the liberating force. A close reading of Vedic water myths
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THE MARUTS AND CLIMATE DISRUPTION
The Maruts — deified winds and storms — describe with striking precision what climate disruption is doing to our world. A Vedic decipherment
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RECITATION AND COLLECTIVE MEMORY IN THE RIG VEDA
The Rig Veda was transmitted orally for 4,000 years without a single book. A close reading of Vedic memorisation techniques and collective recitation
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THE MARUTS — WIND ENERGY DEIFIED
In the Vedic pantheon, the Maruts occupy a singular place. They are not a single god but a troop — a band of fierce, roaring, impetuous young gods who travel together on their blazing chariots and shake the world in their wake. Their name itself says it: « those who cause death » — the winds. But…
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THE ASHVAMEDHA — THE HORSE SACRIFICE AND POLITICAL POWER IN THE RIG VEDA
n the Rig Veda, the Ashvamedha is not an instrument of conquest — it is an act of total redistribution. A close reading of hymns 1.162 and 1.163.
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PŪṢAN — TRAVEL AND HERDS DEIFIED
Pūṣan is travel deified — guardian of paths, protector of herds, gruel-eater with a goat chariot. A close reading in Hervé Le Bévillon’s translation
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ARYAMAN — NOBILITY OF THE PATH DEIFIED
Aryaman is nobility of action deified — the principle that clears paths, unites strangers, presides over marriages. A close reading in Hervé Le Bévillon’s translation
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VĀC: THE WORD AS CREATIVE FORCE
In the Rig Veda, the Word pre-exists the gods and sustains them. A close reading of hymn 10.125 and the four levels of speech, in Hervé Le Bévillon’s translation
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PARJANYA: THE GOD OF RAIN AND FECUNDITY
Parjanya is the celestial bull who fertilizes the Earth through rain. A close reading of hymns 5.83 and 7.101-103 in Hervé Le Bévillon’s translation
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VASIṢṬHA AND VIŚVĀMITRA: THE GREAT VEDIC RIVALRY
Two rishis, two mandalas, one war. The rivalry between Vasiṣṭha and Viśvāmitra is the first historically documented conflict in human memory.
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