A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature, so far as it illustrates the Primitive Religion of the Brahmans c11.81
A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature, so far as it illustrates the Primitive Religion of the Brahmans c11.81
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Indra, one of the principal gods of the Veda, is likewise invoked, together with the Ādityas, as a god who may pardon sin. “Whatever sin we have committed against you²,” the poet says, “let us obtain, O Indra, the broad safe light of day; let not the long darkness come upon us!” Indra is clearly conceived as a moral being in the following verse (Rv. viii. 21. 14.):
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- Ṛgvedasaṃhitā — Sanskrit