[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Religion and philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion) › [The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908) › c9.90 # The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads) c9.90 The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads) c9.90 - **Language:** English ### [c9.90](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c9.90) Now it is true that the emergence of spring from winter is sometimes treated poetically as a battle. We can understand this much better in a north country like Sweden where the conflict is hard and long. Even there these phenomena seem hardly to suggest so fierce and Herculean a contest as that which is supposed to take place between Indra and the frost giant Vritra: - [Previous: c9.89](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c9.89) - [Next: c9.91](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c9.91) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c9.90](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c9.90) · Pramāṇa