The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v1.c4.8

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8. The Great Gods—Celestial . . . . . . . 95 § 1. Dyaus the Father . . . . . . . 95 § 2. Varuṇa, Mitra, and the Ādityas . . . . . . 96 § 3. Sūrya, Savitṛ, and Pūṣan . . . . . . . 104 § 4. Viṣṇu . . . . . . . . 108 § 5. Vivasvant . . . . . . . . 112 § 6. The Açvins . . . . . . . . 113 § 7. The Goddess Dawn . . . . . . . 119 § 8. The Moon . . . . . . . . 122
9. The Great Gods—Aerial . . . . . . . 124 § 1. Indra . . . . . . . . 124 § 2. Trita Āptya . . . . . . . 134 § 3. Apāṁ Napāt . . . . . . . 135 § 4. Ahi Budhnya . . . . . . . 136 § 5. Aja Ekapād . . . . . . . 137 § 6. Mātariçvan . . . . . . . . 138 § 7. Vāyu and Vāta . . . . . . . 139 § 8. Parjanya . . . . . . . . 140 § 9. The Waters . . . . . . . . 141 § 10. Rudra . . . . . . . . 142 § 11. The Maruts or Rudras . . . . . . . 150
10. The Great Gods—Terrestrial . . . . . . . 154 § 1. Agni . . . . . . . . 154 § 2. Bṛhaspati and other forms of Agni . . . . . 162 § 3. The God Soma . . . . . . . 166 § 4. The Rivers . . . . . . . . 172 § 5. The Earth . . . . . . . . 174 § 6. The Sea . . . . . . . . 174
11. The Minor Gods of Nature . . . . . . . 176 § 1. The Ṛbhus and the Ṛtus . . . . . . 176 § 2. The Gandharvas and Apsarases . . . . . . 179 § 3. Spirits of the Forest, the Trees, the Plants . . . . 184 § 4. Spirits of Agriculture, Pasture, and the Mountains . . . 186 § 5. Deities of the House . . . . . . . 188 § 6. Divine Implements . . . . . . . 188 § 7. Divine Animals . . . . . . . 189 § 8. Totemism . . . . . . . . 195 § 9. The lesser Nature Goddesses . . . . . . 197 § 10. Constellations and Time Periods . . . . . 200 12. Abstract Deities and Sondergötter . . . . . 203 § 1. The nature of Abstract Deities . . . . 203 § 2. Tvaṣṭṛ and other Agent Gods . . . . 204 § 3. The Creator Gods . . . . . 206 § 4. Subjective Deities . . . . . 210 § 5. Deified states or conditions . . . . 211 § 6. Aditi and Diti . . . . . 215 § 7. The wives of the Gods . . . . 218