Vedic Mythology c8.s1.4

c8.s1.4

Vṛtra has a hidden (*ninya*) abode, whence the waters, when released by Indra, escape overflowing the demon (1, 32¹⁰). Vṛtra lies on the waters (1, 121¹¹; 2, 11¹⁹) or enveloped by waters at the bottom (*budhna*) of the *rajas* or aerial space (1, 52⁶). He is also described as lying on a summit (*sānu*), when Indra made the waters to flow (1, 80⁵), or as having been cast down by Indra from lofty heights (8, 3¹⁹). Vṛtra has fortresses, which Indra shatters when he slays him (10, 89⁷) and which are ninety-nine in number (7, 19⁵; 8, 82²).