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 Persian Religion (ancient) (International Standard Bible Encyclopedia) :: Bible Tools
In Persia Atar (or Fire) is a son of Ahura Mazda (Yasna LXIV, 46-53), as Agni (= Ignis) is of Tvashtri in the Rig-Veda.
Armaiti is Ahura Mazda's daughter, as Saranyu in the Rig-Veda is the daughter of Tvashtri, the "Creator." The use of gomez (bovis urina) for purification is common to both India and Persia.
Tvashtri again is creator of heaven and earth and of all beings, though his worship was ultimately in Vedic times displaced by that of Indra.
bibletools.org /index.cfm/fuseaction/Def.show/RTD/ISBE/ID/6822   (3338 words)

  
 Trisiras - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In Hinduism, Trisiras is the three-headed son of Tvashtri.
He was created by Tvashtri to dethrone Indra.
With one head, he ate; with another head, he observed his surroundings; with his last head, he read the Vedas.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Trisiras   (109 words)

  
 Trisiras
Trisiras was the son of the Brahman Tvashtri.
With one head he constantly read the Vedas, with the second he took in nourishment, and with the third he observed all that was happening around him.
Tvashtri was enraged by Indra's actions, and created the demon Vritra to avenge his son's death.
www.pantheon.org /articles/t/trisiras.html   (161 words)

  
 Tvashtri
Tvashtri is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
Tvashtri, Twashtri tvastr (Sanskrit) The divine artist and carpenter of the gods, father of the gods and of the sacred creative fire, and therefore equivalent to the Greek cosmic Demiurge.
Many of the functions ascribed in Hindu legend to Tvashtri are reminiscent of similar functions ascribed to the Greek Hephaestos or Latin Vulcan.
www.experiencefestival.com /tvashtri   (1076 words)

  
 Tvashtri   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Tvashtri was the son of Dyaus, making him a brother to Indra.
It was from Tvashtri that Indra got the soma that allowed him to defeat the demon Vritra.
Tvashtri created a bowl for the gods that constantly filled itself with soma.
www.geocities.com /instantkarma_sutra/tvashtri.html   (217 words)

  
 Tvashtri
Tvashtri is the artisan god of Hindu myth.
He created the moon to be the cup which held the divine drink Soma.
Tvashtri is also referred to as a Brahman who wished to dislodge Indra from his throne.
www.pantheon.org /articles/t/tvashtri.html   (160 words)

  
 MantraOnNet.com: The Jupiter
One of the effects of this evil karma was to incite Tvashtri, Vishvarupa's grief-stricken father, to create the gargantuan demon Vritra.
Tvashtri ordered Vritra to revenge Vishvarupa's death, and only with the greatest difficulty did Indra succeed at killing Vritra.
Since Vritra was the son of a Seer, his death was yet another evil karma, which required Indra to perform yet further penances while spending one thousand years caged within the fiber inside a lotus stalk blooming in a remote pond.
www.mantraonnet.com /saturn/jupiter.html   (1070 words)

  
 MantraOnNet.com: The Sun
The Twelve Adityas are Vivasvan, Aryama, Pushan, Tvashtri, Savitri, Bhaga, Dhata, Vidhata, Varuna, Mitra, Shakra, and Urukrama.
She then proceeded to her fathers house, where she complained to Tvashtri that life with the Sun was impossible due to his scorching rays.
When Tvashtri dutifully advised told her to return to her husband she chose instead to become a mare on Earth, and in that equine form began to perform severe penance, subsisting on dry grass alone, that she might come to withstand her husband's effulgence.
www.mantraonnet.com /saturn/sun.html   (2360 words)

  
 The Vendanta Sutras, Sankaracharya, comm.: First Adhyâya, First Pâda: I, 1, 30   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
By intuition of the same kind the rishi Vâmadeva reached the knowledge expressed in the words, 'I was Manu and Sûrya;' in accordance with the passage, 'Whatever deva was awakened (so as to know Brahman) he indeed became that' (Bri.
The death of Tvashtri's son and similar deeds are referred to, not to the end of glorifying Indra as the object of knowledge--in which case the sense of the passage would be, 'Because I accomplished such and such deeds, therefore know me'--but to the end of glorifying the cognition of the highest Self.
For this reason the text, after having referred to the slaying of Tvashtri's son and the like, goes on in the clause next following to exalt knowledge, 'And not one hair of me is harmed there.
www.ibiblio.org /sripedia/ebooks/sbe34/sbe34036.htm   (307 words)

  
 Tvashtri, Twashtri, tvastr: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary on Tvashtri, Twashtri, tvastr
The Tvashtri of the Vedas is synonymous with the Visvakarman of the Puranas.
For articles related to Tvashtri, Twashtri, tvastr, see: Tvashtri, Twashtri, tvastr, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul.
Definition of Tvashtri, Twashtri, tvastr is extracted from the home page of The Theosophical Society, International Headquarters, Pasadena, California.
www.experiencefestival.com /a/Tvashtri_Twashtri_tvastr/id/195574   (569 words)

  
 The Serene Dragon : India - Vritra / Vitra / Ahi / Vritrahan / Indra
Cataputha-Brahmana says that he was created by Tvashtri "of soma cast upon the fire; he grew thereafter an arrowshot in all directions until he had forced back the oceans and enveloped the worlds" (Source: Python pg 194.)
First, he took in all the waters of the cosmos, then wrapped himself around a mountain to rest.
Most of the gods ran away, but the hero Indra came along, bribed Agni and Soma to help him, and killed Vritra with thunder and lightning forged by Tvashtri, thus releasing the waters and sun (world order) back upon the earth.
www.theserenedragon.net /Tales/india-vritra.html   (299 words)

  
 Indra & the Dragon
He slew the Dragon, then freed the waters, and cleft the channels of the mountain torrents.
He slew the Dragon lying on the mountain: his heavenly bolt of thunder Tvashtri fashioned.
Like lowing kine in rapid flow descending the waters glided downward to the ocean.
library.flawlesslogic.com /indra_01.htm   (848 words)

  
 tenshi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Shugo Tenshi is an original anime series created by me, Tvashtri.
It is set in the year 2005, Yokohama, Japan.
© Tvashtri 1999-2001 (and counting!) Please don't steal any of my work or the work of any of the wonderful people who have and are helping me out with this wonderful project.
tvashtri.tripod.com /tmain.htm   (155 words)

  
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