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    deities. However, historically, their role in Hinduism is varied and at times, the distinction between the danavas and Hindu deities is complex and they are...
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  • Look up Danava in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Danava may refer to: Danava (Hinduism), a race of people in Vedic mythology Danava dynasty, a mythological...
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    Vritra (redirect from Ahi (Hinduism))
    ˈtrɐ]) is a danava in Hinduism. He serves as the personification of drought, and is an adversary of the king of the devas, Indra. As a danava, he belongs...
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    Luchtaine the wright Crédne the craftsman Æsir Anunnaki Aos Sí Danava (Hinduism), Danavas were also banished from heaven like Tuatha Dé Danann Devas Sliabh...
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    horse-headed avatar of Vishnu. The purpose of this incarnation was to slay a danava also named Hayagriva (A descendant of Kashyapa and Danu), who had the neck...
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    Ravana (category Danavas)
    Ravana's perspective in a modern setting. Asura Bull Demon King Daitya Danava (Hinduism) Keibu Keioiba Raksasa "Ravana". Random House Webster's Unabridged...
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    asuras (vedic demons) or/and Danavas. Edelmann states that the dichotomies present in the Puranas literature of Hinduism are symbolism for spiritual concepts...
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    Persian Sea and the Puitika with the Gulf of Oman. Ap (water) Arche Danava (Hinduism) Danu (Asura) Erlik Firmament Heh (god) Heryshaf Rasā Samudra Sea (astronomy)...
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  • eponymous race known as the danavas. The word Danu described the primeval waters that this deity perhaps embodied. In later Hinduism, she is described as the...
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    Asura (redirect from Asura (Hinduism))
    called Adityas and are led by Varuna, while the malevolent ones are called Danavas and are led by Vritra.:  4  In the earliest layer of Vedic texts Agni,...
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