Vishvedes ( Skt. विश्वेदेवाः , viśve-devāḥ IAST “All-Gods”) - a group of Vedic deities . In the Rigveda , more than 40 hymns are dedicated to them (according to Griffith - 70) [1] .
According to the Rig Veda 3.54.17 they are headed by Indra :
 | Great is your sweet name, O poets, (It) after all (in that) O gods, that all of you are enclosed in Indra [2] . |  |
In anthems dedicated to the All-Gods, the opposition of virgins and asuras is not manifested, virgins are mentioned together with asuras, such as Mithra and Varuna .
Later, in Hinduism , the All-Gods become one of the nine Ganadevat (“gatherings of the gods”), along with the Adityas , Vasu , Tushits , Abkhaswaras , Anilas , Maharajiks , Sadhyas and Rudras . According to Vishnu Purana, the All-Gods were the sons of Vishva, the daughter of Daksha, and were called by the following names: 1. Vasu 2. Sathya 3. Kratu 4. Daksha 5. Kala 6. Kama 7. Dhrti 8. Kura 9. Pururavas 10. Maduravas, to which some also add: 11. Rochak or Locana and 12. Dhvani Dhuri.
Sometimes it is not clear whether the word visvedevas refers to all the gods, as in the Rig Veda, or only to a specific group, as in the Puranas .
Probably, such a union as the All-Gods existed even during the Indo-Iranian unity, as the expression of the deva vispis “all gods” is found in the Avesta .
See also
- Aditya
- Gods of the Rigveda
- Ghana
Notes
- ↑ Rig Veda 1.89, 3.54-56, 4.55, 5.41-51, 6.49-52, 7.34-37, 39, 40, 42, 43, 8.27-30, 58, 83 10.31, 35, 36, 56, 57, 61 -66, 92, 93, 100, 101, 109, 114, 126, 128, 137, 141, 157, 165, 181.
- ↑ Rigveda. Mandala III. Anthems: 54 ... 62 (translation by Elizarenkova )
Links
- Vishvedeva // Mythological Dictionary / Ch. ed. E. M. Meletinsky . - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia , 1990 .-- 672 p.
- Aurobindo Ashviny-Indra-Vishvadeva // The Secret of the Veda