I know they are 33 Gods already some people ask How many Gods? My Question is Who Are 33 Gods and their Roles?
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Eight Vasus (Deities of elements)
Dyaus : Sky
Prithivi : Earth
Vayu : Wind
Agni : Fire
Nakshatra : Stars
Antariksha : Space
Surya : Sun
Chandra : Moon
Twelve Adityas (personified deities)
Vishnu : The presever
Indra : Leader of other Adityas and god of clouds
Ansh : Due share
Aryaman : Nobility
Bhaag : Due inheritance
Dhatri : Ritual skill
Tvashtar : Skill in crafting
Mitra : Friendship
Pushan/Ravi : Prosperity
Savitra/Parjanya : Power of word
Surya/Vivasvan : Social law
Varun : Fate
Vaman : Cosmic law
(Adityas may vary).
Eleven Rudras (The five abstractions)
Ananda : Bliss
Vijnana : Knowledge
Manas : Thought
Prana : Breath or life
Vack : Speech
Five names of Śiva
Isana : Revealing grace
Tatpurusha : Concealing grace
Aghora : Dissolution/rejuvenation
Vamadeva : Preserving aspect
Sadyojata : Born at once
Atma : Self
And the last
- The two Ashwins : Twin solar deities.
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Human race is still not in a position to describe the super consciousness, to make it understandable atleast to some degree is defined by the term GOD, and so is its nature, that it cannot be conceived fully by mind or by words or writing or by any means, rather than everything can be used to describe about some of its attribute.
People, religion, etc to all, God appears in many forms, and those forms form the different numbers like 3,33, 33 crores etc, everything being the same truth. To realise this fully, one must go beyond mind, conciousness, or bhakti ..multiple levels, till then they appear as multiple to our small mind...
So as per Rigveda, 33 gods consists of the 12 Adityas, the 8 Vasus, the 11 Rudras and the 2 Ashvins.
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User anup has given the answer "So as per Rigveda, 33 gods consists of the 12 Adityas, the 8 Vasus, the 11 Rudras and the 2 Ashvins" but there is still a school of thought that says that there are 33,00,00,000 (thirty three crores)deities in Sanatana Dharma. Various scripture refer to 33 koti devi / devatas and 'koti' means crores (ten million=one crore). However another schoolof thought accept the Rig Vedic classification of gods into 33 gods comprising 12 Adityas, 8 Vasus, 11 Rudras and 2 Ashvinis.
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