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Journeys into Vedic Thought
Long-form, researched essays on the deities, language, ritual and history of the Rig Veda. All free to read.
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The Boundless Mother: Aditi and the Adityas
Aditi is named for what she is not: a-diti, 'un-bound,' the limitless. A sourced reading of the Vedic mother-goddess whose very name is a negation, and her sovereign sons.
Varuna and the Order of Things: Sin and Rita in the Rig Veda
Varuna watches through unseen spies, binds the guilty with his noose, and guards rita, the order of the cosmos. A sourced reading of the Rig Veda's most moral god.
When Speech Speaks: Vac and the Devi Sukta (RV 10.125)
In RV 10.125 the goddess Vac, Speech herself, talks in the first person and claims to hold the gods together. A sourced reading of the Vedic philosophy of language.