Did he really smite all of those swarthies just because he didn't like them?
no he smote them because he was a steppenigger who shit in the fields, and he hated the advanced indus valley folks who had running water and flush toilets
>>18493138Yes, that's what RV mentions.
>>18493138Indra is non-Indo-European god, James.Stop stealing our culture.Why do Europe want to appropriate our culture? Where is your indra?
>>18493154>Indra is non-Indo-European godAccording to?>Stop stealing our culture.modern hundism isn't synonymous with ancient vedic religion. We're dealing here with two differents traditions.>Why do Europe want to appropriate our culture? Where is your indra?? Anyway, "your culture" arrived in india with Indo-Europeans in 1500 BCE, who came from europe.
>>18493154Sanskrit is literally an Indo-European language, only retards like dispute this.
>>18493162There's no evidence for any migration or invasion. Modern scholarship suggests the name originated at theBactria–Margiana Archaeological Complexwhere the Aryans lived before settling in India. Its a IVC/iran_N God
>>18493168Who said the otherwise?
>>18493154>Where is your indra?Simple. The Greek called him Zeus, the Romans called him Jupiter, the Norse called him Thor, and the Slavs called him Perun.
>>18493138yes, subjugating the dark hell-spawned demons is of course righteous and necessary for the preservation of the light of God.
>>18493170>Modern scholarshipFor example? >suggests the name originated at the Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex First of all: "bmac" wasn't some kind of unified people who spoke the same language. It was just a complex of independent city-states. We have absolutely no idea what kind of languages "they" actually spoke back then. Many of these "bmac borrowed words" are at very least, nebulous. Indra has Indo-European roots.
>>18493138Swarthi as selfish people (from svārtha, self-interest)?
Selfish people are not helping the universe, because they don't care about helping people and beings.
>>18493138The fortified citadel palace that Lord Indra destroyed according to Rig Vedic myth existed in south of the Amu Darya River in Northern Afghanistan's Jozjan Province. It had 3 concentric wall(tripura) layouts.Modern Indologists have identified that Dasa fort with Dashly-3.Dasa btfo
>>18493138In the Vedas and Puranas, Indra represents more than a personality. He is often the cosmic force that protects order (dharma) against forces of chaos, arrogance, greed, drought, or obstruction. Many beings he fights, like Vritra and certain asuras, symbolize tendencies that block the flow of life, light, rain, truth, or sacrifice.But Hindu scriptures also portray Indra himself as imperfect at times: jealous, fearful of losing power, reactive, attached to status.So the tradition does not present him as an absolute moral perfection in the same way later bhakti traditions present Krishna or Rama. Indra is a deva within the cosmic drama, still operating inside duality and karma.From a spiritual perspective, "smashing the swarthi" can also be read symbolically: the destruction of selfishness, the breaking of egoic pride, the removal of inner obstruction to truth.In that reading, the enemy is not people themselves, but selfish consciousness.
>>18493154The name Indra is probably non-IE though
>>18493212The name Indra is explained here: https://www.ssssahitya.org/vahinis/sathya-sai-vahini/the-one-alone
>>18493214>Hindu siteNice source retardBTW modern Hindus don't even worship Indra. Maybe his name gets invoked if they're using part of some Vedic text but there's no community of Indra worshipers today.>In post-Vedic texts, Indra is depicted as an intoxicated hedonistic god. His importance declines, and he evolves into a minor deity in comparison to others in the Hindu pantheon, such as Vishnu, Shiva, or Devi. In Hindu texts, Indra is some times known as an aspect (avatar) of Shiva.[58]
>>18493210The sad fact is that retards on this website try to treat the RV slokas as real historical events, and not just utterings from ancient rishis.
are there any statues or images from vedic times of any vedic deity?
>>18493283The Vedic religion was aniconistic. Their rituals were done around a fire and focused more on vocal worship. Humanoid idols were a later introduction.
>>18493296sounds gay
>>18493301Yes, you are gay as well.
>>18493296Sources? Your guru?
>>18493296But the Vedic gods were personal and possessed clearly human characteristics and personalities; I don't believe we are dealing here with a culture that viewed its gods in an abstract and anthropomorphic way.
>>18493296No. They had temples
>>18493372Vedics were barely urbanThis is how they used to worship
>>18493472>that picWhy are you so ignorant? Is it on purpose? The Vedic peoples had temples and some villages/settlements. They weren't like the Scythians or the Mongols. Furthermore, some verses briefly mention plowing the land.
>>18493635>The Vedic peoples had templesThey didn't though. Post something from the Vedas that mention temples, not yajna altars.
>>18493641They did see>>18493635And also some Temples.You lost again
>>18493767>>18493635Also, to humiliate you againFrom Jaiminīya Brāhmaṇa 3.331(= Jaiminīya Upaniṣad-Brāhmaṇa 1.35.7):>In accordance with this the two ends of a train (grā́ma) join together. In accordance with this the two ends of a necklace join together. In accordance with this a snake lies taking its coils about it.So, there's Literary Evidence for Permanent Vedic Settlements (Rau, Wilhelm) and Grā́ma, a train of herdsmen roaming about with cattle, ox-carts, and chariots in search of fresh pastures and boot.They weren't Scythians or Mongols
>>18493778And also check RV 1.110.10 and 10.27.19. on the other hand, 10.127.5 and 10.149.4 point to a settlement, which is not incompatible with my posts.See pic: a settlement (village) is unimaginable. many vedic instances are similarly clear. the "village" sense is sometimes found in vedic prose.Their andronovo ancestors had large settlements and even cities.
>>18493767>>18493778>>18493781Where's the references to temples?
>>18493767Vedics settlement of the Kuru-Panchala region was mainly concentrated in the Northwest.
>>18493786The argument was that they didn't have settlements, but they did. You missed the point miserably, and regarding temples, that obviously corresponds to settlements. And here are the temples:The Gṛhyasūtras detail family ceremonies and the process of building a dwelling.Havja: Rites of passage (births, marriages, etc.) performed by the head of the family. Its over, anon.Also, if you read the Satapata Brahmana, they use different terms to distinguish "profane" dwellings from "cultic" (religious) constructions. These ritualistic huts signify something.
>>18493807>and regarding temples, that obviously corresponds to settlements.What? No it doesn't.>The Gṛhyasūtras detail family ceremonies and the process of building a dwelling.>Havja: Rites of passage (births, marriages, etc.) performed by the head of the family.WHERE ARE THE TEMPLES?
>>18493218>I'll get my information about Hindus from a Western sourceTell me you're not this dumb.
> Many beings he fights, like Vritra and certain asuras, symbolize tendencies that block the flow of life, light, rain, truth, or sacrifice.It's a record of the Sub-Boreal drought around 3200 BC which affected the Cucuteni–Trypillia culture around modern day Ukraine / Romania, forcing them to abandon their cities and agriculture and become steppe pastoralists... The Yamnaya.The river names in the region Dnieper, Dniester, Don, Danube are why the goddess Danu is related to the serpent. (the rivers are obviously the serpents which dried up in the drought).>>18493172The Canaanites called him Baal, and later Yahweh.
>>18493138I always wondered why Indra didn't have a hammer. Most of the related western thunder gods have something resembling a neolithic stone hand axe. Meanwhile, Indra, Zeus and Marduk have three pronged thunderbolt throwing devices.
>>18493369Yes, but one of the primary visuals for Shiva in Hinduism has long used aniconism. Again, Vedic rituals were mainly about the deities imbuing themselves within you, and are often refered to a "sons" of the sacrificer.
