Dumézil also suggests that Víðarr's spatiality is seen in the Vishnu of the Vedic traditions, both etymologically ( the < i > Vi </ i >- root ) and mythologically, citing the story of Bali and Vishnu.

** Vishvakarman in Vedic mythology, responsible for the creation of the universe ( while in later Puranic period, Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva are for creation, maintenance and destruction, respectively )

The most ancient Vedic devas included Indra, Agni, Soma, Varuna, Mitra, Savitri, Rudra, Prajapati, Vishnu, Aryaman, and the ashvins.

Deborah Soifer, a scholar who worked on texts in relation to Narasimha, believes that " the traits basic to Vishnu in the Veda remain central to Vishnu in his avataras " and points out, however, that: " we have virtually no precursors in the Vedic material for the figure of a man-lion, and only one phrase that

Also, he supports the whole world, a role which has been assigned to Lord Vishnu in later Vedic pantheon.

Traditionally ghee is always made from cow's ( considered sacred ) milk ग ो घ ृ त go-ghṛta ) and is a sacred requirement in Vedic yajña and homa ( fire sacrifices ), through the medium of Agni ( fire ) to offer oblations to Vishnu ( God ).

It is sincerely believed by the Vaishnavism a sect of ancient Vedic Hindu religion, that Aadi Sesha the divine snake over which God Vishnu resides took incarnation as Lakshmana, later as the great Vaishnavaitic saint and philosopher Sri Ramanuja, later once again as Sri Manavala Mamunigal as he is the embodiment of ultimate service to lord Almighty Sriman Narayana

The Bhagavata Purana entails the fully developed tenets and philosophy of the Bhagavata tradition wherein Krishna gets fused with Vasudeva and transcends Vedic Vishnu and cosmic Hari to be turned into the ultimate object of bhakti.

Kapila () was a Vedic sage and an incarnation of Supreme Godhead Vishnu, credited as one of the founders of the Samkhya school of philosophy.

The Dhruva-stuti as mentioned in the Vishnu Purana is an extended version of the Vedic Purusha sukta and is quite different from the Dhruva-stuti of Bhagavata Purana.

A bas-relief on a sculpted cliff has an image of Shiva and a shrine dedicated to Vishnu, indicating the growing importance of these Sangam period deities and a weakening of the roles of Vedic gods such as Indra and Soma.

However, he was very religious, was respectful to priests and performed Vedic Aswamedha ritual to enlarge his kingdom and like his grandfather ( Prahlada ), was one of the greatest devotees of Lord Vishnu on Earth as he sacrificed his kingdom for the Lord.

The Bhāgavata includes many stories well known in Vedic tradition, including the various avatars of Vishnu and the life of Krishna.

The exact nature of both Vishnu and Shiva ( from their associated stories in Vedic and Puranic scriptures ), and their position of difference or unity ( or both ), is a subject of some debate amongst the different philosophical schools.

Despite relative silence of the earlier Vedic sources, the features of Bhagavatism and principles of monotheism of Bhagavata school unfolding described in the Bhagavad Gita as viewed as an example of the belief that Vasudeva-Krishna is not an avatar of the Vedic Vishnu, but is the Supreme.

The Bhagavata Purana entails the fully developed tenets and philosophy of the Bhagavata cult whereis Krishna gets fused with Vasudeva and transcends Vedic Vishnu and cosmic Hari to be turned into the ultimate object of bhakti.

At some stage during the Vedic period, Vasudeva and Krishna became one deity or three distinct deities Vasudeva-Krishna, Krishna-Gopala and Narayana, all become identified with Vishnu.

It is a tradition of the historical Vedic religion and is distinguished from other historic schools later forming the Vaishnavism by its primary worship of Vishnu, later identified as the source of all Avatars.

The principal belief of Vishnuism is the identification of Vishnu as supreme or principal worship of him as was the case in the Historical Vedic times.

According to Roy, the Narasimha-Sharabha encounter may be a shaivite version of Vedic tale of Vishnu piercing the boar.

Smarta Sampradaya ( Smarta Tradition, as it is termed in Sanskrit ) is a liberal or nonsectarian denomination of the Vedic Hindu religion which accepts all the major Hindu deities as forms of the one Brahman, in contrast to Vaishnavism, Shaivism, and Shaktism, the other three major Hindu sects, which revere Vishnu, Shiva, and Shakti, respectively, as the Supreme Being.

In the Iliad, Apollo is the healer under the gods, but he is also the bringer of disease and death with his arrows, similar to the function of the terrible Vedic god of disease Rudra.

When written in Devanagari, Vedic Sanskrit has an alphabet of 53 letters, including the visarga mark for final aspiration and special letters for kš and jñ, though one of the letters is theoretical and not actually used.

The ancient Indian philosophy is a fusion of two ancient traditions: Sramana tradition and Vedic tradition.

In the Vedic view, creation is ascribed to the self-consciousness of the primeval being ( Purusha ).

Likewise a popular Hindu ritual form of worship of North Malabar in Kerala, India is the Tabuh Rah blood offering to Theyyam gods, despite being forbidden in the Vedic philosophy of sattvic Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism, Theyyam deities are propitiated through the cock sacrifice where the religious cockfight is a religious exercise of offering blood to the Theyyam gods.

Celibacy, termed brahmacharya in Vedic scripture, is the fourth of the yamas and the word literally translated means " dedicated to the Divinity of Life ".

Agni is a Hindu and Vedic deity.

Agni is one of the most important of the Vedic gods.

Ap () is the Vedic Sanskrit term for water, in Classical Sanskrit occurring only in the plural is not an element. v, ( sometimes re-analysed as a thematic singular, ), whence Hindi.

Together with the Gandhara grave culture and the Ochre Coloured Pottery culture, it is considered by some scholars a nucleus of Vedic civilization.

Cremation in India is first attested in the Cemetery H culture, considered the formative stage of Vedic civilization.

It is rooted in Indoeuropean * d ( e ) y ( e ) w, meaning bright sky or daylight, from which also derived the name of Vedic god Dyaus and the Latin deus, ( god ) and dies ( day, daylight ).

According to Dumezil the forerunner of all frame gods is an Indian epic hero who was the image ( avatar ) of the Vedic god Dyaus.

The idea of rta laid the cornerstone of dharma's implicit attribution to the " ultimate reality " of the surrounding universe, in classical Vedic Hinduism the following verse from the Rig-Veda is an example where rta is mentioned:

Eos is cognate to Vedic Sanskrit ' Ushas ' and Latin Aurora, both goddesses of dawn, and all three considered derivatives of a PIE stem * H₂ewsṓs (→ * Ausṓs ), " dawn ", a stem that also gave rise to Proto-Germanic * Austrō, Old Germanic Ôstara and Old English Ēostre / Ēastre.

Among its direct roots is the historical Vedic religion of Iron Age India and, as such, Hinduism is often called the " oldest living religion " or the " oldest living major religion " in the world.

Gandhara is the name of an ancient Hindu kingdom from the Vedic period and its capital city located between the Hindukush and Sulaiman Mountains ( mountains of Solomon ), although Kandahar in modern times and the ancient Gandhara are not geographically identical.

The idea of a subterranean realm is also mentioned in the Vedic texts such as the Puranas, according to one story in the Puranas there is an ancient city called Shamballa which is located inside the earth, the belief in Shamballa as a city inside the earth is also found in Tibetan Buddhism.

The Vedic literature, Srimad-Bhagavatam, reject from its very beginning kaitava-dharma or false philosophy, thus it frankly speaks about the principle of material life, and it does have a meaningful relation to celibacy.

" According to Vedic principles, the first part of life should be utilized in brahmacarya for the development of character and spiritual qualities.

Daena should not be confused with the fundamental principle asha ( Vedic rta ), the equitable law of the universe, which governed the life of the ancient Indo-Iranians.

It promotes a Vedic way of life.

The Atharva Veda, representing an independent tradition markedly different from the other three Vedas, is a rich source parallel to the Vedic traditions of the Rig, Sam and Yajur Vedas, containing detailed descriptions of various kinds of magical rituals for different results ranging from punishing enemies, to acquisition of wealth health, long life, or a good harvest.

Agni is the god of fire in the Vedic pantheon, and symbolically represents the spiritual fire of life and the processes of transformation.

By teaching the insights of the Vedic literature which deals with all aspects of life including spirituality, philosophy, yoga, religion, rituals, temples, arts and culture, music, dance, grammar, pronunciation, metre, astrology, astronomy, logic, law, medicine, surgery, technology, martial arts, military strategy, etc.

Later on, Chopra explained yoga as rooted in " consciousness alone " which is a universal, non-sectarian eternal wisdom of life expounded by Vedic rishis long before historic Hinduism ever arose.

He argued that the practice had no Vedic standing and only God could take a life he had given.

Another common usage denotes the life stage of brahmacharya within the Vedic ashram system.

Vanaprastha ashram is the stage of life in the Vedic ashram system, when a person one gradually withdraws from the world.

This word is generally used to denote a particular phase of life in the Vedic ashram system when a person is between the ages of 50 and 74.

In the Vedic period, the Brahmins preferred isolation and solely dedicated their life to propagating knowledge and Dharma.

In Vedic astrology Rahu is seen as an asura or demon who does his best to plunge any area of life he controls into chaos, mystery, and cruelty.

They follow Vedic Sanskriti and Ayurved in their day to day life and believe in Vedic rituals.

In his book, Tritiya-Prakriti: People of the Third Sex, Vaishnava monk Amara Das Wilhelm demonstrates how ancient expressions of Hinduism accommodated homosexual and transgender persons much more positively than we see in India today: " Early Vedic teachings stressed responsible family life and asceticism but also tolerated different types of sexualities within general society.

He spent a large part of his Purvashrama life teaching Sanskrit and the ancient Vedic texts to children.

The four pāda denote the four goals of life according to the Vedic tradition, namely, Dharma, Artha, Kāma, and Mokṣa.

His works as the self-taught artist are reflective of dedication of his life to the " study of Vedic literature and the teachings of the spiritual tradition ".

Buddhist architecture emerged slowly in the period following the Buddha ’ s life, building on Brahmanist Vedic models, but incorporating specifically Buddhist symbols.

A Vedic sage emphasized that the basis of happy and fulfilling married life is the sense of unity, intimacy and love between husband and wife.

(...) if the Vedic literature reflects primarily the village life and not the urban life, it does not at all surprise us .".