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Friday, February 07, 2025

the Hindu concept of God



the Hindu concept of God and comparable ideas in othe religion are worth mentioning here..
In Hinduism we have Single God.. supreme God ideas.. like triumverate standing each alone,
or the Parabrahmam or parmatma.. 
and the functional gods like Indra of thrunderbolt, Varuna of seas, Agni of fire, Vayu of Air, Aryama of manes, Ashwins of medicines and so on and so forth. Then there are supreme female Deities Like Shakthi, Durga, Saraswath, Lakshmi etc, and also Indrani, Swadhaa, Swaahaa, Vaarunee, Usha, Sandhya.. etc.. We can call the Divine power collectively manifested as God.. or we can define various functional aspects and define various Gods according to their functions. The Vedic religion of Yajnas and sacrifices depended more on the Gods of the Indra, Soma, Surya, Pushan, Agni, Yama, Varuna.. Group.. Vishnu, Brahma and Shiva also find place in that era but not in their Glory which they assumed later.. One Vedic God who was very potent was Garuda or Taarskhsya, who was relegated to subordinate satus later.. The personal Gods of worship like Shiva, Ganesha, Kuamara and ambika group, and Surya Vishnu and his incarnation like Rama, Krihna, Narasimha all evolved in a subsequent period of Hinduism.. temple-idol dominated, and more participative whereas the Vedic Gods took yajnabhaagams from the Brahmins who performed the Yaagas.. Later on demi-gods, saints and savants also joined the fray.. and now we have babas gurujis, prabhupadas, ammas, and so on and so forth.. The evolution of our religion is dynamic.. and the process continues.. Ideas may vary from time to time and place to place, but it is a catholic pluralism..

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