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Britannica 11th

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Britannica 11th

ASVINS, in Hindu mythology, twin deities of light. After Indra, Agni and Soma, they are the most prominent divinities in the Rig- Veda, and have more than fifty entire hymns addressed to them. Their exact attributes are obscure. They appear to be the spirits o ...

Vol. 2, pp. 821-821 OCR text aligned to scanned pages Relevance 330.0

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