The heroic deeds of Indra
Songs to Indra the Golden, foremost of the Rigvedic gods
Many readers have written in, asking that we look at the suktas of the Rigveda. I feel it is appropriate to begin with the hymns to Indra, foremost of the Rigvedic gods. I have not, and do not intend to, translate any of the suktas themselves. My reason for this is twofold:
first, at least two complete English translations of the Rigveda, by scholars fa…
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