![]() ![]() The hunt of a boar using dogs is also referred to. Even Vishnu is described to have slew a boar. In the scripture, the god Rudra is called the "boar of the sky". However, the Rigveda does not hint at the classical legend of the rescue of the earth by the boar. The 14th century Vedic commentator Sayana states the Taittiriya Samhita (6.2.4) elaborates the Rigveda version. Arthur Berriedale Keith also agrees with Macdonell interpreting the mountain as a cloud and the slaying as an alternate version of the annihilation of the asura Vritra by Indra. Vishnu, aided by the god Indra, steals hundred buffaloes from a boar (identified Vritra by Macdonell based on verse 1.121.11) Indra - shooting across a mountain slays the emusha ("fierce") beast. Īrthur Anthony Macdonell traces the origins of the Varaha legend to two verses (1.61.7 and 8.66.10) of the Rigveda, the oldest Veda. ![]() ![]() Two other avatars of Vishnu - Matsya (the fish) and Kurma (the tortoise) were also equated with Prajapati, before being described as forms of Vishnu in later traditions. Varaha is originally described as a form of Prajapati (equated with Brahma), but evolved into the avatar of Vishnu in later Hindu scriptures. The origin of Varaha is found in the Vedas, the oldest Hindu scriptures. Legends and scriptural references Vedic origins ģrd century sandstone Varaha sculpture with his consort Bhumi, Art of Mathura, housed in LACMA. The word literally means "the animal that makes a peculiar nasal sound in respiration" in the Bhagavata Purana, Varaha is referred to Sukara, when he is born from the god Brahma's nostril. The god Varaha is also called referred by the epithet sukara ( Sanskrit सूकर, sūkara), meaning 'wild boar', which also used in the Rigveda (e.g. The Vedic group of Angirases are called varahas or collectively a varahavah. Yaska mentions a third meaning of the word varaha. Later the rain-relationship led the connotation of the term evolve into vara-aharta, which means "bringer of good things" (rain), which also mentioned by Yaska. ![]() The word also means "rain cloud" and is symbolic in some Rigvedic hymns, such as Vedic demon Vritra being called a varaha in Rigvedic verses 1.61.7 and 10.99.6, and Soma's epithet being a varaha in 10.97.7. The word varaha is found in the Rigveda, for example, in its verses such as 1.88.5, 8.77.10 and 10.28.4 where it means "wild boar". Īs per Yaska, the boar is a beast that "tears up the roots, or he tears up all the good roots" is thus called varaha. The Monier-Williams dictionary states that the root √hr means "'to offer/present', 'to outdo, eclipse, surpass', 'to enrapture, charm, fascinate', and 'to take away or remove evil or sin'" and also "to take away, carry off, seize, deprive of, steal, rob". The Sanskrit grammarian and etymologist Yaska (circa 300 BCE) states that the word varaha originates from the root √hr. The deity Varaha derives its name from the Sanskrit word varāha ( Devanagari: वराह, varāha) meaning "boar" or "wild boar". His consort, Bhudevi, the personified Earth, is often depicted as a young woman, lifted by Varaha. Varaha may be depicted as completely a boar or in an anthropomorphic form, with a boar's head and the human body. Varaha slew the asura, and retrieved the Earth from the ocean, lifting it on his tusks, and restored Bhudevi to her place in the universe. When the asura Hiranyaksha stole the earth and hid her in the primordial waters, Vishnu appeared as Varaha to rescue her. Varaha is most commonly associated with the legend of lifting the Earth (personified as the goddess Bhudevi) out of the cosmic ocean. Varaha is generally listed as third in the Dashavatara, the ten principal avatars of Vishnu. Varaha ( Sanskrit: वराह, Varāha, "boar") is an avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu, in the form of a boar. ![]()
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