It’s not 33 crore - it’s 33 koti devate
33 Crore Gods’ is a
completely misinterpreted fact due to wrong translation of Vedic Sanskrit by certain foreign 'scholars'.
Term ‘trayastrimsati koti’ mentioned in Atharva Veda, Yajur Veda & Satapatha-brahmana, is rightly translated.
For those who are still saying that 33 means 33 crore -
The number 33 comes from the number of Vedic gods explained by Yajnavalkya in Brhadaranyaka Upanishad – the eight Vasus, the eleven Rudras, the twelve Adityas, Indra and Prajapati. (Chapter I, hymn 9, verse 2).
According to Vedas there are 33 Gods/Devas.
These Gods are separated in the following pattern : 12 + 11 + 8 + 2.
12 is the number of Adityas, 11 are the number of Rudras, 8 is the number of Vasus, 1 is Prajapati, the Master of Gods, and 1 is the Supreme Ruler who is very powerful.
Names of all 33 Vedic deities:
12 Adityas (personified deities) correspond to the 12 Solar months and represent different attributes of social life. The Vedic sages especially venerated the Adityas and Vedas are full of hymns dedicated to Indra, Agni, Surya, Varun and the like. These are:
1. Indra/Shakra (eldest and the undoubted leader of other Adityas)
2. Ansh (due share),
3. Aryaman (nobility),
4. Bhaag (due inheritance),
5. Dhatri (ritual skill),
6. Tvashtar (skill in crafting),
7. Mitra (friendship),
8. Pushan/Ravi (prosperity),
9. Savitra/Parjanya
10. Surya/Vivasvan (social law),
11. Varun (fate),
12. Vaman (cosmic law).
8 Vasus are attendant deities of Indra and comprise of eight elemental gods that represent the different aspects of Nature. They are:
1. Anila (Wind),
2. Apas (Water),
3. Antariksh/Dyaus (Space),
4. Dhara (Earth),
5. Dhruva (Pole Star),
6. Anala (Fire),
7. Prabhas (Dawn),
8. Soma (Moon).
11 Rudras
5 abstractions – Ānanda (bliss), Vijñāna (knowledge), Manas (thought), Prāṇa (breath/ life), Vāc (speech),
· 5 names of Śiva – Īśāna (ruler), Tatpuruṣa (that person), Aghora
(not terrible), Vāmadeva (pleasant god), Sadyojāta (born at once)
Ātmā (spiritual self)
In the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, the 11 Rudras are represented by ten vital energies (rudra-prana) in the body and the eleventh one being the Āthma (the soul)
It’s not 33 crore - it’s 33 koti devate
33 Crore Gods’ is a
completely misinterpreted fact due to wrong translation of Vedic Sanskrit by certain foreign 'scholars'.
Term ‘trayastrimsati koti’ mentioned in Atharva Veda, Yajur Veda & Satapatha-brahmana, is rightly translated.
For those who are still saying that 33 means 33 crore -
The number 33 comes from the number of Vedic gods explained by Yajnavalkya in Brhadaranyaka Upanishad – the eight Vasus, the eleven Rudras, the twelve Adityas, Indra and Prajapati. (Chapter I, hymn 9, verse 2).
According to Vedas there are 33 Gods/Devas.
These Gods are separated in the following pattern : 12 + 11 + 8 + 2.
12 is the number of Adityas, 11 are the number of Rudras, 8 is the number of Vasus, 1 is Prajapati, the Master of Gods, and 1 is the Supreme Ruler who is very powerful.
Names of all 33 Vedic deities:
12 Adityas (personified deities) correspond to the 12 Solar months and represent different attributes of social life. The Vedic sages especially venerated the Adityas and Vedas are full of hymns dedicated to Indra, Agni, Surya, Varun and the like. These are:
1. Indra/Shakra (eldest and the undoubted leader of other Adityas)
2. Ansh (due share),
3. Aryaman (nobility),
4. Bhaag (due inheritance),
5. Dhatri (ritual skill),
6. Tvashtar (skill in crafting),
7. Mitra (friendship),
8. Pushan/Ravi (prosperity),
9. Savitra/Parjanya
10. Surya/Vivasvan (social law),
11. Varun (fate),
12. Vaman (cosmic law).
8 Vasus are attendant deities of Indra and comprise of eight elemental gods that represent the different aspects of Nature. They are:
1. Anila (Wind),
2. Apas (Water),
3. Antariksh/Dyaus (Space),
4. Dhara (Earth),
5. Dhruva (Pole Star),
6. Anala (Fire),
7. Prabhas (Dawn),
8. Soma (Moon).
11 Rudras
5 abstractions – Ānanda (bliss), Vijñāna (knowledge), Manas (thought), Prāṇa (breath/ life), Vāc (speech),
· 5 names of Śiva – Īśāna (ruler), Tatpuruṣa (that person), Aghora
(not terrible), Vāmadeva (pleasant god), Sadyojāta (born at once)
Ātmā (spiritual self)
In the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, the 11 Rudras are represented by ten vital energies (rudra-prana) in the body and the eleventh one being the Āthma (the soul)