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Re: NEED INFO ABOUT HINDU GODS
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To: alt-hindu@cs.washington.edu
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Subject: Re: NEED INFO ABOUT HINDU GODS
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From: Anshuman Pandey <apandey@u.washington.edu>
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Date: Mon, 5 Jun 1995 16:14:23 -0700
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From root@nntp4.u.washington.edu Mon Jun 5 19: 03:12 1995
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In-Reply-To: <3qvdsv$rmv@ucunix.san.uc.edu>
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Newsgroups: alt.hindu
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Organization: University of Washington
On 5 Jun 1995, Hari Krishna Susarla wrote:
> That is not exactly correct. In actuality, there are many 'gods' or
> 'devas' in the texts of the Hindus. But there is only one Supreme God,
> who is everywhere identified as either Vishnu, Krishna, or Narayana. The
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What happened to Brahma, Hiranyagarbha, Prajapati, etc.? Do the early
Vedic texts mention the Supreme God as Vishnu? Vishnu was never prominent
in the early Vedas. It was only until the later Vedic period that Vishnu
began to gain in prominence.
> devas are supposed to be empowered administrators in charge of different
> affairs in the material universe, much like angels in the Christian
> religion. Sometimes these devas are worshipped, but only for material
> benefits. They cannot give spiritual liberation, and hence they should
> not be put on the same level as God.
