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Re: NEED INFO ABOUT HINDU GODS
Anshuman Pandey wrote:
>
> 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
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 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.
>
Actually, that is just a misconception that many Western scholars have
been propagating. In the Rig Veda itself (1.2.22.20) Vishnu's supremacy
is confirmed: om tad visnoh paramam padam sada pashyanti surayah...
Please to my posting on Slokas from the Rig Veda which was forwarded from
alt.religion.vaisnava.
-- HKS
p.s. Hiranyagarbha is another name for Vishnu.
