Eastern Spirituality

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In the early Vedic religion, Vritra (Vá¹›tra "the enveloper"), is an Asura and also a serpent or dragon, the personification of drought and adversary of Indra. Vritra was also known in the Vedas as Ahi ("snake"). He appears as a dragon blocking the course of the rivers and is heroically slain by Indra.

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