Slaying of Vṛtra
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slaying of Vṛtra · Vṛtra-slaying · Vṛtra-vadha · the slaying of Vṛtra · Indra's combat with Vṛtra · Vṛtra-battle · slaying of the serpent · smiting of Vṛtra · that inconceivable slaying · the Vṛtras
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2 expressionsThe slaying of Vṛtra4 mentions
Rigveda (Sanskrit) · Sāmaveda (Sanskrit) · Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa (Sanskrit)
Having drunk of this, O Śatakratu, you became the slayer of the Vṛtras;
Vṛtra-slaying2 mentions
Rigveda (Sanskrit)
This is the sweetest, the most exhilarating one here, by which Indra was gladdened in the slaying of Vṛtra;
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Rigveda
The central cosmogonic event of the window: Indra's battle against and killing of the serpent-demon Vṛtra, releasing the pent-up waters.
when, O Indra, you slew with your might Vṛtra the serpent, you then raised the sun in the sky for all to see.
Indra drove Vṛtra at the thunderbolt, surpassing his own intention as he conquers.
When Indra had slain Vṛtra, he opened the blocked opening of the waters.
Sāmaveda
The central myth of Indra slaying the demon Vṛtra and related foes (Namuci, ninety-nine obstacles), including his own wounding and restoration.
Indra, unapproachable, with the bones of Dadhīca smote the obstacles — ninety-nine he slew.
He who, even without libation, was wounded before through the collar-bones — Maghavan, the generous one, is the joiner of joints, the restorer of what is dislocated.
With the foam of the waters, O Indra, you rolled off the head of Namuci, when you conquered all rivals.
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
The mythic battle in which Indra, empowered by Viṣṇu, kills the Daitya Vṛtra.
Then all those great-souled ones, with the thousand-eyed Indra at their head, advanced into that forest where the great asura Vṛtra dwelled.
by that means the thousand-eyed one shall slay Vṛtra — of this there is no doubt.
"While Vṛtra was performing austerities, Vāsava, exceedingly troubled, approached Viṣṇu and spoke these words: