Vasus and Rudras
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Rudras · Vasus · Vasu
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1 expressionRudras and Vasus1 mention
Rigveda (Sanskrit)
Active together with the Rudras and Vasus, installed as the Purohita, the immortal Hotṛ is seated, the wealth-conquering one;
in the texts
Rigveda
Two classes of deities (Vasus and Rudras) invoked alongside the Ṛbhus and Agni.
O Vasus, O Rudras, of many counsels, growing mighty — O bull-like ones, O wondrous ones, honor us in the conquest.
He, the child of the waters, who dwells dear with the Vasus, the Hotā, has taken his seat on the earth in due season.
Of the Ādityas, of the Vasus, of the Rudras, I as god do not diminish the ordinance of the gods.
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
Two classes of Vedic gods (Vasus, Rudras) invoked as sources of pressed-out sovereignty.
Thou art Vasu, named Indra, long-lived for a hundred autumns.
The Ādityas, the Rudras, the Vasus, the seers, and those who are the makers of beings — prosperity and sovereign power and strength the gods have pressed out for thee.