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| THE UNITY OF THE VEDIC AND
SHAIVITE RELIGIONS |
If Shiva and
Indra are not two significantly different deities than all the ideas of a Vedic versus
Shaivite, and Dravidian versus Aryan religions and cultures in India have no foundation to
stand on, and much of modern scholarship on the Vedas and Puranas has to be revised. On
the other hand, the basic identity of Indra and Shiva eliminates many problems in
interpreting the Indian spiritual tradition. There is no need to invent other traditions
and outside influences, or mysterious and forgotten cultures, to explain the developments
within Hinduism. All the main factors for such a development are found within the Vedic
tradition itself.
An important point that should be emphasized is that Indra is the supreme deity of the
Sarasvati culture as revealed in the Vedas. Shiva is the supreme deity of the
Gangetic culture as revealed in the Puranas. Relative to the remain of ancient
civilization in India, the Sarasvati sites (the Indus Valley sites) are definitely older. |
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