Virocana
deity Hindu single tradition · 1
Virocana is an Asura (antigod) who questions a sage for insights into the knowledge of the self. He leaves with the first given answer, believing he can use the knowledge as a weapon. As an Asura, he shares the character of powerful beings craving for more power, more wealth, ego, anger, unprincipled nature, force and violence.
When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- -1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Vedic period
Relationships
- enemy of
- Indra
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“For example, god Indra (a Deva) and the antigod Virocana (an Asura) question a sage for insights into the knowledge of the self. Virocana leaves with the first given answer, believing now he can use the knowledge as a weapon.”
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