Vritra
Vritra, also known as Ahi, is a serpent or dragon, the personification of drought and adversary of Indra.
↻ synthesized from 5 sources
When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- -1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Vedic period
Relationships
- parent of
- Sūrya
- co occurs with
- Ganga, Aditi, Diti, Bṛhaspati, Saranyu, Vishvarupa, Antaboga, Ananta Shesha, Gogaji, Ketu, Nagnechiya Maa, Patanjali, Rahu, Svarbhānu, Śeṣa
- created by
- Tvashtr
- child of
- Danu
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Vritra or Ahi is a serpent or dragon, the personification of drought and adversary of Indra.”
#4678 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Like Indra, Saraswati is also called a slayer of Vritra, the snake like demon of drought who blocks rivers and as such is associated with destruction of enemies and removal of obstacles. The Yajur Veda sees her as being both the mother of Indra (having granted him rebirth through healing) and also as his consort.”
#29017 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The Mahabharata narrates that there was once a war between the devas and the asuras. The leader of the asuras, Vritra, was killed by Indra, and so his followers hid in the sea, causing the devas to be unable to find them.”
#29148 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Danu was struck by Indra's thunderbolt after hearing him kill her son Vritra.”
#30442 · extracted by deepseek/deepseek-chat
“In order to have revenge for the murder of his son Vishvarupa, Tvashtr creates a demon called Vritra. However, when wishing him into existence, Tvashtr makes a mispronunciation in his incantation, which allows Indra to defeat Vritra.”
#40474 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001