Goddesses from the Samhitas to the Sutras
by Rajeshri Goswami | 1989 | 68,131 words
This essay studies the Goddesses from the Samhitas to the Sutras. In short, this thesis examines Vedic goddesses by analyzing their images, functions, and social positions. It further details how natural and abstract elements were personified as goddesses, whose characteristics evolved with societal changes....
Description of Goddess Vedamata
Vedamata is sometimes personified as a goddess : she impels the living beings like the wind, and she confers boons that is, long life, wealth and power of Vedic learning on the devotee; she has two places of birth, and she is entreated to depart to the world Brahman? L Thus we see that she was looked upon as a goddess who granted boons of longevity, wealth and the power of Vedic learning to the worshipper. She was also considered as an impeller of living beings like the wind.