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In the following Vedaic hymns, Agni is fire; Indra, the sky, firmament, or atmosphere; and Marut, the cloud.

From The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

In ancient Indian Vedaic mythology the apsaras were heavenly damsels who dwelt in the tether, between earth and sun.

From The Book of Were-Wolves by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)

These apsaras, according to the Vedaic creed, were fond of changing their shapes, appearing generally as ducks or swans, occasionally as human beings.

From The Book of Were-Wolves by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)

The Sanskrit itself, in its oldest form, is the Vedaic dialect of the religious hymns called Vedas—of great, but of exaggerated, antiquity.

From The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)