WHO
WERE ASURS
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In
Hindu mythology, Asurs / Asuras are described as powerful superhuman
demigods or demons with good or bad qualities. The good Asuras are
called Adityas and are led by Varun, while the malevolent ones are
called Danavs and are led by Vritra. In the earliest layer of Vedic
texts Agni, Indra and other gods are also called Asuras, in the
sense of them being "lords" of their respective domains,
knowledge and abilities. In later Vedic and post-Vedic texts, the
benevolent gods are called Devs, while malevolent Asuras compete
against these Devas and are considered "enemy of the gods"
or demons.
Looking
at below map of central Asia, the Sura and Asura Split - could be
the basis for countries being named Syria and Assyria. Several sources
indicate that the name Syria is derived from the 8th century BC
Luwian term "Sura/i", and the derivative ancient Greek
name: Sýrioi, or Sýroi, both of which originally derived
from Aššurayu (Assyria) in northern Mesopotamia. Mainstream
modern academic opinion strongly favors the argument that the Greek
word is related to the cognate Assyria, ultimately derived from
the Akkadian Aššur.
Asko
Parpola traces the etymological root of Asura to asera- of Uralic
languages, where it means "lord, prince". In similar reference,
"Assur" was the father of the Assyrians and was regarded
as "the great god, king of all the gods." It was Asshur
who gave power and life to every priestly king.
Just
as an example, take current Iraq's capital Baghdad as example. All
scholars agree that it had earlier Assyrian origin and was referred
as Baghdadu by Assyrian or Assur kings. In Hindu mythology, Narak'asur'
is a legendary asur who also had son named Baghdadu. Bagh refers
"GOD" and dad "given", translating to "God-given"
and both of these civilization refer this town with same meaning
from ancient days till today. Bhagvat Puran is "God given epic"
in our Hindu Mythology. Again, we refer GOD as 'Bhag' for Bhagvan
Buddha, Bhagvan Ram, Bhagvan Krishna etc. A devotee of Bhagvan Krishna
is called a Bhagvat.
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Further, it is very clear that the names of the kings of the Mitanni
state were of Indo-Aryan origin and a number of Indo-Aryan gods
(Mitra, Varun, Indra, Nasatya) are mentioned in the Mitanni texts,
alongside the indigenous gods.
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The
Hittite archives of Àattušašhave revealed the oldest
known horse-training manual
Several
Indo-Aryan technical terms for horse training are mentioned in this
manual: aikawartanna ‘one turn (of the course)’ (Sanskrit
eka-vartana-), terawartanna ‘three turns’, panzawartanna
‘five turns’ (Sanskrit pañca-),sattawartanna
‘seven turns’ (Sanskrit sapta-), and nawartanna (for
nawa-wartanna) ‘nine turns’ (Sanskrit nava). The first
time historically the word Ratha is used as chariot is around 1650BCE
with the Hurrians of the Middle East. These Hurrian's had hundreds
of Vedic Sanskrit loan words. (Assuwa) is name of an Anatolian landscape
in Hittite and Assyrian sources of the 15th century BCE.
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In
European side (Western side of Caspian Sea / Kashyap sea), we can
clearly reflect ancient vedic tribes of Danu from Sage Kashyap
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As per Hindu Purans, Danu is wife of Sage Kashyap and she is Hindu
primordial goddess and is mentioned in the Rigved as mother of Danavs
tribe. As a word for "rain" or "liquid", Danu
is compared to Avestan danu, "river", and further to river
names like Don, Danube, Dneiper, Dniestr, etc. derive from Goddess
Danu. The name 'Danube' is said to derive from Proto-Indo-European.
In Celtic Mythology, the Goddess Danu was the mother Goddess of
the Tuatha Dé Danann (The Tribes of Danu). Greeks were also
called Danuni.
References
:
Danu
(Irish goddess)
Danu
(Asur)
Tuatha
Dé Danann
Ancient
European Gods like Zeus, Jupiter have similar mythological stories
like that of Dyaus, Indra (God of heaven) of Hindu mythology.
Reference
:
Jupiter
/ Zeus-Pitar / Dyaus-Pitar - (Sanskrit Origin) - Dyaus
Further,
there are striking similarities between the Eastern Iranian language
of Avestan and Sanskrit, which may support the notion that the split
was contemporary with the Vedic civilization living in Afghanistan
at a very early stage. It is believed that King Vishtaspa was early
follower of Zoroastrianism and and instrumental in the diffusion
of the prophet's message - Zarathustra.
Ahura
Mazda and Asura Medhira :
Below
data from Rig Ved 1.35.10 describes Asur as kind leader.
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May
he, gold-handed Asurah, kind Leader, come hither to us with his
help and favour.
Driving off Raksasas and Yatudhanas, the God is present, praised
in hymns at evening. ||10||
Rig
Ved Mandala 1, Sukt 35, Mantra (Hymn) 10
Scripture |
Particulars |
Rig
Ved / Avesta |
Sanskrut
:
Vakshanah
Asuramedhasya idam kshetram avayam
Avestan
:
Vashna
Ahuramazdaaha imam kshatram akunavam
English
Translation :
By
the grace of Ahuramazda I made this city / realm
|
Rig
Ved / Avesta |
Sanskrut
:
Mahaantaa
Mitraa, Varunaa, Samrajaa, Devaav, Asuraaha sakhe
sakhaayaam ajaro jarimne agne martyaan amartyas
tvam nah
Avestan
:
Mahaantaa
Mitraa, Varunaa, Devaav, Ahuraaha sakhe ya fedroi
vidaat patyaye caa vaastrevyo at caa khatratave
ashaauno ashavavyo
English
Translation :
O
Ahura Mazda, you appear ass the father, the ruler,
the friend, the worker and as knowledge.
It is your immense mercy that has given a mortal
the fortune to stay at your feet. |
|
Ahura
Mazda, whom the Zoroastrians worship as the Supreme Lord is the
Avestan equivalent to Vedic Sanskrit's Asura Medhira. These phrase
means "Wise Lord", and in the Rigved it appears in a few
places. In RV XXIV.14 "ksayannasmabhyamasura" appears
in the sentence, "With bending down, oblations, sacrifices,
O Varu?a, we deprecate thine anger: / Wise Asura, thou King of wide
dominion, loosen the bonds of sins by us committed." There
are several passages in the Vedas, especially the Atharvaveda and
Avesta that are identical, except that they are in the different
languages of Avestan and Vedic Sanskrit.
Ceremonies
using a sace or ses which is a tray that holds various ceremonial
utensils is almost similar to rituals done by Brahmin priests in
Hindu community.
Sace
/ Ses. Zoroastrian Ceremonial Tray
Even
Thread ceremony of Brahmins is similar to Navjot of Zoroastrianism.
Navjote,
Sudreh Pooshi, Zoroastrian Initiation Ceremony
Inside
house Brahmin ceremonies like Havana, Hoama is almost similar like
rituals of Zoroastrianism :
Zoroastrian
Liturgical Ceremonies (Zoroastrianism)
Death
Ceremonies
Rig
Vedic Som Yajna Ceremony is almost similar to Haom (Hom) of Zoroastrians.
Haoma is Persian word.
Haom
/ Hom / Homa
Reference
: Avestan Geography
Rivers
(Rig Vedic) |
Rig
Ved |
Avestan |
Current
Name |
Sapt
Sindhu |
Hapta
Hindu |
Indus |
Saraswati |
Harahvaiti |
Harauvati |
Gomti |
--- |
Gomal |
Saryu |
Haroyu |
Haraiva |
Ras |
Ranha |
Ranha |
Kubha |
--- |
Kabul |
Vipas |
--- |
Beas |
Kurmu |
Kurram |
Kurram |
Suwastu |
--- |
Swat |
Kusava |
--- |
Kunar |
Sutudri |
---
|
Sutlej
|
|
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Map
of Central Asia
Most
important of all rivers in Central Asia are Oxus and Jaxartes that
run parallel. Ancient Persian/Avestan texts refer these rivers as
Yakhsha and Vakhsha. Oxus is corrupted from Sanskrit word for Vaks
( Vaksh River). The Greek name for river Jax-artes or Iax-artes
is derived from Old Persian name "Yakhsha Arta".
Details
about Oxus and History :
Amu Darya
Vakhsh
in its eastern parts (Vak means Speech in Sanksrit)
Vakhsh
River
Many
agree that early Vedic civilization being centered around Oxus /
Vakhsh (Vaku) rivers. These rivers signifies sharp / sight and speech.
There is a relationship with Iksh-vaku (Sharp sight-speech), the
well-known sage. Iksh-vaku is the great grandson of Sage Kashyap.
Lord Ram, Lord Buddh and great Suryavanshi kings belong to Ikshvaku
dynasty.
These rivers (Yakhsh and Vakhsh) flows for a length of 2400 km across
modern Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan into
Lake Aral. There are evidences that earlier, it used to meet Caspian
sea (Kaspische Zee) and the river course got changed possibly due
to earth quakes. In ancient maps of Strabo, we can clearly see that
Caspian Sea was known as 'Kasyap Meer' or 'Kaspische Zee / Sea'
named after Rishi Kashyap - the father of the devtas, asurs, nags
and all of humanity as per Hindu Mythology.
Kaspische
Zee (Caspian sea)
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Additional
fact to support migration theory is, both of these early dynasty
rulers (Hurrian-speaking Mitanni people) which moved towards west
and people related to Ikshvaku dynasty moved from Hindu-kush eastwards
pray same Vedic GOD ( Indra, Varun, Mitra, Agni etc). The Hurrian-speaking
Mitanni people and the king of Mitanni refer series of Hurrian gods
like Mitrašil, Uruvanaššil, Indara, and Našatianna,
who correspond to the Vedic gods Mitra, Varun, Indra, and Nasatya
(Asvin) in peace treaty with Egyptian kings as displayed in Clay
tablets of those days.
Tushratta
: Tushratta / Dashratta (Sanskrit Tvesa-ratha, "his chariot
charges") was a king of Mitanni. Below is peace treaty letter
to Egyptian king.
It is to be noted that the first wave consisted of the Indo-Aryan
migration into Syria, founding the Mittani kingdom, and a migration
south-eastward of the Vedic people, over the Hindu Kush into northern
India.The Indo-Aryans split-off around 1800–1600 BCE due to
internal conflicts. One group were the Indo-Aryans who founded the
Mitanni kingdom in northern Syria;(c. 1500–1300 BCE) the other
group were the Vedic tribes who entered Indian sub-continent.
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Genetic
and Cultural Reconstruction of the Migration of an Ancient Lineage