He then divided the egg into two halves; he formed heaven and earth, between them the middle sphere, the eight points of the horizon, and the eternal abode of the waters. ... Visnu Traditions: Rgveda and Satapatha-Brahmana Visnu, while being one of the most important gods in classical Hinduism, already appears in the Vedic and Brahmanic literatures as a solar deity. ... The fourth incarnation, Nrsimha (man-lion), seems to belong to a later age, when the worship of Visnu had become established. ... They profess the goal of life to be-to attain moksha (salvation) that is possible through medi...

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Throughout the ages, humankind has been deeply troubled by the existence of evil. ... Early writers did not clearly distinguish between daimon ("divine being") and theos ("god"), which suggests that daimon, the word from which the English "demon" was derived, did not have negative connotations attached to it in the beginning of its use in literature. ...

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