Who among the following Vedic deities was considered the guardian of compacts and marriages?
Aryaman
The Maruts were storm deities associated with Indra, and Agni was the god of fire and the sacrificial hearth, neither being linked specifically to social compacts or marriage.
Varuna was the guardian of the cosmic moral order (rita) and of oaths in general, but the deity specifically invoked as protector of marriage vows and social contracts was Aryaman.
Aryaman, one of the Adityas, presided over hospitality, contracts and marriage customs in Vedic society, and is invoked in wedding hymns of the Rigveda for this reason.
Hence, the answer is Aryaman.
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2. Major towns were located along routes of communication.
3. Many were bustling centres of commercial, cultural and political activity.
How many of the above statements is/are correct?
In the Manusmriti which form of marriage results from the “Voluntary union of a maiden and her lover”?
The main collections of Vedic hymns are called ______.
Ajatashatru, a ruler of the Haryanka Dynasty, was the son of _____.
King Ajatashatru was a ruler of the ______ dynasty.
