With the arrival of the Vedic period (1500–1200 BCE), Hinduism saw its first structured religious system. The Rig Veda, the oldest known Hindu scripture, introduced a celestial order where gods ...

In Rig Veda, there are five hymns to Rudra ... Sattva (alertness) is equated with Vishnu. Detailed stories of these new gods emerge much later, first as fragments within the Ramayana and the ...