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vaisvasvata – is one among the 14 manu-s. He is the adhipati for the current vaivasvata manvaMtara. He was born to vaivasva Aditya. His mother was saMj~nA dEvi (tvaShTR^i putri).

vaihvAnarana sutaru – means children agni dEvaru. In trEtA yuga, they were expecting to be wives of rAmachaMdra dEvaru. However, since rAmachaMdra dEvaru was committed to 'Eka patni vrata' in that yuga, He had promised them that they would be His wives in the next yuga. Therefore, in dvApara yuga, they enjoyed the companionship of shrI kR^iShNa and obtained mOxa. These 16100 women were under the bondage of narakAsura. kR^iShNa killed narakAsura and according to the wishes of these women, He accepted them as His wives. They were thus born as the gOpika strI-s in dvApara yuga. These females are superior to the ajAnaja dEvata-s.

Among these 16100 wives, 74 of them - like kashEru and others are superior to the rest in the group.

vANI – is the wife of chatuRmukha brahma dEvaru. She is vAgAbhimAni, atirOhita vimala vij~nAni, mahatatva abhimAni & R^iju patni.

vAruNI – is the wife of shESha dEvaru. She was pARvatI in the previous kalpa. She is tha abhimAni for ahaMkAra tatva.

vArinidhi – vAri – means water, nidhi – means place where it resides. Thus, vArinidhi is samudra. varUNa is vArinidhi. vArinidhi nAmaka varuNa is superior to nArada by ¼ th guNa.

vasiShTha – was one of the sons of brahma dEvaru. He married URjA – the 7th daughter of kaRdama muni and vasiShTha obtained 7 sons. He was born in the current vaivasvata manvaMtara from mitrAvaruNi-URvaShi. He therefore called 'maitrAvaruNE'. vasiShTha was the kula purOhita for sURyavaMsha rAja-s until ixvAku rAja.

Vedas Brahmana Aranyaka and Upanishads

vighnEshvara does the upAsana of vishva nAmaka ParamAtma. It may be noted that the famous viShNu sahasra nAma stOtra starts with 'vishvaM'.

vihagEMdra – vihaga – means the birds that fly in the sky, iMdra – means superior among them – i.e. garuDa dEvaru. He is vaikArika ahaMkAra tatvAbhimani. He is kAla nAmaka. He was born to kashyapa muni & vinate, thus is known as vinatAtmaja also. aruNa (sArathi of sURya) is the elder brother of garuDa. Since vinate served as a dAsi to his step mother kadru, garuDa was under control of kadru. Once garuDa asked kadru as to how he could get him mother vinate released from her dasatva. kadru told him that this could happen only if he could get her amR^ita. garuDa therefore went to dEva lOka and escaped the protective ring of the amR^ita kalasha, escaped the vajrAyudha of iMdra and went in his sUxma rUpa, killed the snake gaurds and brought the amR^ita kalasha to kadru. His mother vinate was released from the dasatva of kadru. garuDa had a 1000 sons. They were residing in the cave of gaMdhamAda paRvata. tArakAsura won over them and made them his vAhana-s for his chariot. garuDa is the vAhana for ParamAtma.

virAT is dhaRmapatni of aniruddha (son of manmatha) virAT is brahmAMDAbhimAni.

viriMchijanaka - puruSha nAmaka viriMchi (brahma dEvaru) was born to vAsudEva nAmaka ParamAtma and mAyA dEvi during sUxma sR^iShTi. brahma dEvaru who was

born from the Golden Lotus emating from the Navel of padmanAbha rUpi ParamAtma is referred as 'viriMchi'. This ParamAtma is called 'viriMchijanaka'.

viprachitti was the son of kashyapa muni and danu. viprachitti is lower than alaxmI in nIchatva guNa-s. viprachitti married siMhikA (sister of hiraNyakashipu & hiraNyAxa). The sons of viprachitti by siMhikA were vyAnsa, salya the strong, nabha the powerful, vAtApi, namuchi, ilwala, khasrima, aMjaka, naraka, and kAlanAbha, the valiant swaRbhAnu, and the mighty vaktrayOdhi. These were the most eminent dAnava-s, through whom the race of danu was multiplied by hundreds and thousands through succeeding generations. viprachitti is equal to hiraNyakashipu.

vishvAmitra – was first born as the son of gAdhi rAja in the vaMsha of kushi rAja, who belonged to chaMdra vaMsha. vishvAmitra was a great tapasvi. His wives were haimavati, shAlavati and others. He had several sons like – madhuchChaMda, kati, yAj~na valkya, gAlava, mudgala, dEvala, dEvarAta etc…shrI rAma married sItA dEvi in the presence of vishvAmitra.

vishvaksEna – he is the son of pradhAna vAyu.

viyadgaMgA (viyat – AkAsha, gaMgA – gaMgA River) i.e. bhAgIrathI was born in AkAsha and flowed through svaRga before arriving on earth. Thus bhAgIrathI river is called viyadgaMgA. Since gaNapati is praised by her, he is superior to her in tAratamya.

vyOmakEsha is R^idra dEvaru. He received the gaMga river on his head by the anugraha of his biMba mURti saMkaRShaNa namaka ParamAtma, he came to be known as gaMgAdhara. He was called vyOmakEsha (vyOma – akAsha, kEsha – hair), since he spread his hair across the space.