"The personification of ṛta among the Vedic gods is Varuṇa, lord (Asura) of heavenly hosts, the star-studded night sky, the oceanic expanse above us."
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Is the term Dharma untranslatable? (in Saradindu Mukherji, ed.: Prabodhan 2, Delhi 2018) by Dr K. Elst, 2018
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