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See also:RUDRA (probably from the See also:root rud, " to howl," hence " the See also:howler ")
, in See also:Hindu Vedic See also:mythology, a See also:storm See also:god, and See also:father of the Maruts who are frequently called Rudriyas
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He shoots tempests at the See also:earth, but is not essentially a malevolent deity, being invoked as a See also:protector of See also:cattle
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In the Atharvaveda he is See also:lord of See also:life and See also:death, and in later See also:Hinduism one of the Hindu trinity, the god See also:Siva
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