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Deva Savitri bestows upon the Brahmāryans wealth of both bipeds and quadrupeds along with ample beneficial and delightful riches. The deva brings them slaves and cattle. Devas including Mitra and Varuņa drink. Soma and fulfil the desires of their subjects. Deva Puşān brings happiness and felicity to his followers and is ever associated to their economic and social activity, the Yajña. Deva Agni is subduer of foes and procures wealth, food, strength and hence long life for his followers. Deva Indra brings Soma, vanquishes the enemies and brings wealth. Brahmanaspati is renowned amongst the gods and is supreme above all. He is the supreme authority over all the Guņa-members and is chief of all the nobles; the lower Guņa-leaders. Bịhaspati is the destroyer of Vţtra and other Asuras and giver of wealth, cattle and progeny. Deva Tvaştri is possessor and bestower of wealth and all other things necessary for preservation. He is the begetter and nourisher of numerous progeny. Deva Āryamān distributes the precious wealth. Deva Aditi preserves the followers. Deva Soma baffled the devices and the weapons of the Paņis, the malignant secreters of the stolen wealth and the cattte. Deya Rudra also brings happiness. Deva Vişņu bestows houses upon his followers. Deva Parjaņya bestows upon them three-storeyed dwelling and felicity. Deva Soma hastens and fills the sacrifical vessels and flows to Indra and is honoured by all the Devas. Many of these devas rose to the eminence of the leadership of the Gaņas and became Gaņapti. A majority of them were satisfied with a lesser role under one or the other Ganapati. These devas were the active partners in the economic and social activities of the Gaņa-members. In the tribal collective stage, they amassed large wealth for the collective and produced numerous children to augment the fighting man-power of
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