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are the features of Sveta-mbaras who are established mainly in these areas particularly in Gujarat.
Rgveda & Activities of Paņis
Since they had established themselves as pastoral community, Indra or Indraism after entering India wanted to take hold of this economy. Panis wanted business whereas Indra wanted to take away cows forcibly in which he was successful & Paņis were compelled to quit their original place to migrate to south (Maharastra & Karnataka ), East ward, Ujjain to Magadha and later Tamilanadu. It was quite later that Mahavira against revived this religion in well-established form.
(i) They were the dealers of soma ( from North, West frontier region Mujavat Mount and Ghee, their natural product which slowly became essential ingredients for Yajña. They had huge gold which was being tried to be plundered and so may spies like Sarama were being sent to search out the hidden gold.
(ii) Non-violence - From the perusal of the R. V. it appears that they believed only in non-violence and India also dealt with vala (who was violent ) and Panis in different manner. Ultimately Panis were also treated with cohersion & violence and they had to quit their region. Some other deities allegorically tribes joined them and they were up-rooted.
(iii) Intellectuals - R. V. Paņis as intellectuals but due to the cheating by the Aryans, they adopted concealing methods and they were declared wolves. Perhaps Indra tortured them manifold and there are the references of their weeping & crying in the R.V.
The weeping of the Versabha in the R. V. may be due to indiscriminate slaughter of the cows when India might have entered in the territory which is also alluded to in the R. V. This killing of cows might have contributed to the killing of cows in the sacrifices. So it was a conflict of killing vs. nonkilling.
(iv) Darkness activities - Perhaps due to this looting tendecy of India, the Papis put their stocks underground particularly the gold and Indra was trying to reach their treasures. This tendency in tradition continued till date
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