Vedic COMMON Parjanya ATK 7 DEF 6 SPR 9 SPD 7 INT 6 CHA – WIS – END – Special Monsoon Burst Vedic Parjanya c. 1500 BCE; three hymns in the Rigveda directly addressed to him; gradually absorbed by Indra and later by regional rain-god traditions; his Proto-Indo-European name (*Perkwunos*) is preserved in Baltic and Slavic cognates