Maruts

Likewise the Maruts are the foremost of the Ganas.

The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

The Maruts are the wind-gods, whose chief is Marichi.

The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

I. 168, occur some verses in honor of the storm-gods called Maruts:

The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow Edward Washburn Hopkins 1894

Yet, again, the Maruts are the people, and Varuna is the warrior-caste; and, again, Soma is the warrior-caste.

The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow Edward Washburn Hopkins 1894

The Maruts are the Storm Gods, "who make the rock to tremble, who tear in pieces the forest."

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 Rossiter Johnson 1885

Apparently it was back in 1891 when Friedrich Müller questioned the sense behind attributing the Vedic storm deities called Maruts to a root meaning 'to shine' as opposed to a homophonous root meaning 'to crush', reasoning it out thusly: "Another etymology, proposed in Böhtlingk's Dictionary, which derives Marut from a root mar, to shine, labours under two disadvantages; first, that there is no such root in Sanskrit; secondly, that the lurid splendour of the lightning is but a subordinate feature in the character of the Maruts."

Rubbing away the shine (2) 2010

105 The Maruts are the winds, deified in the religion of the Veda like other mighty powers and phenomena of nature.

Ramayana. English Valmiki 1866

Maruts are not people anymore, but rather experiments and the kids are forced to beat one of these ‘Maruts’ with their batons, nearly killing him.

Men Behind the Sun (1988) 2010

Part of the training process involves, very harshly, teaching the kids that the prisoners are to be called ‘Maruts’.

Men Behind the Sun (1988) 2010

He orders his men to kill all remaining Maruts, destroy the entire facility, leaving no traces of anything ever being there.

Men Behind the Sun (1988) 2010