Savitṛ (Sanskrit: सवितृ IAST: Savitṛ, nominative singular: सविता IAST: Savitā, also rendered as Savitur), in Vedic scriptures is an Aditya (i.e., an "offspring"...
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mantra from the Ṛig Veda (Mandala 3.62.10), dedicated to the Vedic deity Savitr. It is known as "Mother of the Vedas". The term Gāyatrī may also refer to...
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are twelve in number and consist of Vivasvan (Surya), Aryaman, Tvashtr, Savitr, Bhaga, Dhatr, Mitra, Varuna, Amsha, Pushan, Indra and Vishnu (in the form...
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Gayatri is the manifestation of Saraswati and is often associated with Savitṛ, a solar deity in the Vedas, and her consort in the Puranas is the creator...
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names of Surya in ancient Indian literature include Āditya, Arka, Bhānu, Savitṛ, Pūṣan, Ravi, Mārtāṇḍa, Mitra, Bhāskara, Prabhākara, Kathiravan, and Vivasvat...
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Varuna, Parjanya, Mitra, Amsha, Pushan, Dhatri, Aryaman, Surya, Bhaga, Savitr, Vamana, and Viṣṇu. Her 16 younger sisters were also married to Sage Kashyapa...
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(personified deities) – Vishnu, Aryaman, Indra (Śakra), Tvāṣṭṛ, Varuṇa, Bhaga, Savitṛ, Vivasvat, Aṃśa, Mitra, Pūṣan, Dhata. Indra also called Śakra, the supreme...
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asserting that everything in the universe is a manifestation of the masculine Savitr and feminine Savitri, elaborating on the Gayatri Mantra. The text also presents...
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(personified deities) – Indra (Shakra), Aryaman, Tvashtr, Varuna, Bhaga, Savitr, Vivasvat, Amsha, Mitra, Pushan, Daksha, Vishnu (this list sometimes varies...
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Savita or savita in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Savita may refer to: Savitr, a Hindu deity associated with motion and the sun Savita Ambedkar (1909–2003)...
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conceived in the Brahmana layer, states Jan Gonda. Prajapati is younger than Savitr, and the word was originally an epithet for the sun. His profile gradually...
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son, Babhruvahana. Tvashtr is associated with many other deities, Pushan, Savitr, Dhatr, Prajapati, and Vishvakarman, due to his role as a fashioner. Tvashta...
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In the Vedic texts, the deity or god referred to as Vishnu is Surya or Savitr (Sun god), who also bears the name Suryanarayana. Again, this link to Surya...
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identified as being force by which the course of the sun is regulated (ṛta); Savitr (RV 1.35) is identified with Mitra because of those regulations, and Vishnu...
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200 Soma 123 Ashvinas 56 Varuna 46 Maruts 38 Mitra 28 Ushas 21 Vayu 12 Savitr 11 Ribhus 11 Pushan 10 Apris 9 Brihaspati 8 Surya 8 Dyaus and Prithivi 6...
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Yama Adityas Amsha Aryaman Bhaga Daksha Dhatri Indra Mitra Parjanya Pushan Savitr Tvashtri Varuna Vivasvat Navagraha Brihaspati Budha Chandra Ketu Mangala...
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two celebrated in a yajna fire ritual that marks major Hindu ceremonies. Savitr, Vishnu, Rudra, and Prajapati (later Brahma) are gods and hence Devas. Parvati...
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Adityas or Asura gods Mitra–Varuna and Ushas (the dawn). Also invoked are Savitr, Vishnu, Rudra, Pushan, Brihaspati or Brahmanaspati, as well as deified...
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situation arises. Further, Indra also accepts and follows the instructions of Savitr (solar deity). Indra, like all Vedic deities, is a part of henotheistic...
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two celebrated in a yajna fire ritual that marks major Hindu ceremonies. Savitr, Vishnu, Rudra (later given the exclusive epithet of Shiva), and Prajapati...
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has 10, Mitra has 8, and Rudra has 6. Book 1 of the Rig Veda describes Savitr (Vedic solar deity) as an asura who is a "kind leader". हिरण्यहस्तो असुरः...
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This is most commonly applied to Agni, god of fire, and occasionally to Savitr, god of the sun. A correspondence has also been posited by Boyce between...
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version of the Gayatri Mantra, a Hindu hymn dedicated to the solar deity Savitr. Bear McCreary was the primary composer for the television series, having...
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Roman-phonetic spelling of the Rigvedic solar deity Savitr Sāvitrī, a name of the Gayatri Mantra dedicated to Savitṛ Savitri (goddess), the consort of Brahma, a...
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other eleven sons as listed in the Mahabharata are Surya, Aryaman, Tvashta, Savitr, Bhaga, Dhata, Mitra, Varuna, Amsha, Indra and Vishnu (in the form of Vamanadeva)...
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"Daylight-sky god" (*Dyēus) white Dawn/twilight Bridging "Binder-god" (Kronos, Savitṛ, Saturnus) red Night Night Spirits "Night-sky god" (Ouranos) dark...
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which she belongs. Moreover, Aditi is thus one of the heirs (along with Savitr) of the opening god of the Indoiranians, as she is represented with her...
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Yama Adityas Amsha Aryaman Bhaga Daksha Dhatri Indra Mitra Parjanya Pushan Savitr Tvashtri Varuna Vivasvat Navagraha Brihaspati Budha Chandra Ketu Mangala...
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Yama Adityas Amsha Aryaman Bhaga Daksha Dhatri Indra Mitra Parjanya Pushan Savitr Tvashtri Varuna Vivasvat Navagraha Brihaspati Budha Chandra Ketu Mangala...
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in the Vana Parva of the epic. Savitri is a princess born by the boon of Savitr. Described to be wise and beautiful, she fell in love with and married Satyavan...
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