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The imagery of flowing or running connects Saranyu to the idea of natural forces, perhaps even hinting at an ancient link with river goddesses. [2] Sometimes, the name is interpreted as "the swift-speeding storm cloud". [3] In later versions of the myth, particularly in the Harivamsa, the name Samjñā (also written as Sanjna and Sangya [4 ...
In the Mahabharata, Arjuna asks a gandharva about the origin of the name Tapatya. The gandharva tells him that the sun once had a beautiful daughter named Tapati, for whom he wished to find a suitable husband. An early Kaurava king named Samvarana worships the sun and is selected as her husband. One day, while out for hunting, the king's horse ...
Kushmanda is a Hindu goddess, credited with creating the world with her divine laughter. Followers of the Kalikula tradition believe her to be the fourth aspect in Navadurga forms of Mahadevi. Her name signals her main role: Ku means "a little", Ushma means "warmth" or "energy" and Anda means "cosmic egg". [citation needed]
She had also been mentioned as the goddess of fire, sun, moon & stars. [1] As per the other Hindu texts dhisana name also referred to various other things such as soma vessel, knowledge, intelligence, speech. [2] In the rig veda it is referred as the goddess of abundance and the guardian of the sacred fire.
'shadow' or 'shade'), also known as Savarna, is the Hindu personification and goddess of shadow, and a consort of Surya, the Hindu sun god. [1] She is the shadow-image or reflection of Saranyu (Sanjna), the first wife of Surya. Chhaya was born from the shadow of Sanjna and replaced Sanjna in her house, after the latter temporarily left her husband.
Sulis, British goddess whose name is related to the common Proto-Indo-European word for "Sun" and thus cognate with Helios, Sól, Sol, and Surya and who retains solar imagery, as well as a domain over healing and thermal springs. Probably the de facto solar deity of the Celts.
In some hymns, the word Surya simply means Sun as an inanimate object, a stone or a gem in the sky (Rigvedic hymns 5.47, 6.51 and 7.63); while in others it refers to a personified deity. [29] [28] Surya is prominently associated with the dawn goddess Ushas and sometimes, he is mentioned as her son or her husband. [30] Lord sun moving in universe
Savitr is a deity whose name primarily denotes an agent, in the form of a noun derived from a verbal root with the agent suffix -tṛ added. The name of Savitr belongs to a class of Vedic theonyms, together with Dhatṛ, Tratṛ and Tvastr. These names denote that these are agent gods, who create, protect, and produce, respectively. [6]