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Parjanya (Sanskrit: पर्जन्य, IAST: parjánya) according to the Vedas is a deity of rain, thunder, lightning, and the one who fertilizes the earth. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is another epithet of Indra , the Vedic deity of the sky and heaven.
Parjanya [1] [2] (Sanskrit: पार्जन्य, IAST: Pārjánya) also known as Parjanya Maharaja [3] or Parjanya [4] is one of the son of Yadava king Devamida [5] and the brother of Shurasena. He was also paternal grandfather of Krishna [ 1 ] and father of the Nanda .
Also invoked are Savitr, Vishnu, Rudra, Pushan, Brihaspati or Brahmanaspati, as well as deified natural phenomena such as Dyaus Pita (the shining sky, Father Heaven), Prithivi (the earth, Mother Earth), Surya (the sun god), Vayu or Vata (the wind), Apas (the waters), Parjanya (the thunder and rain), Vac (the word), many rivers (notably the ...
Indra (/ ˈ ɪ n d r ə /; Sanskrit: इन्द्र) is the Hindu God of weather, considered the king of the Devas [4] and Svarga in Hinduism.He is associated with the sky, lightning, weather, thunder, storms, rains, river flows, and war.
The Kausik-sutra and the Paraskara-sutra associate her repeatedly as the wife of Parjanya (a god associated with rains) and Indra. [19] Sita is known by many epithets. She is called Jānaki as the daughter of Janaka and Maithili as the princess of Mithila. [21] As the wife of Rama, she is called Ramā.
Parjanya 3; Vac, a form of Sarasvati 2 (mentioned 130 times, venered in 10.125) Vastospati 2; Vishvakarman 2; Manyu 2; Minor deities (one single or no dedicated hymn) Chitragupta, a son of Brahma and Sarasvati mentioned Rig Veda Book 8, Hymn 21, Stanza 18; Manas, a god in 10.58; Dakshina, a god in 10.107; Purusha in the Purusha sukta, 10.90 ...
Dyauṣ's other sons include Agni, Parjanya, the Ādityas, the Maruts, and the Angirases. [7] [9] The Ashvins are called "divó nápāt", meaning offspring/progeny/grandsons of Dyauṣ. [7] [10] Dyauṣ is often visualized as a roaring animal, often a bull, who fertilizes the earth. [7]
Theories have been proposed that Fjörgyn (Proto-Germanic: *fergunja) may represent an extension of an earlier Proto-Indo-European thunder or rain god *Perk w unos due to Indo-European linguistic connections between Norse Fjörgyn, the Lithuanian god Perkūnas, the Slavic god Perun and, perhaps, the Vedic rain god Parjanya. [7]