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Amsha

Also called: Amsa, Ansa

The Share, an Aditya close in meaning to Bhaga, named as a god only three times in the Rigveda.

Sources: Vedic Mythology, A. A. Macdonell (1897); Hymns of the Rigveda, tr. R. T. H. Griffith (1896), hymns read for the Vedic layer · see Amsha's web

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Amsha child of

Aditi (God)
Amsha is one of the six Adityas of RV 2.27.1.

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Vedic Mythology, A. A. Macdonell (1897) § s19 Scholarly
Hymns of the Rigveda, tr. R. T. H. Griffith (1896), hymns read for the Vedic layer § 2.27.1 Primary text (translation)