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Chhaya

Also called: Chaya, Savarna, Shadow-Samjna

The shadow of Samjna, left in her place as the Sun's wife. She bears him Savarni Manu, Shani (Saturn) and the daughter Tapati, favours her own children, and curses Yama, which exposes the secret.

Sources: The Markandeya Purana, tr. F. E. Pargiter (Bibliotheca Indica, 1904); The Vishnu Purana, tr. H. H. Wilson (1840) · see Chhaya's web

Relations 3

Chhaya consort of

Surya (God) · Samjna and the shadow wife
The shadow takes Samjna's place as wife.

Chhaya cursed

Yama (God) · Samjna and the shadow wife
She curses Yama's foot to fall when he raises it against her.

Chhaya emanates from

Samjna (Consort) · Samjna and the shadow wife
Chhaya is Samjna's own shadow given form.

Stories 1

Samjna and the shadow wife
Legend · as the shadow left in her place · 5 tellings

Cited

The Markandeya Purana, tr. F. E. Pargiter (Bibliotheca Indica, 1904) § 77 Primary text (translation)
The Markandeya Purana, tr. F. E. Pargiter (Bibliotheca Indica, 1904) § 106 Primary text (translation)
The Vishnu Purana, tr. H. H. Wilson (1840) § 3.2 Primary text (translation)