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Pathya Svasti

Also called: Pathya, Svasti

The goddess of the safe road or 'happy journey', who receives the first butter offering of the opening rite of the Soma sacrifice. The Brahmanas identify her with speech and say the gods recognised the northern quarter through her.

Sources: The Satapatha-Brahmana, tr. Julius Eggeling (Sacred Books of the East 12, 41); Rigveda Brahmanas: the Aitareya and Kausitaki Brahmanas, tr. A. B. Keith (1920); Hymns of the Rigveda, tr. R. T. H. Griffith (1896), hymns read for the Vedic layer · see Pathya Svasti's web

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Aditi wins the first and the last offering
Origin · as finds the north · 2 tellings

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The Satapatha-Brahmana, tr. Julius Eggeling (Sacred Books of the East 12, 41) § 3.2.3.8 Primary text (translation)
The Satapatha-Brahmana, tr. Julius Eggeling (Sacred Books of the East 12, 41) § 3.2.3.15 Primary text (translation)
Rigveda Brahmanas: the Aitareya and Kausitaki Brahmanas, tr. A. B. Keith (1920) § kb.7.6 Primary text (translation)
Hymns of the Rigveda, tr. R. T. H. Griffith (1896), hymns read for the Vedic layer § 10.63.16 Primary text (translation)