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Sarama

Indra's messenger, who crosses the river Rasa to find the cattle hidden by the Panis and refuses their offer of sisterhood (RV 10.108). Later tradition calls her the hound of the gods.

Sources: Hymns of the Rigveda, tr. R. T. H. Griffith (1896), hymns read for the Vedic layer; The Brhad-devata attributed to Saunaka, ed. and tr. A. A. Macdonell (Harvard Oriental Series 6); Rasa in Vedic Literature (Jaiminiya Brahmana 2.440-442, text and translation), T. Yamada · see Sarama's web

Relations 1

Sarama devotee of

Indra (God) · Sarama and the Panis
Sarama goes as Indra's messenger.

Stories 1

Sarama and the Panis
Legend · as Indra's messenger · 3 tellings

Cited

Hymns of the Rigveda, tr. R. T. H. Griffith (1896), hymns read for the Vedic layer § 10.108 Primary text (translation)
The Brhad-devata attributed to Saunaka, ed. and tr. A. A. Macdonell (Harvard Oriental Series 6) § 8.24-36 Primary text (translation)
Rasa in Vedic Literature (Jaiminiya Brahmana 2.440-442, text and translation), T. Yamada § 2.440-442 Scholarly