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Saranyu

Daughter of Tvashtri, given in marriage to Vivasvat. She is Yama's mother, bears the Ashvins, and is hidden away by the gods, who give Vivasvat a likeness of her (Rigveda 10.17.1-2).

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

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Saranyu parent of

  • Yama (God)
    Yama's mother is the wife of Vivasvat, Tvashtri's daughter Saranyu.
  • Yami (God)
    Saranyu, wife of Vivasvat, is the mother of the twins Yama and Yami.
  • The Ashvins (God)
    Saranyu bore the Ashvin brothers and then left both pairs of twins.

Saranyu child of

  • Tvashtri (God)
    Tvashtri arranges the wedding of his daughter, who is Yama's mother and the wife of Vivasvat.

Saranyu consort of

  • Vivasvat (God)
    Saranyu, daughter of Tvashtri, is the wife of Vivasvat.

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