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Surya

The sun god; in the Puranic account of the discus, radiance shaved from him so that his wife Sanjna could bear his brightness was forged into the Sudarshana.

Sources: Sudarshana Chakra — Wikipedia · see Surya's web

Relations 1

Surya worshipped by

Adi Shankara (Sage) Smarta · All as one: the Smarta Panchayatana
Traditional attribution: Shankara set the five-deity worship (Surya among them); archaeology predates him. Edge records the tradition, not a personal devotion.

Stories 2

All as one: the Smarta Panchayatana
How a tradition frames it · as one of the five · 1 telling
Two origins of the discus
Legend · as source of the metal · 3 tellings

Cited

Sudarshana Chakra — Wikipedia Encyclopedia