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Vivasvat

Also called: Vivasvan

The Shining One of the Rigveda: husband of Saranyu, father of Yama, of the Ashvins and of Manu. The Yajurveda and Brahmanas call him an Aditya, and later his name is a common name of the sun.

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

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Vivasvat parent of

  • Yama (God)
    The poet calls Vivasvat, Yama's father, to the sacrifice.
  • Yami (God)
    Yama and Yami are the first twins, children of Vivasvat and Saranyu.
  • The Ashvins (God)
    Saranyu bore the Ashvin brothers to Vivasvat. Elsewhere they are children of Heaven.
  • Manu (Sage)
    Manu is the son of Vivasvat, called Vaivasvata from the Atharvaveda on. Yaska says his mother was Savarna, the likeness put in Saranyu's place.

Vivasvat child of

  • Aditi (God)
    Vivasvat is in the Taittiriya Brahmana's list of the eight sons of Aditi and is called Aditya in the Yajurveda and Brahmanas; the Puranas keep him among the twelve.

Vivasvat consort of

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

Vivasvat form of

  • Surya (God)
    Vivasvat is called Aditya in the Yajurveda and Brahmanas and is a common name of the sun later.

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