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Origin · 4 tellings · contested

Aditi and the eighth son, Martanda

Aditi bears eight sons, goes to the gods with seven and casts away the eighth, Martanda, then brings him back. Later texts explain why.

Aditi, Martanda, The Adityas, Vivasvat

Pan-India