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Adityas

deity sky Hindu single tradition · 10

Stub entity — referenced by another entity from source #364 but not yet directly extracted from its own source.

↻ synthesized from 10 sources

When

First attested
1500 BCE
Attested period
-1500 – 2020
Historical notes
Appears in the Rig Veda, where they are 6–8 in number. The number increases to 12 in the Brahmanas.

Relationships

co occurs with
Śiva, Savitri, Dyaus Pita, Pushan, Tvashtr, Savitr, Dhatr, Amsha, Vivasvan, Aruṇa, Sanjna, Indra-Vishnu, Vivasvat, Saranyu, Arka, Manu, Ashvins, Rudra, Vasus, Kaśyapa, Vishnu, Vayu, Maheśvara, Brahma, Narayana, Saraswati, Candra, Harihara, Dharaṇī, Devi Sarasvatī, Nīlakaṇṭha, Bhaga, Aditi, Mārtanda, Parvati, Malini, Indra, Agni, Varuna, the Ashvins, Yama
sibling of
Ratri, Uṣas
syncretized with
Sūrya
parent of
Sūrya
manifests as
Sūrya
enemy of
Shiva
has aspect
DvadashAdityas, Aryaman, Bhaga, Mitra, Varuna
manifested by
Sūrya
child of
Kaśyapa, Avalokiteshvara, Aditi

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Mentioned by

Sources

wikipedia (10)
  1. Mitra
  2. Āditya
  3. Ushas
  4. Adityas
  5. Surya
  6. Hindu deities
  7. Avalokiteśvara
  8. Bhaga
  9. Mārtanda
  10. Mythological anecdotes of Ganesha

Source passages

“Adityas are responsible for proper functioning of the universe and in Hindu cosmology they are given lordship over celestial constellations, called nakshatras in Jyotish. Nakshatras are forces of universal intelligence which are intertwined with the birth-death cycle of life, identity of all created beings, events and day to day consciousness”

#15505 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Adityas are responsible for proper functioning of the universe and in Hindu cosmology they are given lordship over celestial constellations, called nakshatras in Jyotish. Nakshatras are forces of universal intelligence which are intertwined with the birth-death cycle of life, identity of all created beings, events and day to day”

#16339 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“The Samhitas, which are the oldest layer of text in Vedas enumerate 33 devas, either 11 each for the three worlds, or as 12 Adityas, 11 Rudras, 8 Vasus and 2 Ashvins in the Brahmanas layer of Vedic texts.”

#22195 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Martanda (Sanskrit: मार्तण्ड) in Hinduism is the eighth and last of the Vedic solar deities called Adityas. He is known as an Aditya by virtue of being born to Aditi.”

#40454 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Shiva unknowingly slew Aditya (Surya).”

#46158 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-120b:free