Ashvins

deity sky Hindu single tradition · 6

Stub entity — referenced by another entity from source #741 but not yet directly extracted from its own source.

↻ synthesized from 6 sources

When

First attested
1500 BCE
Attested period
-1500 – 2020
Historical notes
Referenced in the Rigveda.

Relationships

parent of
Mainda, Dvivida
allied with
Indra, Saraswati, Bhaga
served by
Ribhus
child of
Sūrya, Saranyu
enemy of
Namuchi

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Sources

Source passages

“Ashvins”

#15512 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Other related Ashvins”

#16347 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“the Ribhus are artists who formed the horses of Indra, the carriage of the Ashvins, and the miraculous cow of Brihaspati”

#17081 · 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.”

#22198 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“She was also associated with the Ashvins, with whom she collaborates to bolster Indra's strength by telling him how to kill the asura Namuchi.”

#29092 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5