Atri
In Vedic religion, Atri is a figure who saved the sun during an eclipse when it was hidden in demonic darkness. He accomplished this by means of the fourth bráhman and cult to the gods through "nude worship," using force from within with no uttered words.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- -1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Vedic figure attested in ancient Indian religious texts, associated with solar rescue during eclipse.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Chandra, Indu, Shashank, Shashin, Taradhipa, Nishakara, Nakshatrapati, Oshadhipati, Uduraj, Udupati, Kumudanatha, Udupa, Kalki, Shabari, Shurpanakha, Vaishno Devi, Marisha, Pulastya, Kaśyapa, vāmadeva, kaṇva, parāśara, viśvāmitra, śaunaka, yājñavalkya, bharadwāja, jamadagni, gautama, mudgala, vyāsa, lomasa, kauśika, vatsa, manḍūka, Vasishtha, Shukra, Shashin, Thor, Angerona, Volupia, Viðarr, Fenrir, Oðinn, Soma, Hanuman, Ravana, Nārada, Durvasa, Agastya, Kapila
- parent of
- Atrisuta
- allied with
- Rama
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“When the sun was hidden in the demonic dark, Atri took it away from there by means of the fourth bráhman and a cult to the gods through "nude worship", i.e. with a force from within and no uttered words.”
#10814 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Some of the epithets of Chandra include Soma (distill), Indu (bright drop), Shashank (hare-marked), Atrisuta (son of Atri), Shashin or Shachin (the essence), Taradhipa (lord of stars), Nishakara (the night maker), Nakshatrapati (lord of the Nakshatra), Oshadhipati (lord of herbs), Uduraj or Udupati (water lord), Kumudanatha (lord of lotuses), and Udupa (boat).”
#19211 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The texts describe nearby hermitages of Vedic rishis (sages) such as Atri, and that Rama roamed through forests, lived a humble simple life, provided protection and relief to ascetics in the forest being harassed and persecuted by demons, as they stayed at different ashrams.”
#28955 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“2.atri”
#30720 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001