Ratri
Ratri is a deity who is the sister of Ushas. Ushas supposedly cares for the child of her sister Ratri.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- -1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Vedic period.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Savitri, Dyaus Pita, Chhaya, Raka, Vāc, Aranyani, Dinsana, Puramdhi, Parendi, Bharati, Mahi, Sri, Kalaratri, Eos, Aurora, Mater Matuta, Auseklis, Sūrya, Agni, Soma, Varuna, Disani, Ame-no-Uzume, Marici, Saranyu, Shani, Ēostre, Aušra, Indra, Prithvi, Vishnu, Deva, devi, Saraswati, Rudra, Nirṛti, Aditi, Savitr, Prajapati, kali, Kala, Ashura
- manifests as
- Ratridevi
- has aspect
- Ratridevi
Mentioned by
- Eos
- Aurora
- Mater Matuta
- Auseklis
- Sūrya
- Agni
- Soma
- Varuna
- Disani
- Ame-no-Uzume
- Marici
- Saranyu
- Shani
- Ēostre
- Aušra
- Indra
and 15 more
Sources
Source passages
“Dumézil connects this ritual to the maternal role of Ushas, who supposedly cares for the child of her sister Ratri.”
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“Ratri”
#16274 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The Vedas describes a number of significant Devis such as Ushas (dawn), Prithvi (earth), Aditi (cosmic moral order), Saraswati (river, knowledge), Vāc (sound), Nirṛti (destruction), Ratri (night), Aranyani (forest), and bounty goddesses such as Dinsana, Raka, Puramdhi, Parendi, Bharati, Mahi, among others, mentioned in the Rigveda.”
#22176 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The sage Kushika, while absorbed in meditation was said to have realised the enveloping power of darkness and thus invoked Ratri (night) as an all-powerful goddess in the form of the hymn.”
#30976 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5