Svaha
deity intermediate Hindu single tradition · 2
Svaha is a deity attracted to Agni who takes the form of six of the Saptarshi wives and has sex with Agni six times. She is unable to take the form of Arundhati due to Arundhati's extraordinary virtuous powers. She deposits Agni's semen into the reeds of the Ganges river, where it develops into the six-headed Kartikeya.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- -1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Vedic period
Relationships
- consort of
- Agni
Sources
Source passages
“Svaha is present and attracted to Agni. Svaha takes the form of six of the wives, one by one, and has sex with Agni six times...Svaha deposits the semen of Agni into the reeds of Ganges river”
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“Her mother is credited to be a consort of Agni interchangeably known as Svaha and Agnāyī (meaning, "Wife of Agni").”
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