Vishvarupa
deity Hindu single tradition · 2
Vishvarupa is the primordial Creator in Vedic descriptions. The conception of Ardhanarishvara may have been inspired by this figure.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- -1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Vedic period
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Harihara, Gajalakshmi, Śiva, Agni, Kubera, Rudra, Purusha, Prajapati, Yama-Yami, Vritra, Bṛhaspati, Saranyu
- enemy of
- Indra
- child of
- Tvashtr
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“Vedic literature's composite figure of Yama-Yami, the Vedic descriptions of the primordial Creator Vishvarupa or Prajapati and the fire-god Agni as "bull who is also a cow,"”
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“He is the guardian of Soma, and his son Vishvarupa is the guardian of cows. Indra has a conflict with his likely father Tvashtr, with him stealing Tvashtr's soma and trying to possess Vishvarupa’s cattle.”
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