(Sanskrit ‘dispenser’; Iranian baga=god) In the Vedic religion, one of the → Adityas. He is invoked as a giver of good fortune and prosperity, and in addition he is the god of marriage, to whom the month of spring is...

one of the Ādityas, representing the quality of bestowing or giving, charity and goodness (‘godness’: cf. Slav. bhogu, bog, meaning...

Sanskrit bhaga is a term for "lord, patron", but also for "wealth, prosperity". The cognate term in Avestan and Old Persian is baga, of uncertain meaning but used in a sense in which "lord, patron" might also apply. A Slavic cognate is bog "god". The...