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SūRya : Hindu Terms
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the Vedic Sun god, the chief Āditya. Besides his obvious life-giving powers and ability to disperse darkness with his light, he also illuminates the mind, dispersing the darkness of ignorance for meditators, thus symbolizing enlightenment as...
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Vivasvat : Gods and Goddesses , Devil and Demons
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(Vivasvant, ‘he who lights up’) In Indian mythology, father of the → Aśvins, of → Yama, the god of death, and of → Manu, the progenitor of mankind. Vivasvat is an aspect of the sunrise; in the Rigveda he is said to...
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Vivasvant : Hindu Terms
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(‘brilliant’) an epithet of Sūrya, sometimes addressed as a separate solar deity, one of the larger group of...
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In Hinduism, Surya (Devanagari: सूर्य, sūrya, lit "the Supreme Light" [2] ) is the chief solar deity, one of the Adityas, son of Kasyapa and one of his wives Aditi[3], of Indra, or of Dyaus Pitar (depending by the versions). He has hair and...


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