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Aditya | | Aditya: Encyclopedia - Aditya | | | In Hinduism, the Adityas are a group of solar deities, sons of Aditi and Kasyapa. In the Rigveda, they are seven deities of the heavens, chief of these being Varuna, followed by Mitra, Aryaman, Bhaga, Daksha, and Ansa, the seventh Aditya was probably the Sun, Surya or Savitar. As a class of gods, the Rigvedic Adityas were distinct from the Vishvedevas. In the Yajurveda (TS), their number is given as eight. In the Brahmanas, their number is expanded to twelve, corresponding to the twelve months:
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Aditya
In Hinduism, the Adityas are a group of solar deities, sons of Aditi and Kasyapa. In the Rigveda, they are seven deities of the heavens, chief of these being Varuna, followed by Mitra, Aryaman, Bhaga, Daksha, and Ansa, the seventh Aditya was probably the Sun, Surya or Savitar. As a class of gods, the Rigvedic Adityas were distinct from the Vishvedevas. In the Yajurveda (TS), their number is given as eight. In the Brahmanas, their number is expanded to twelve, corresponding to the twelve months:
- Ansa
- Aryman
- Bhaga
- Daksha
- Dhatri
- Indra
- Mitra
- Ravi
- Savitri
- Surya
- Varuna
- Yama
Aditya in the (Chāndogya-Upanishad) is also a name of Vishnu, in his Vamana (dwarf) Avatar.
Other related archivesAditi, Ansa, Aryaman, Aryman, Avatar, Bhaga, Brahmanas, Daksha, Dhatri, Hinduism, Indra, Kasyapa, Mitra, Ravi, Rigveda, Savitar, Savitri, Sun, Surya, Upanishad, Vamana, Varuna, Vishnu, Vishvedevas, Yajurveda, Yama, dwarf, solar deities
 Adapted from the Wikipedia article "Aditya", http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aditya, used and available under the GNU Free Documentation License. |
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