Antaka
deity figure · 3 works · 4 mentions · 4 anchored passages
Antaka son of Mṛtyu
in the texts
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
A death-deity ('the ender') invoked alongside Mṛtyu at the very start of the revival hymn.
Homage to Antaka, to Mṛtyu — let this man remain here together with his vital breath.
Antaka son of Mṛtyu milked her;
Rigveda
Legendary figure named as a beneficiary of the Asvins' (or another god's) aid.
With those aids by which you sustained Antaka who was dying in a distant place, and Bhujyu without wavering;
Manusmṛti
Deity of death associated with the southern direction, recipient of a bali-offering.
Having thus duly offered the oblation, he should offer a *bali*-offering in all directions, moving clockwise, to Indra, Antaka, Ap-pati, and Indu, along with their attendants.