Apālā
mythological figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
in the texts
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
A woman of legend purified and given sun-bright skin by Indra through a triple ritual passage.
Through the hole of the chariot, through the hole of the wagon, through the hole of the yoke, O Śatakratu — Apālā, O Indra, you purified three times, you made her sun-skinned.
Rigveda
Legendary woman purified and made radiant by Indra in a short narrative hymn.
the head of that bald man, the field yonder, and this my belly.
Both that field of ours, and this body of mine — and the head of that bald man — make all of them hairy.
In the nave of the chariot, in the nave of the cart, in the nave of the yoke, O Śatakratu — Indra, thou didst purify Apālā thrice, making her skin radiant as the sun.