Apāṁ Napāt
deity figure · 2 works · 6 mentions · 8 anchored passages
Apāṁ Napāt Pūru · Apāṃ Napāt · Child of Waters · Child of the Waters · Son of the Waters
in the texts
Rigveda
Golden 'Child of the Waters', deity dwelling within the waters, giver of riches.
Here is the birthplace of the horse and of the sun;
Constructed, as it were, he has crept forward in the waters;
That face of his, and the dear, secret name of Apāṁ Napāt, grows.
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
Water-born deity invoked briefly alongside the Aśvins for heroic strength.
The Deliverer from distress, the bull of the sacrificial lords, the one who blazes foremost at rites — I call upon the Son of the Waters, the two Aśvins, through insight;