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.
Apāṁ Napāt, swift of impulse, has achieved his purpose through prayer.
Of golden form is he, of golden appearance — Apāṁ Napāt, he too is golden in color.
In his own house whose milch cow gives freely, who has drunk up the self-rule and eats wholesome food — that Apāṁ Napāt, energizing within the waters, shines forth for the worshipper for the giving of riches.
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;