Apvā
deity figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
in the texts
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
A personified terror-demoness invoked to attack the minds of enemies.
advance, burn them inwardly with grief in their hearts, pierce our foes — those enemies fit to be seized — with darkness.
Rigveda
Personified terror/panic invoked to afflict the enemy in battle.
Beguiling the minds of those enemies, seize their limbs, O Apvā, and pass through;