Arundhatī
deity figure · 3 works · 9 mentions · 13 anchored passages
Trāyamāṇā · the goddess Arundhatī
in the texts
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
Personified healing plant/goddess addressed as 'Mother', embodiment of vital essence.
O Arundhatī, you encompass all life — and this too.
From them were you born, O Arundhatī, causing no harm.
and you shall indeed be Arundhatī.
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
Goddess renowned for wifely virtue, invoked as a standard of comparison for Sītā.
"But this wife of yours is free from these faults, praiseworthy and worthy of acclaim, just as the goddess Arundhatī herself.
O dark-eyed one, O auspicious one — could you be Arundhatī, who having angered her husband Vasiṣṭha in wrath or delusion, is no longer with him?
By violating Sītā, who surpasses even Arundhatī and Rohiṇī, O foolish one, by molesting that venerable woman, you have done what is unbecoming of you.
Kātyāyana Smṛti
Mythic paragon of wifely virtue and chastity, invoked as the standard of comparison for a virtuous widow.
The virtuous woman who, after her husband's death, remains established in celibacy, she, with conduct like Arundhatī's, is glorified in the world of Brahmā.