Bhava
deity figure · 1 work · 9 mentions · 12 anchored passages
King Bhava · father of the Maruts
in the texts
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
Fierce epithet/aspect of Rudra invoked as triumphant war-god and healer.
with the arrows of Rudra strike down the sorcerers, and those of King Bhava as well.
by Bhava the triumphant he wins, and by Parjanya the exceedingly mighty.
You two who, both fierce, undertake manifold tasks at once, and who have let loose your sovereignty overwhelming among peoples — be gracious to me, O Bhava and Śarva;