Dyāvāpṛthivī
deity figure · 3 works · 10 mentions · 26 anchored passages
Heaven and Earth · Heaven-and-Earth · Dyaus · Pṛthivī · Rodasī · both world-halves · both worlds · great heaven · heaven and earth · mother Earth
spoken of as
1 expressionHeaven and Earth“Dyāvāpṛthivī”9 mentions
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda) (Sanskrit) · Rigveda (Sanskrit) · Sāmaveda (Sanskrit)
Heaven is your father, Earth is your mother — let them make for you old-age-death and long life, so that you may live a hundred winters in the lap of Aditi, guarded by in-breath and out-breath.
in the texts
Rigveda
Personified cosmic parents, Heaven and Earth, praised as guardians and sustainers of the worlds.
With sacrifices I laud the great Dyāvāpṛthivī — Heaven and Earth, who augment Ṛta, O wise ones, at the assemblies.
Of wide expanse, the two great inseparable ones — Father and Mother guard the worlds.
the two parents of good seed have established for progeny the broad immortal domain with their choosing gifts.
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
The dual deity Heaven-and-Earth, invoked together as parental and protective powers across several hymns.
Heaven is your father, Earth is your mother — let them make for you old-age-death and long life, so that you may live a hundred winters in the lap of Aditi, guarded by in-breath and out-breath.
This one I deliver into your two hands, O Heaven-and-Earth — may he neither thirst nor hunger.
may both Heaven and Earth grant us freedom from fear.
Sāmaveda
The paired deities Heaven and Earth, addressed together and asked for grace, glory, and release from distress.
Let all the gods hear my sacrifice — both heaven and earth, and the child of the waters — hear my hymn.
May Mitra and Varuṇa magnify that for us, and Aditi, the River, the Earth, and Heaven.
O Heaven and Earth, be gracious to us and release us from distress.