Lord of the Forest
deity figure · 2 works · 3 mentions · 4 anchored passages
Vanaspati · Lord of the forest · lord of the forest
spoken of as
1 expressionVanaspati“Lord of the Forest”2 mentions
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda) (Sanskrit) · Rigveda (Sanskrit)
And do thou, O lord of the forest, lead him up into the world of the living.
in the texts
Rigveda
The deity of the sacrificial wood, asked to guide the oblations to the gods.
O Lord of the Forest, where you know the secret names of the gods, thither guide our oblations.
Do not uproot the kākambīra tree, the lord of the forest, lest the non-praisers destroy us;
O Lord of the forest, mayst thou be of firm limb, our companion who carries forward, of good heroes;
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
Tree-deity/lord of the forest invoked in both the animal-repelling and healing (ten-tree) hymns.
And do thou, O lord of the forest, lead him up into the world of the living.
The light is turned away, the sun is turned away, the god Vanaspati is turned away — may the enemies be turned away.