Parameṣṭhin
deity figure · 1 work · 11 mentions · 21 anchored passages
Lord of Speech · the Supreme Lord
in the texts
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
Supreme lordship figure named among cosmic sovereigns in the sovereignty hymn.
May this head of the assembly, Parameṣṭhin, of brilliant radiance, be the most celebrated among his peers.
Dhātā, Vidhātā, the supreme Saṃdṛk, Prajāpati, Parameṣṭhin, Virāṭ — the stoma-hymns, the meters, the nivid-formulas speak thus to me:
O god Parameṣṭhin, set forth the waters, cleave the ocean — from broad heaven, from earth, from the atmosphere — for this sovereignty, for the Brahmins through this sacred word, for the offspring, for these, for the herbs: