Rohita
deity figure · 2 works · 3 mentions · 10 anchored passages
the Ruddy One · the Tawny One
in the texts
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
Mythic reddish/solar figure who mounted to heaven, invoked in the riddle hymn.
How many ascents cause one to mount to the light, by which the Rohita mounted to heaven — bearers of kingship, bearers of dominion, bearers of riches, givers of riches, those for whom grain is wealth?
Having set down the cold and the blaze and made the mountains into sacrificial posts, the two fires — knowers of the heavenly world — sacrifice with rain as ghee for Rohita.
Your climbers, your sprouts, your ascenders, with which you fill heaven and the atmosphere — nourished by the sacred word and by milk, be wakeful in the clan, in the kingdom of Rohita.
Rigveda
Divine figure asked to yoke the ruddy mares and bay steeds and bring the gods to the sacrifice.
Yoke the ruddy mares to the chariot and the bay steeds, O divine Rohita.