Saraṇyū
mythological figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
the immortal · the immortal woman
in the texts
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
Daughter of Tvaṣṭṛ, wife of Vivasvān and mother of Yama, who is concealed and replaced by the gods and then disappears, leaving twin offspring.
The mother of Yama, being led in the bridal procession, disappeared — the great wife of Vivasvat.
Saraṇyū abandoned two twin pairs.
Rigveda
Mother of Yama, the immortal wife of Vivasvat who was concealed and replaced by a likeness before abandoning her twin children.
The mother of Yama, the great wife of Vivasvat, disappeared when she was being carried [in the bridal procession].
They concealed the immortal [Saraṇyū] from mortals;