Svarbhānu
deity figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
Svarbhānu the Asura
in the texts
Rigveda
An Asura who covers the sun in darkness, bewildering the worlds until Atri restores the sun's light.
The sun that Svarbhānu the Asura pierced with darkness — the Atris found him;
Let not the deceitful malicious one swallow me here in fear — me who am yours.
When Svarbhānu the Asura pierced you, O Sūrya, with darkness — like one foolish and ignorant of the region — the worlds were bewildered.
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
Eclipse-demon/planet named among the portents preceding the battle.
and the great planet Svarbhānu seized the sun though it was not an eclipse-node.