Trita Āptya
mythological figure · 3 works · 7 mentions · 10 anchored passages
Trita · Trita Aptya
spoken of as
1 expressionTrita“Trita Āptya”1 mention
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda) (Sanskrit)
with breath undeceived, shining — like a serpent Trita has upheld the three.
in the texts
Rigveda
Minor divine seer-figure cast into a well who cries out to the gods and is rescued by Brhaspati.
Trita, cast down into the well, calls upon the gods for aid;
Trita Āptya knows that and sings it to make kin — understand this for me, O heaven and earth.
They followed the energy and the will of Trita as he fought;
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
A mythic Vedic figure into whom the Āptya-men are said to have placed Svapna.
The Āptya-men placed Svapna in Trita Āptya;
with breath undeceived, shining — like a serpent Trita has upheld the three.
Now I will praise the drink, great in ordinance, mighty in strength — he at whose impelling power Trita, with his might, shattered Vṛtra joint from joint.
Sāmaveda
A watery/celestial deity named among Indra's soma-companions.
When, O Indra, you rejoice in the soma with Viṣṇu, or indeed with Trita Āptya, or when you delight among the Maruts together with the soma-drops.