Tvaṣṭṛ
deity figure · 3 works · 60 mentions · 111 anchored passages
Tvaṣṭar · Tvaṣṭā · Agohya · Tvāṣṭra · the creator
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Rigveda
The divine artisan god who fashions Indra's vajra (thunderbolt), the weapon used to slay Vṛtra.
the sacred formulas, O Indra, those that increase you — even Tvaṣṭṛ's matched power has grown great for you;
For him alone Tvaṣṭṛ fashioned the vajra, most excellently wrought, heavenly, for battle;
Ten untiring young women gave birth to this embryo of Tvaṣṭṛ, this widely carried one.
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
Craftsman deity repeatedly listed among groups of gods invoked for wealth, protection, and sovereignty.
May the Vasus establish wealth in this one — Indra, Tvaṣṭṛ, Varuṇa, Mitra, Agni;
May Dhātṛ, Mitra, Varuṇa, divine Agni, Indra, and Tvaṣṭṛ accept my words.
May Tvaṣṭā, that young bull, exult in our homes — with a thousand and with a hundred.
Sāmaveda
A divine craftsman-deity, owner of a cow whose secret name the poets discover.
Here indeed they found the secret name of the cow belonging to Tvaṣṭṛ — thus in the house of the Moon.
Tvaṣṭā forged the brilliant thunderbolt for the much-invoked one.
May Tvaṣṭṛ, Parjanya, and Brahmaṇaspati protect our divine speech.