Vaiśvānara
deity figure · 2 works · 3 mentions · 4 anchored passages
in the texts
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
Cosmic fire-power (often an aspect of Agni) from whom release is sought in the confession hymn.
I have released thee from Vaiśvānara, from beyond the great ocean-floods;
Let us make known to Vaiśvānara this pledge of the debt that I declare among the deities;
May the gods bind the gem as armor upon him — Indra, Viṣṇu, Savitā, Rudra, Agni, Prajāpati, Parameṣṭhin, Virāj, Vaiśvānara, and all the seers.
Rigveda
An epithet/aspect of Agni as the universal fire and king of all worlds, surveying the whole universe together with the sun.
May we be in the grace of Vaiśvānara, for he is the resplendent king of all the worlds.
Vaiśvānara, Agni questioned with power—may he protect us from injury by day and by night.
O Vaiśvānara, may that be true for thee;