Vāyu
deity figure · 9 works · 81 mentions · 161 anchored passages
also in the atlas: vāyu the idea
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in the texts
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
Wind deity named among the gods who bestow kingdom and prosperity.
May Varuṇa, Vāyu, and Agni bestow upon us that great kingdom (bṛhad rāṣṭra) worthy of being established.
The swaths of the wind rush together;
Only his roar is heard, not his form;
Rigveda
Wind-god invoked at the very start of the Soma-pressing to drink first, alone and jointly with Indra.
O Vāyu, the praisers extol you with hymns;
O Vāyu, drink of those that are set forth.
O Indra and Vāyu, these Soma-juices are pressed;
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
The wind god who demands the hundred daughters of Kuśanābha as wives and, refused, breaks their bodies in wrath.
'Our father is our lord and our highest deity;
Hearing their words, Vāyu was filled with extreme fury;
Broken by Vāyu, the maidens entered the palace of their father.
Sāmaveda
The wind-god, before whom the related hymns are said to stand, and who is asked to bring healing.
May the Wind blow its medicine, bringing peace and joy to our heart — may it extend our life-spans for us.
The related hymns, pointing toward you, prepared with oblations, have taken their stand in the presence of Vāyu.
mount Vāyu by the law.
Manusmṛti
Wind deity, one of the sources of the king's divine essence.
Through his power, he is Agni and he is the Wind, he is the Sun, he is Soma, he is the King of Dharma (Yama);
Having drawn forth eternal particles from Indra, the Wind, Yama, the Sun, from Agni and Varuṇa, and from the Moon and the Lord of Wealth (Kubera).
the Wind, the thousand-eyed one, the Guru, and the Fire, from a student who has broken his vow.
Sāṃkhyatattvavivecana
The wind deity, named among the presiding deities of the adhidaivata order.
Brahmā, Rudra, the Moon, Ākāśa, and Vāyu, the Sun, Varuṇa, Indra, and likewise Viṣṇu and Mitra—
Bṛhaspati Smṛti
The wind deity, one of the eight gods whose essence forms the king.
from Soma, Agni, the Sun, the Wind, Indra, the Lord of Wealth, the Lord of Waters, and Yama.
Kunjarakarna Dharmakathana
The wind god, ruler of an abode near the west.
nearby, the abode of Māruta.
Parāśara Smṛti
Wind deity associated with curd in the pañcagavya rite.
Vāyu is declared to be in the curd, Soma in the milk, and the Sun in the clarified butter.