Vrātya
mythological figure · 1 work · 1 mentions · 10 anchored passages
the one Vrātya among the gods · the wandering ascetic
in the texts
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
A wandering ascetic/sacrificial figure identified with the origin of Prajāpati and with the entire structured cosmos, honored ritually as a divine guest.
That became the One;
"O Vrātya, why do you stand?
that became the rainbow of Indra.