Wind
deity figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 8 anchored passages
Vāyu · the Wind · Vāta
spoken of as
1 expressionVāyu / Vāta“Wind”1 mention
Rigveda (Sanskrit)
May the bliss-giving Wind blow upon (the cows);
in the texts
Rigveda
Wind deity (Vāyu/Vāta) invoked as guardian, life-giving breath of the gods, and blesser of cattle and health.
May the bliss-giving Wind blow upon (the cows);
may Vāyu (the Wind) protect us from the atmosphere;
To that Vāta (Wind) let us offer homage with oblation.
Manusmṛti
Deity of air and movement; model for the king's omnipresent surveillance through spies.
As the Wind moves, having entered all beings, so should he enter everywhere with his spies;
A king should follow the brilliant conduct of Indra, of the Sun, of the Wind, of Yama, of Varuṇa, of the Moon, of Agni, and of the Earth.