Minor litany deities (Vasu, Saṃvatsara, Sarasvatī, Hiṃkāra, Samudra, Mātariśvan, Mādhava, Aryaman, Aṃśa, Vivasvat, Dhātṛ, Vāta)
group · 1 work · 1 mention · 8 anchored passages
Aryaman · Aṃśa · Dhātṛ · Hiṃkāra · Mādhava · Mātariśvan · Samudra · Sarasvatī · Saṃvatsara · Vasu
in the texts
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
A cluster of secondary deities, each named once or twice, who are assigned a cosmic domain in the overseer litany or listed among the gods invoked for protection and release from distress.
may Bṛhaspati, Mātariśvan, and Vāyu, the joining winds, sing out for us.
Aṃśa and Vivasvat we invoke — may they release us from distress.
the god whose name is Aryaman — may they release us from distress.