India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c11.s1.4

c11.s1.4

Of the pairs of deities (*devatā-dvandva*, VI.2.141) a long list is found in the *Ashṭādhyāyī*, e.g. Agni and Varuṇa (VI.3.27), Agni and Soma (IV.2.32; VI.3.27), Dyau and Pṛithivī (IV.2.32; VI.3.29-30) Ushā and Sūryā (VI.3.31), the twin agricultural deities Śunāsīra, and other combinations with Rudra and Pūshā (VI.2.142). Even Manthin, a Soma-vessel (*Somagraha*) is mentioned in the context of 'twin deities' (VI.2.142).