Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s10.t3.22

v1.c7.s10.t3.22

Some other phenomena of nature are also deified, for example, wind, rain and river. Vayu, the deified wind, works to facilitate growth and to bring luck and merit to posterity. Parjanya, the God of Rain, is to irrigate plants and to promote their growth.