Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s10.t4.2

v1.c7.s10.t4.2

In heaven, there is mainly the king of the universe Varuna, who is the most powerful god in heaven and in charge of the order and morality of the universe, he keeps an eye on the offenses in the world. Dyaus is the deification of sunlight, also known as the heavenly Father and in the shape of cattle. There are several other sun gods with different functions: Surya, the god representing the specific image of the sun, in the poetry he rode a seven horse-drawn cart through the sky, drove away the darkness and brought light; Savitri, the incarnation of the sun in the morning and evening, in the poetry he was described his whole body was shining and rode a golden cart, pulled by two glowing horses galloping in the heaven; Mitra is the incarnation of radiant sun during daytime; Usas represents the goddess of the dawn radiating beautiful morning glow.