A History of Sanskrit Literature c7.31

c7.31

With the growth of the conception of the creator, Prajāpati, as a supreme deity, the characteristics of Varuṇa as a sovereign god naturally faded away, and the dominion of waters, only a part of his original sphere, alone remained. This is already partly the case in the *Atharva-veda*, and in post-Vedic mythology he is only an Indian Neptune, god of the sea.