[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.1513 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1513 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1513 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1513](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1513) RIBHUS. Three sons of Su-dhanwan, a descendant of Angiras, severally named Ribhu, Vibhu, and Vāja. Through their assiduous performance of good works they obtained divinity, exercised superhuman powers, and became entitled to receive praise and adoration. They are supposed to dwell in the solar sphere, and there is an indistinct identification of them with the rays of the sun; but, whether typical or not, they prove the admission, at an early date, of the doctrine that men might become divinities.—Wilson. They are celebrated in the Rig-veda as skilful workmen, who fashioned Indra's chariot and horses, and made their parents young again. By command of the gods, and with a promise of exaltation to divine honours, they made a single new sacrificial cup into four. They are also spoken of as supporters of the sky. - [Previous: c5.1512](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1512) - [Next: c5.1514](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1514) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1513](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1513) · Pramāṇa