[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) › c5.1666 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1666 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1666 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1666](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1666) SAVARNĀ. Wife of the sun. “The female of like appearance,” whom Saranyū, wife of Vivaswat, substituted for herself when she fled. (\*See Saranyū.\*) Manu was the offspring of Savarnā. This is the version given in the Nirukta. In the Vishnu Purāna, Savarnā is daughter of the ocean, wife of Prāchīnabarhis, and mother of the ten Prachetasas. - [Previous: c5.1665](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1665) - [Next: c5.1667](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1667) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Cites (2) - [Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska) — Yāska, Sanskrit - [Viṣṇupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1666](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1666) · Pramāṇa