A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.2013

Language: English

c5.2013

VASU. The Vasus are a class of deities, eight in number, chiefly known as attendants upon Indra. They seem to have been in Vedic times personifications of natural phenomena. They are Āpa (water), Dhruva (pole-star), Soma (moon), Dhara (earth), Anila (wind), Anala (fire), Prabhāsa (dawn), and Pratyūsha (light). According to the Rāmāyana they were children of Aditi.

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Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa — Vālmīki, Sanskrit