[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) › c5.2013 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.2013 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.2013 - **Language:** English ### [c5.2013](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.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. - [Previous: c5.2012](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2012) - [Next: c5.2014](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2014) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Cites (1) - [Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2013](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2013) · Pramāṇa