[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Religion and philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion) › [The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908) › c9.63 # The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads) c9.63 The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads) c9.63 - **Language:** English ### [c9.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c9.63) The standard interpretation of this god is again as a sun-god. This is well supported by some higher mythic traits in which this god is not altogether wanting. He is lord of all things that stand or move; almost the same words describe Sūrya (Helios). He also is the lover or husband of the Sun-Maiden Sūryā, that arch-flirt who carries on affairs with the male Sūrya, the Açvins, and Soma. He alone has the very ancient epithet \*āghṛṇi\* "glowing." This fits the sun, and besides hardly any other article than fire. Now fire Pūshan is not. To consider him, under these circumstances, a mere "god Prospero," or an abstract "Lord of the Paths," is a good deal like begging the question. Contrariwise his abilities as path-finder, cattle god, and restorer of lost things point to an overseeing heavenly body, particularly if we may trust another Lithuanian folk-song (\*daina\*) which I may be permitted to quote: - [Previous: c9.62](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c9.62) - [Next: c9.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c9.64) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c9.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c9.63) · Pramāṇa