38-519: Savitar may refer to: Savitr , or Savitar, a Vedic solar deity associated with the Aditya class of divinities Savitar (comics) , a supervillain in comic books published by DC Comics Savitar, a character from Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark-Hunter series Savitar , the yearbook of the University of Missouri (in print, 1894–2005) Topics referred to by
76-524: A beard, and carries a golden axe , an awl , and a goad . He eats gruel, and in the Shatapatha Brahmana is stated to be toothless. He is married to Sūryā, the daughter of the Sun, whom the gods bestowed on him. He is a knower of paths and a guardian of roads. In this role he protects people from various dangers on roads, such as wolves and ambushers. He is also associated with divine paths, and
114-406: A much more direct congruence with other deities. The Vedic poet observes: "[G]od Savitr has raised aloft his brilliance, making light for the whole world; Surya shining brightly has filled heaven and earth and air with his rays." In another hymn Surya is spoken of in terms Prasavitṛ (Vivifier) , an adjective usually applied to Savitr, and in the third verse Savitr is apparently mentioned as
152-565: A part of the oblation. The later versions of this narrative are found in the Ramayana , Mahabharata , and the Puranas . In these versions, Rudra (or Shiva ) was angry because his father-in-law, Daksha , the sacrificer, did not invite him. Shiva , in anger, kicked Pushan and knocked out his teeth as he was eating the oblation. In the Puranic versions, Virabhadra , created by Shiva from
190-445: A place in the rite, and that he was later brought in, perhaps because of his growing importance, perhaps as an Aditya ." According to Yaska , Sanskrit scholar of the 5th century BCE, who made various attempts to interpret difficult Vedic mythologies in his work Nirukta ( Etymology ) (12, 12), the time of Savitr’s appearance is when darkness has been removed. Sayanacharya (on Rig Veda ) remarks that before his rising
228-530: Is a Hindu Vedic solar deity and one of the Adityas . He is the god of meeting. Pushan is responsible for marriages, journeys, roads, and the feeding of cattle. He was a psychopomp (soul guide), conducting souls to the other world. He protected travelers from bandits and wild beasts, and protected men from being exploited by other men. He was a supportive guide, a "good" god, leading his adherents towards rich pastures and wealth. Traditional Traditionally,
266-477: Is a beneficent god who acts as protector of all beings, who are provident and guard the world of spirits. Being an Aditya , Savitr is true to the Eternal Order and act as the score exacter. His primordial pathways in the air are dustless and sleekly traversed, on them he is besought to fortify his invokers. He is prayed to convey the departed soul to where the righteous dwell. Savitr bestows immortality on
304-510: Is broad-handed or beautiful-handed. He is also pleasant tongued or beautiful-tongued, and is once called iron-jawed. His eyes are golden as well. He is yellow-haired, an attribute shared with Agni and Indra . He dons on a tawny garb. He has a golden chariot with a golden axle, which is omni-form, just as he himself is capable of assuming all forms. His channel is analogized as a resplendent chariot drawn by two radiant steeds or by two or more bronze, white-footed stallions. Mighty splendour ("amati")
342-505: Is called Prajapati , lord of created beings , the name which became that of the chief god of the Brahmanas. It is significant that in the only older passage of the Rig veda in which it occurs, Prajapati is an epithet of the solar deity Savitr, who in the same hymn is said to rule over what moves and stands. The Vedas do not specifically identify the Ādityas as there is no classification of
380-484: Is called by many names though one indicate that his nature was being tentatively abstracted to that of a supreme god, nearly approaching that of the later conception of Brahma. In this sense the sun is once glorified as a great power of the universe under the name of the golden embryo, hiranya-garbha, in Rig Veda . It is he who measures out space in the air and shines where the sun rises. In the last verse of this hymn, he
418-604: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Savitr Savitṛ ( Sanskrit : सवितृ IAST : Savitṛ , nominative singular : सविता IAST : Savitā , also rendered as Savitur ), in Vedic scriptures is an Aditya (i.e., an "offspring") of the Vedic primeval mother goddess Aditi . His name in Vedic Sanskrit connotes "impeller, rouser, vivifier." He
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#1732790463595456-576: Is familiar with the path between earth and heaven, which allows him lead souls to heaven. He is invoked to guard cattle, horses, and sheep, and is asked to find those cattle that have been lost. According to a narrative found in the Taittiriya Samhita , Rudra was excluded from the Daksha yajna , an important sacrifice in honor of various deities. He, in anger, pierced the sacrifice with an arrow and broke Pushan's teeth as he attempted to eat
494-491: Is god of stimulation, who by reason of similarity of nature has been made 'like to the sun'. In other cases there can be less doubt: The god Visnu cannot really be explained as a god of 'wide stepping' – he is a sun god, who happens to have a special sphere of activity ... Savitr is never mentioned as having part in the Soma sacrifice a fact which is doubtless fair evidence that the Rig Veda did not know him as having
532-519: Is not his original basis, but his function as the inspirer or impeller to holy sacrifice: The ritual act is repeatedly said in the Yajur Veda to be done ‘on the instigation of the god Savitr’. In several passages of the Rig Veda , Savitr and Surya appear simultaneously. It may even appear based on A.B. Keith 's opinion that the terms Savitar and Surya are used interchangeably in certain hymns of
570-425: Is preeminently attributed to Savitr, and mighty "golden" splendour to him only. Such splendour he stretches out or diffuses. He illumines the air, heaven and earth, the world, the spaces of the earth, the vault of heaven. Like Pushan and Surya , he is lord of that which is mobile and is stationary. Savitr has been attributed to as upholding the movables and immovable, which signifies the maintenance of Ṛta . Savitr
608-428: Is sometimes identified with—and at other times distinguished from— Surya , "the Sun god". When considered distinct from the Sun proper, he is conceived of as the divine influence or vivifying power of the Sun. The Sun before sunrise is called Savitr, and after sunrise until sunset it is called Sūrya. Savitr is venerated in the Rig Veda , the oldest component of the Vedic scriptures. He is first recorded in book three of
646-595: Is thousands of years old and was responsible for policing the Atlantean pantheon. For the second and all subsequent seasons of the television series Battlestar Galactica , Richard Gibbs composed new opening music whose words come from the Sāvitrī Mantra . A literal translation of the verse can be given as: "May we attain that excellent glory of Savitar the god: so may he stimulate our prayers." Pushan Pushan ( Sanskrit : पूषन् , IAST : Pūṣan )
684-553: The Hindu pantheon after the end of the Vedic period , but is still worshiped in modern Hinduism and is referred to as Sāvitrī. Savitr is a deity whose name primarily denotes an agent, in the form of a noun derived from a verbal root with the agent suffix -tṛ added. The name of Savitr belongs to a class of Vedic theonyms, together with Dhatṛ, Tratṛ and Tvastr . These names denote that these are agent gods, who create, protect, and produce, respectively. Savitr has golden arms, and
722-505: The Rig Veda . However it is worth noting that several other deities are directly associated with the epithet of Savitar in the Family Books . They include Indra who is paired alongside Savitar, and Tvastr who is compounded with Savitar. Furthermore, Savitar is unambiguously identified with Bhaga. Savitar is also unambiguously called Pusan and Mitra. While Savitar certainly has directly been charged with using Surya's rays, Savitar has
760-487: The Rigveda are dedicated to Pūṣan (including one jointly to Soma and Pūṣan and another to Indra and Pūṣan). His chariot is pulled by goats. Sometimes he is described as driving the Sun in its course across the sky. He seems to represent the sun as a guardian of flocks and herds. Pushan is also regarded as Kavi, who in turn became an epithet of a number of gods and further a title signifying "king". He has braided hair and
798-509: The Vasus , Aditi , Varuna , Mitra and Aryaman . He is lord of all things worthy, and bestows blessings pervading heaven, air, earth. ... the connection of Savitr with the sun is fairly close. It is at least possible, therefore, that in its origin Savitr was not an independent creation, but was an epithet of Surya, but that question is of little importance: The essential feature of the god
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#1732790463595836-579: The speedster Savitar is an enemy of the Flash who named himself after the Hindu god. In a fiction by author Ryan Sequeira, called "EvOLv", where Savitr has been named as one of the Supreme Gods - parallel with Shiva - The God Savitr is referred to as the source of light in the multiverse. In the Dark-Hunter fantasy series by author Sherrilyn Kenyon , Savitar is a Chthonian god killer who
874-537: The thirty-three gods , except for in the Yajurveda (7.19), which says that there are eleven gods in heaven (light space), eleven gods in the atmosphere (intermediate space), and eleven gods on earth (observer space). In some passages of the Satapatha Brahmana , the number of Ādityas is eight, and in other passages twelve Ādityas are mentioned. Savitr disappears in post-Vedic literature and is absent from
912-592: The Primal Sun, the God of Light: First as Savitr, who represents the divine grace essential for all spiritual success, and then as Mitra, who as the divine love is considered as a friend of the illumined mind (Indra) and his associates (the other gods). The Sun is of Truth, after which appear Rta (Truth in Action) and Rtachit (Truth consciousness). In DC Comics ' The Flash comics and The CW 's The Flash TV series,
950-656: The Rigveda; (RV 3.62.10) later called the Gayatri mantra . Furthermore, he is described with great detail in Hymn 35 of the Rig Veda, also called the Hymn of Savitr. In this hymn, Savitr is personified and represented as a patron deity. He is celebrated in eleven whole hymns of the Rig Veda and in parts of many others texts, with his name being mentioned about 170 times in aggregate.. Savitr disappeared as an independent deity from
988-457: The Vedas represent various cosmic powers. They play a significant role in the drama of creation, preservation, and destruction in the inner world of a human being. Once the senses are controlled and the mind is stabilized through slaying of all the dark powers, comes the awakening, the goddess Ushas, who brings along with her Ashvins into the world of inner consciousness. After Ushas appears Aditi,
1026-425: The corpus of Pauranic Hinduism . Some modern Hindu spiritual thinkers assign symbolism to the Vedic deities like Savitr. The Vedic deities are not only forces of nature, but also forces that exist within the human intellect and psyche, and help the individual in spiritual progress. According to Sri Aurobindo , the Vedic depictions are deeper than mere imagery. The gods, goddesses and the evil forces mentioned in
1064-456: The east." Like Surya , Savitr is implored to remove evil nightmares and to render men sinless. Savitr drives away sorcerers and antagonism. He observes fixed laws. The waters and the wind are subject to his ordinance. He leads the waters and by his propulsion they flow broadly. The other gods follow his lead. No being, not even Indra , Varuna , Mitra , Aryaman , Rudra , can resist his will and independent dominion. His praises are celebrated by
1102-463: The evolution of the mythological creations of the Veda , does not represent direct abstractions, but appears in each case to be derived from an epithet applied to one or more deities, illustrating a particular aspect of activity or character. Such epithets gradually become detached, finally attaining an independent status. Thus Rohita , the 'Red One' (whose female form is Rohinī ), originally an epithet of
1140-461: The gods as well as length of life on man. He also bestowed immortality on the Rbhus , who by the greatness of their deeds advanced to his dwelling. Like other gods, Savitr is a supporter of the cosmos. Also, he holds the whole world, a role which was also assigned to Vishnu in the Vedas. There are two classes of deities in the Rig Veda whose nature is founded on abstraction. The class, judged by
1178-521: The name of the deity is said to be derived from Sanskrit verb, pūṣyati , which means "to cause to thrive". Many modern scholars consider Pushan to be derived from the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European god * Péh₂usōn , which would thereby make Pushan a cognate of the Greek god Pan . The connection between Pan and Pushan was first proposed by the German scholar Hermann Collitz in 1924. Ten hymns in
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1216-409: The same god as Surya . In other hymns also, it is hardly possible to separate the two deities. In certain passages, Savitr combines with the rays of the sun or shines with the rays of the sun. Savitr has a major role in creation. The relevant hymn mentions that: "Indra measured six broad spaces, from which no existing thing is excluded: He it is who made the wide expanse of earth and the lofty dome of
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1292-494: The sky, even he." Savitr assisted Indra in shaping the universe. [T]here are in the last book of the Rig Veda some hymns which treat the origin of the world philosophically rather than mythologically. Various passages show that in the cosmological speculation of the Rig Veda The sun was regarded as an important agent of generation. Thus he is called the soul (atma) of all that moves and stands. Statements such as that he
1330-485: The sun is called Savitr, but from his rising to his setting, Surya. But Savitr is also sometimes spoken of as "sending to sleep", and must therefore be connected with evening as well as morning. He is, indeed, extolled as the setting sun in one hymn (2, 38); and there are indications that most of the hymns addressed to him are meant for either a morning or an evening sacrifice. He brings all two-footed and four-footed beings to rest and awakens them. He unyokes his steeds, brings
1368-430: The sun, as a separate deity in the capacity of a Creator. ... [the] second class of gods, who may be called 'abstract', is afforded by the agent gods – such as Dhatr – whose name expresses a function which they perform; ... they can be called 'functional gods'. In all the cases which are to be found in the Vedic literature we are able to say with a fair degree of plausibility that the conception formed itself from
1406-399: The use of the epithet in question, in the first place, of some concrete god; ... after denoting that deity in the special field of action, it was gradually made into a separate deity, concerned merely with the sphere of action in question. This, however, cannot be proved beyond doubt: It will, for instance, always be open to question whether Savitr is really an aspect of the sun, or whether he
1444-422: The wanderer to rest; at his command night comes; the weaver rolls up her web and the skilful man lays down his unfinished work. Later the west was wont to be assigned to him, as the east to Agni , and the south to Soma . The epithet "sūrya-raśmi" is used in the Rig Veda only once, and it is applied to Savitr: "Radiating with the beams of the Sun, golden-haired, Savitr raises up His effulgence continually from
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