(1) _By Bhanu_: -- Devar-shabha or the chief Devas.
(2) _By Lamba_: -- Vidyota (flash of lightning)
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The clouds.
(3) _By Kakud_: -- Sankata
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Kikata (the elementals presiding over
earth-cavities).
(4) _By Yami_: -- Svarga.
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Nandi.
(5) _By Visva_: -- The Visvadevas (Vedic-gods).
(6) _By Sadhya_: -- The Sadhyas -- attainment of desires.
(7) _By Mavutvati_: -- Marutvat and Jayanta, otherwise called Upendra.
(8) _By Muhurta_: -- The Muhurta Devas or Devas presiding over the
moments.
(9) _By Sankalpa_: -- Sankalpa (Desire).
(10) _By Vasu_: The eight Vasus (Vedic-gods), _viz_
(_a_) Drona = Abhimati
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--+---------+---+-----
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Harsha (Joy) Soka (Sorrow) &c.
(_b_) Prana = Urjasvati
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--+---------------+-----+-----+---
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Saha (strength) Ayus (age) Purojava.
(_c_) Dhruva=Dharani
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Different towns.
(_d_) Arka = Vasana (tendency)
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---+-----+------+--
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Tarsha (desire) &c.
(_e_) Agni (Fire) = Dhara
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--+----------------------+--+------------+--
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Skanda Dravinaka &c.
(otherwise known as (Gold, wealth)
Kartikeya, the son
of Siva by Krittika)
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Visakha &c.
(_f_) Dosha = Sarvari (night)
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Sisumara (Gangetic porpoise the symbol of Triloki).
(_g_) Vastu (Dwelling place) = Angirasi
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Visvakarma (The cosmic manufacturer)
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Chakshusha Manu
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--+------+---------+---
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The Visvadevas The Sadhyas.
(_h_) Vibhavasu = Usha (Dawn)
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--+--------------+--+--------------+--
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Vyushta Rochisha Atapa.
(Dawn) (Bright, shining) (Sun shine)
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Panchayama
(1 Yama = 1/3 part of day
= 3 hours. There are
8 yamas in day and night.
Pancha yama = 5 yamas
when men do their work).
[The 8 Vasus are sub-manifestations of Brahma or the creative Purusha.
They are energies that help creation in various ways. They find no place
in the Hindu worship now. They are invoked only in marriage ceremonies
when their appropriateness is evident. The Vedic gods can be analysed
thus:--:
Purusha
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Creative or Brahma Preservative or Vishnu Destructive or Siva
8 Vasus. 12 Adityas. 11 Rudras.
These are 31 gods. Then there are Prajapati and Indra, making the number
33. The Brihat Aranyaka says that the 33 Krores of Devas are only sub
rays of these primary 33].