Chhaya

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Hindu mythological figure goddess

Chhaya is a figure in Hindu mythology known as the shadow-consort of the sun god Surya and the mother of several important deities.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Chhaya is her shadow-form	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hindu mythological figure ⓘ goddess ⓘ
alternateTransliteration	Chaya ⓘ
associatedDeity	Shani NERFINISHED ⓘ Surya NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	shadow ⓘ sun ⓘ
consortOf	Surya NERFINISHED ⓘ
cosmicFunction	embodiment of shadow ⓘ
createdBy	Sanjna NERFINISHED ⓘ
culture	Indian ⓘ
epithet	shadow-consort of Surya ⓘ
family	solar dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender	female ⓘ
languageOfName	Sanskrit ⓘ
meaningOfName	shadow ⓘ
mentionedIn	Brahma Vaivarta Purana NERFINISHED ⓘ Markandeya Purana NERFINISHED ⓘ Vishnu Purana NERFINISHED ⓘ
motherOf	Revanta NERFINISHED ⓘ Savarni Manu NERFINISHED ⓘ Shani NERFINISHED ⓘ Tapti NERFINISHED ⓘ
mythologicalRole	mother of important deities ⓘ
nature	shadow-form ⓘ
relatedConcept	Navagraha NERFINISHED ⓘ Sanjna NERFINISHED ⓘ Surya mythology ⓘ
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
residesWith	Surya NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse	Surya NERFINISHED ⓘ
stepmotherOf	Ashvins NERFINISHED ⓘ Vaivasvata Manu NERFINISHED ⓘ Yama NERFINISHED ⓘ Yami NERFINISHED ⓘ
substituteFor	Sanjna NERFINISHED ⓘ
tradition	Puranic Hinduism NERFINISHED ⓘ
typeOfMythologicalFigure	solar deity consort ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Surya (sun) in Hinduism → spouse → Chhaya ⓘ

subject surface form: Surya

Surya → consort → Chhaya ⓘ

Sanjna → hasDouble → Chhaya ⓘ

Sanjna → relationshipWithChhaya → Chhaya ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chhaya is her shadow-form