Saranyu

E449121

Hindu deity Vedic deity goddess

Saranyu is a goddess in Hindu mythology, known as the wife of the sun god Surya and mother of several important deities, including the Ashvins and Yama.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Saranyu canonical	5

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hindu deity ⓘ Vedic deity ⓘ goddess ⓘ
associatedDeity	Ashvins NERFINISHED ⓘ Surya NERFINISHED ⓘ Yama NERFINISHED ⓘ Yami NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	clouds ⓘ dawn ⓘ horses ⓘ speed ⓘ
category	Hindu goddesses ⓘ Vedic goddesses ⓘ solar goddesses ⓘ
consortOf	Surya NERFINISHED ⓘ
cosmicFunction	link between solar deity and human world ⓘ mother of divine twins (Ashvins) ⓘ
culture	Vedic ⓘ
domain	solar mythology ⓘ
etymology	name is related to the concept of quickness or agility ⓘ
gender	female ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Sanjna NERFINISHED ⓘ Sanjna (in later Hindu texts) NERFINISHED ⓘ Saranya NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfName	Sanskrit NERFINISHED ⓘ
mentionedIn	Rigveda NERFINISHED ⓘ
mythologicalRole	mother of Yama ⓘ mother of Yami ⓘ mother of the Ashvins ⓘ wife of the sun god Surya ⓘ
notableMyth	leaves a shadow-form wife for Surya and flees due to his intense radiance ⓘ transforms into a mare to escape Surya ⓘ
offspringWith	Surya NERFINISHED ⓘ
parentOf	Ashvins NERFINISHED ⓘ Dasra NERFINISHED ⓘ Nasatya NERFINISHED ⓘ Yama NERFINISHED ⓘ Yami NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
spouse	Surya NERFINISHED ⓘ
textualTradition	Vedic literature ⓘ later Puranic literature ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Surya (sun) in Hinduism → spouse → Saranyu ⓘ

subject surface form: Surya

Surya → consort → Saranyu ⓘ

Sanjna → alsoKnownAs → Saranyu ⓘ

Shraddhadeva Manu → parent → Saranyu ⓘ

Shraddhadeva Manu → mother → Saranyu ⓘ