Aditi
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Aditi is a Vedic mother goddess in Hindu mythology, revered as the personification of boundlessness and the mother of many deities.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu goddess
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Vedic goddess ⓘ mother goddess ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
abundance
ⓘ
cosmic order ⓘ fertility ⓘ freedom ⓘ infinity ⓘ protection ⓘ sky ⓘ |
| cosmicRole |
primordial mother
ⓘ
source of all that exists ⓘ |
| culture | Vedic ⓘ |
| describedAs |
limitless one
ⓘ
personification of boundlessness ⓘ unbounded space ⓘ |
| domain |
cosmic space
ⓘ
heavens ⓘ |
| epithet |
mother of the Adityas
ⓘ
mother of the gods ⓘ unbounded one ⓘ |
| family | mother of the Adityas ⓘ |
| function |
granting freedom from sin
ⓘ
granting safety and protection ⓘ supporting cosmic order (ṛta) ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| linguisticOrigin | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| nameEtymology | often derived from Sanskrit root meaning ‘unbound’ or ‘not cut’ ⓘ |
| offspring |
Amsa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Aryaman NERFINISHED ⓘ Bhaga NERFINISHED ⓘ Daksha (in some traditions) NERFINISHED ⓘ Indra (in some traditions) NERFINISHED ⓘ Mitra NERFINISHED ⓘ Surya (in some traditions) NERFINISHED ⓘ Varuna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| offspringGroup | Adityas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| role |
mother of gods
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mother of many deities ⓘ |
| spouse | Kashyapa (in many traditions) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| textMention |
Atharvaveda
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Rigveda NERFINISHED ⓘ Yajurveda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worshippedIn |
Hinduism
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Vedic religion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.