Aruna

Charioteer of the sun, personified dawn-glow, elder son of Kashyapa and Vinata, brother of Garuda

Parentage

• parent: Kashyapa
• parent: Vinata

Children

• Sampati

Domains

• dawn

Powers

• Drive the chariot of the sun as his charioteer

Epithets

• अनूरु devanagari · Anūru'The Thighless one' — born without thighs, hence the dawn-charioteerMahābhārata (Ādi Parva, Āstīka Parva) (primary)
• सूर्यसारथि devanagari · Sūryasārathi'Charioteer of the Sun'Purāṇic Sūrya tradition (secondary)

Relations

• sibling: GarudaFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Kashyapa & Vinata) per the figures' cited genealogy.

Sources

• existence: Mahabharata, Adi Parva (primary)