Aryaman
Hindu · deity · vedic · Recorded classification
He is the Vedic reflex of the same figure as the Iranian Airyaman, which lane 15 BLOCKED for want of a function to record. This record has one; the Zoroastrian one still does not, and the pair is a good illustration of how unevenly the same Indo-Iranian material is documented on the two sides.
Parentage
Domains
- custom and hospitality
- the mid morning sun
Relations
- sibling: MitraReciprocated in-batch.Reference treatment of the Adityas as sons of Kashyapa and Aditi. (secondary)
- sibling: BhagaReciprocated in-batch.Reference treatment of the Adityas as sons of Aditi. (secondary)
- sibling: AmshaReciprocated in-batch.Reference treatment of the Adityas as sons of Aditi. (secondary)
- sibling: IndraViṣṇu Purāṇa 1.15 Āditya birth account; no universal genealogy inferred.Viṣṇu Purāṇa 1.15, Wilson translation, Āditya genealogy (primary)
Sources
- Aryaman is the third Aditya, son of Kashyapa and Aditi, the mid-morning sun and the god of the customs that govern the Vedic peoples.: Reference treatment of Aryaman among the Adityas. (secondary)