Dasra

Younger of the twin Aśvinī Kumāras. With his elder twin Nāsatya, the Aśvins form one of the most ancient pantheon-pairs in Indo-Iranian religion. Father of Sahadeva by Mādrī.

Children

• Sahadeva

Domains

• healing medicine

Powers

• Heals the sick and cures the incurable
• Restores youth and revives the dying

Epithets

• दस्र devanagari · Dasra'The Wondrous / accomplishing one' — younger of the Aśvin physician-twinsṚgveda 1.116–117 (Aśvin hymns) (primary)
• अश्विन् devanagari · Aśvin'The Horsemen' — the twin divine physiciansṚgveda 1.3, 1.116 (primary)

Relations

• sibling: NāsatyaṚgveda 1.116-119 (primary)
• lover: MādrīInvoked with Nāsatya by Mādrī; Dasra fathered Sahadeva.Mahabharata, Adi Parva 124 (primary)

Sources

• existence: Ṛgveda 1.116-119, 7.69-72; Mahabharata Adi Parva 124 (primary)