Prithvi
Hindu · deity · primordial · deity
Earth goddess, all-bearing mother, paired in the Veda with the sky Dyaus
Domains
Powers
- Bear and sustain all creatures upon her surface
- Forms with the sky-father Dyaus the world-parent pair that engenders and upholds all beings
Epithets
Sources
- Rigveda (Dyāvāpṛthivī hymns)
- Atharvaveda 12.1
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