Pushan
Hindu · deity · vedic · Recorded classification
The treatment consulted counts him among TWELVE Adityas where the Rigvedic list quoted on the Mitra record gives SEVEN. Both numbers are in the tradition — the list grows between the Rigveda and the Puranas — and the two records state what their own sources state rather than being reconciled to one figure. No sibling edges are drawn from this record for the same reason: which list he is in depends on which text is being read.
Domains
- pastoral protection
- nourishment
Relations
- sibling: IndraViṣṇu Purāṇa 1.15 Āditya birth account; no universal genealogy inferred.Viṣṇu Purāṇa 1.15, Wilson translation, Āditya genealogy (primary)
Sources
- Pushan is the Vedic pastoral god and guardian of cattle, one of the twelve Adityas, who nourishes the sacrificer and the earth.: Reference treatment of Pushan among the Adityas. (secondary)