Vishwakarma
Hindu · deity · cosmogonic · Recorded classification
Divine architect and craftsman of the gods, maker of celestial weapons and cities
Domains
- craftsmanship
- architecture
Powers
- Forge the gods' weapons, palaces, and flying chariots
- Fashion and measure out the framework of the cosmos
Epithets
- त्वष्टृ 'The Fashioner' — Vedic divine artificer identified with ViśvakarmanṚgveda 1.13, 10.81–82 (primary)
- विश्वकर्मन् 'All-maker / Architect of the universe'Ṛgveda 10.81–82 (Viśvakarman Sūkta) (primary)
- देवशिल्पिन् 'Craftsman of the gods'Purāṇic tradition; Śilpa-śāstra invocations (secondary)
Relations
- ancestor of: YamaAs Tvashtr-Vishvakarman, the divine artificer is father of Saranyu, mother of Yama; recorded as ancestor-of since Yama's solar paternity is already registered.Rigveda 10.17.1-2 (Saranyu, daughter of Tvashtr/Vishvakarman, is mother of the Yama twins by Vivasvat/Surya) (primary)
Sources
- existence: Rigveda 10.81-82 (primary)