487:
56:
1108:
922:
545:
her. Samjna delivers twins
Ashvins through her nose. Surya shows his normal form to her. Sanjana is pleased to see her husband's beauty and returns to her abode with her new-born twins. Unlike the previous version of Harivamsa, Markandeya Purana states that Surya asks his father in law to reduce his heat after the birth of Ashvins. Some texts also add
339:
541:
versions, she curses Yama's leg to get infected with worms or fall apart or both. Surya gets to know that she was not Yama's mother due to the harsh punishment which a mother wouldn't consider. This behaviour of a mother to her child makes Surya suspicious and after confronting Chhaya, she discloses the whole incident.
517:) and asks her to take care of the children. However, in Vedic accounts, the lady is a similar looking woman named Savarna. According to Harivamsa and Markandeya Purana, Samjna reaches her father's abode but is asked by him to return. Helpless, she assumes the form of a mare and roams in the forest of
512:
Samjna is unsatisfied with her marital life. The
Harivamsa states that power and heat of Surya has made him unpleasant looking to her, while according to the Markandeya Purana, Samjna's behaviour changes as she is unable to bear Surya's splendor or heat. Her behaviour angers Surya and he curses her
544:
Distressed, Surya goes to his father in law, and asks him to cure his splendor. Vishwakarma then reduces Surya's glory, making him pleasant to behold. Surya then locates Samjna, who was in the form of a mare, and after finding her, he assumes the form of a stallion and engages in love making with
540:
Meanwhile, Surya, unaware of the replacement, impregnates the look alike. Chhaya is partial to her own children. Yama later abuses and threatens her with his leg in the
Harivamsa, while the Markandeya Purana tells that he kicks her. All texts mention that Chhaya casts a curse on him. In some
326:). Saranyu has been described as "the swift-speeding storm cloud". In the later text named Harivamsa (5th century C.E.), Saranyu is known as Sanjna or Samjna , which means 'image', 'sign' or 'name'. Samjna is sometimes known by the name Sandhya (lit. '
513:
next born children. After the birth of Yama and Yami, she is unable to tolerate more and decides to abandon her husband. Before leaving, she creates a similar looking woman from her shadow (
486:
364:, whom she temporarily abandoned and appointed Sadrisha (lookalike woman) to foster her children. The story of Saranyu abandoning her husband is then narrated in Yaksha's
954:
787:
Puranic
Encyclopedia: a comprehensive dictionary with special reference to the epic and Puranic literature, Vettam Mani, Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1975, p.
602:
692:
Doniger, Mircea Eliade
Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions Wendy; Doniger, Wendy; O'Flaherty, Wendy Doniger (June 1999).
269:), Sanjna temporarily abandoned her husband as she was unable to bear his heat and brilliance. She is mentioned as the mother of the death god
947:
853:
834:
730:
703:
676:
509:, a custom in which a lady chooses her husband from the group of eligible suitors. Samjna marries Surya (alias Vivasvan), the sun god.
383:(c. 5th century CE) first mentions Saranyu as Sanjna and there is a significant expansion of the myth. The Puranic scriptures like the
1463:
904:
814:
646:
940:
1291:
753:
505:, has two children Samjna and Trisiras. After Saranyu grows into a beautiful maiden, he arranges his daughter's
1458:
1411:
1247:
31:
894:
720:
871:
788:
693:
666:
1418:
1226:
867:
668:
The Myths and Gods of India: The
Classic Work on Hindu Polytheism from the Princeton Bollingen Series
352:(c. 1200-1000 BCE), where she is referred to as Saranyu and is described to be the daughter of deity
1341:
1096:
370:
926:
475:
432:
1279:
900:
810:
726:
699:
672:
642:
636:
467:
420:
385:
209:
185:
169:
1211:
533:
462:
409:
243:
1437:
1166:
1151:
975:
471:
426:
270:
1065:
596:
1452:
1402:
963:
632:
591:
523:
389:
229:
754:"Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: Chapter 13: Description of Future Manus"
518:
456:
395:
278:
55:
552:
In many
Puranas, Vishvakarma uses Surya's heat to create many celestial weapons.
1395:
1370:
1311:
1107:
1085:
967:
896:
Hindu
Goddesses: Vision of the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious Traditions
498:
400:
266:
117:
1377:
1306:
1020:
749:
506:
77:
1365:
1296:
1186:
1129:
1045:
635:(1998). "Saranyu/Samjna". In John Stratton Hawley, Donna Marie Wulff (ed.).
528:
379:
248:
932:
921:
310:
302:
222:
198:
1432:
1388:
1360:
1330:
1316:
1236:
1196:
1181:
1040:
983:
757:
361:
357:
327:
131:
87:
374:
also narrates the same story with additional details of Ashvin's birth.
1382:
1355:
1216:
1191:
1171:
1139:
1134:
1124:
1050:
1030:
1025:
1015:
1010:
805:
Singh, Nagendra Kumar (1997), "Revanta in
Puranic Literature and Art",
606:. Vol. 9 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 745.
502:
447:
441:
353:
348:
318:
286:
282:
262:
254:
238:
173:
165:
17:
338:
1326:
1321:
1286:
1274:
1264:
1231:
1156:
1075:
1055:
993:
988:
695:
Splitting the
Difference: Gender and Myth in Ancient Greece and India
546:
514:
436:
404:
323:
161:
136:
61:
531:
but Samjna leaves Surya to gain control over his heat by performing
1350:
1269:
1201:
1161:
1146:
1070:
1035:
998:
485:
337:
316:, meaning "quick, fleet, nimble", used for rivers and wind in the
290:
233:
147:
756:. The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc. Archived from
1301:
1241:
1206:
1176:
1116:
1090:
1080:
1060:
1005:
274:
217:
193:
157:
936:
595:
876:
The Vishńu Puráńa: a system of Hindu mythology and tradition
722:
The Goddess in India: The Five Faces of the Eternal Feminine
342:
Statues of Surya and his two consorts — Sanjna and Chhaya
878:. Vol. 8. London: Trubner & Co. pp. 20–23.
416:
Most scriptures mention 6 children of Surya by Saranyu:
574:
572:
570:
809:, vol. 44, Anmol Publications, pp. 2605–19,
549:, the divine master of horses, as the son of Sanjana.
403:(identified with Tvashta) and her lookalike is called
1339:
1257:
1115:
974:
153:
143:
127:
110:
105:
97:
86:
76:
72:
Saranyu, Ushas, Sanjana, Suvarchala, Randala, Sauri
68:
41:
261:Described as the daughter of the craftsman deity
660:
658:
30:"Saranya" redirects here. For other uses, see
948:
497:According to many texts, the craftsman deity
8:
744:
742:
955:
941:
933:
527:, a similar legend is recited by the sage
54:
800:
798:
796:
852:sfn error: no target: CITEREFWendy1988 (
833:sfn error: no target: CITEREFWendy1984 (
783:
781:
779:
777:
775:
490:Birth of Ashwinikumar, a folio from the
627:
625:
623:
621:
619:
617:
615:
613:
578:
566:
407:('reflection' or 'shadow'). However in
236:, the Sun god. She is mentioned in the
641:. Motilal Banarsidas. pp. 154–7.
38:
847:
828:
719:Pattanaik, Devdutt (September 2000).
7:
725:. Inner Traditions / Bear & Co.
671:. Inner Traditions / Bear & Co.
399:described Sanjna as the daughter of
308:is the female form of the adjective
466:, Sanjna has only three children —
413:, Chhaya is her biological sister.
899:. University of California Press.
25:
665:Daniélou, Alain (December 1991).
1106:
920:
27:Hindu goddess of clouds and dusk
698:. University of Chicago Press.
60:Surya with consorts Sanjna and
850:, p. 158 (for Harivamsa).
48:Goddess of Clouds and Twilight
1:
444:— The divine twin physicians.
281:, the divine twin physicians
242:, and also appears in later
346:Sanjna is mentioned in the
311:
303:
223:
199:
1480:
368:(c. 500 BCE). The text of
334:Textual sources and family
29:
1464:Sky and weather goddesses
1428:
1104:
893:Kinsley, David R (1986).
807:Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
232:and the chief consort of
213:
189:
53:
46:
1412:Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
638:Devī: goddesses of India
32:Saranya (disambiguation)
603:Encyclopædia Britannica
356:and the twin sister of
265:(often identified with
494:
343:
297:Etymology and epithets
868:Wilson, Horace Hayman
489:
341:
929:at Wikimedia Commons
423:— ancestor of humans
273:, the river-goddess
760:on 15 February 2011
495:
450:— Master of horses
344:
1446:
1445:
925:Media related to
732:978-0-89281-807-5
705:978-0-226-15640-8
678:978-0-89281-354-4
468:Shraddhadeva Manu
421:Shraddhadeva Manu
386:Markandeya Purana
360:. Her husband is
204:), also known as
179:
178:
170:Shraddhadeva Manu
16:(Redirected from
1471:
1110:
957:
950:
943:
934:
924:
910:
880:
879:
864:
858:
857:
845:
839:
838:
826:
820:
819:
802:
791:
785:
770:
769:
767:
765:
746:
737:
736:
716:
710:
709:
689:
683:
682:
662:
653:
652:
629:
608:
607:
599:
588:
582:
576:
501:, also known as
463:Bhagavata Purana
454:However, as per
410:Bhagavata Purana
314:
306:
244:Hindu scriptures
226:
215:
202:
191:
58:
39:
21:
1479:
1478:
1474:
1473:
1472:
1470:
1469:
1468:
1459:Hindu goddesses
1449:
1448:
1447:
1442:
1438:Hindu mythology
1424:
1335:
1253:
1111:
1102:
970:
961:
917:
907:
892:
889:
884:
883:
866:
865:
861:
851:
846:
842:
832:
827:
823:
817:
804:
803:
794:
786:
773:
763:
761:
748:
747:
740:
733:
718:
717:
713:
706:
691:
690:
686:
679:
664:
663:
656:
649:
631:
630:
611:
597:"Erinyes"
590:
589:
585:
577:
568:
563:
558:
537:in the forest.
484:
429:— Lord of Death
336:
299:
135:
123:
90:transliteration
64:
49:
35:
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
1477:
1475:
1467:
1466:
1461:
1451:
1450:
1444:
1443:
1441:
1440:
1435:
1429:
1426:
1425:
1423:
1422:
1415:
1408:
1407:
1406:
1392:
1385:
1380:
1375:
1374:
1373:
1368:
1363:
1358:
1347:
1345:
1337:
1336:
1334:
1333:
1324:
1319:
1314:
1309:
1304:
1299:
1294:
1289:
1284:
1283:
1282:
1277:
1267:
1261:
1259:
1255:
1254:
1252:
1251:
1244:
1239:
1234:
1229:
1224:
1219:
1214:
1209:
1204:
1199:
1194:
1189:
1184:
1179:
1174:
1169:
1164:
1159:
1154:
1149:
1144:
1143:
1142:
1137:
1132:
1121:
1119:
1113:
1112:
1105:
1103:
1101:
1100:
1093:
1088:
1083:
1078:
1073:
1068:
1063:
1058:
1053:
1048:
1043:
1038:
1033:
1028:
1023:
1018:
1013:
1008:
1003:
1002:
1001:
996:
991:
980:
978:
972:
971:
962:
960:
959:
952:
945:
937:
931:
930:
916:
915:External links
913:
912:
911:
905:
888:
885:
882:
881:
859:
840:
831:, p. 154.
821:
815:
792:
771:
738:
731:
711:
704:
684:
677:
654:
647:
633:Doniger, Wendy
609:
594:, ed. (1911).
592:Chisholm, Hugh
583:
565:
564:
562:
559:
557:
554:
483:
480:
452:
451:
445:
439:
430:
424:
335:
332:
322:(compare also
298:
295:
246:including the
177:
176:
155:
151:
150:
145:
141:
140:
134:(twin brother)
129:
125:
124:
122:
121:
114:
112:
108:
107:
103:
102:
99:
95:
94:
91:
84:
83:
80:
74:
73:
70:
66:
65:
59:
51:
50:
47:
44:
43:
26:
24:
14:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1476:
1465:
1462:
1460:
1457:
1456:
1454:
1439:
1436:
1434:
1431:
1430:
1427:
1421:
1420:
1416:
1414:
1413:
1409:
1405:
1404:
1403:Bhagavad Gita
1400:
1399:
1398:
1397:
1393:
1391:
1390:
1386:
1384:
1381:
1379:
1376:
1372:
1369:
1367:
1364:
1362:
1359:
1357:
1354:
1353:
1352:
1349:
1348:
1346:
1343:
1338:
1332:
1328:
1325:
1323:
1320:
1318:
1315:
1313:
1310:
1308:
1305:
1303:
1300:
1298:
1295:
1293:
1290:
1288:
1285:
1281:
1278:
1276:
1273:
1272:
1271:
1268:
1266:
1263:
1262:
1260:
1258:Other deities
1256:
1250:
1249:
1245:
1243:
1240:
1238:
1235:
1233:
1230:
1228:
1225:
1223:
1220:
1218:
1215:
1213:
1210:
1208:
1205:
1203:
1200:
1198:
1195:
1193:
1190:
1188:
1185:
1183:
1180:
1178:
1175:
1173:
1170:
1168:
1165:
1163:
1160:
1158:
1155:
1153:
1150:
1148:
1145:
1141:
1138:
1136:
1133:
1131:
1128:
1127:
1126:
1123:
1122:
1120:
1118:
1114:
1109:
1099:
1098:
1094:
1092:
1089:
1087:
1084:
1082:
1079:
1077:
1074:
1072:
1069:
1067:
1064:
1062:
1059:
1057:
1054:
1052:
1049:
1047:
1044:
1042:
1039:
1037:
1034:
1032:
1029:
1027:
1024:
1022:
1019:
1017:
1014:
1012:
1009:
1007:
1004:
1000:
997:
995:
992:
990:
987:
986:
985:
982:
981:
979:
977:
973:
969:
965:
964:Hindu deities
958:
953:
951:
946:
944:
939:
938:
935:
928:
923:
919:
918:
914:
908:
906:81-208-0379-5
902:
898:
897:
891:
890:
886:
877:
873:
869:
863:
860:
855:
849:
844:
841:
836:
830:
825:
822:
818:
816:81-7488-168-9
812:
808:
801:
799:
797:
793:
790:
784:
782:
780:
778:
776:
772:
759:
755:
751:
745:
743:
739:
734:
728:
724:
723:
715:
712:
707:
701:
697:
696:
688:
685:
680:
674:
670:
669:
661:
659:
655:
650:
648:81-208-1491-6
644:
640:
639:
634:
628:
626:
624:
622:
620:
618:
616:
614:
610:
605:
604:
598:
593:
587:
584:
581:, p. 16.
580:
575:
573:
571:
567:
560:
555:
553:
550:
548:
542:
538:
536:
535:
530:
526:
525:
524:Vishnu Purana
520:
516:
510:
508:
504:
500:
493:
488:
481:
479:
477:
473:
469:
465:
464:
459:
458:
449:
446:
443:
440:
438:
434:
431:
428:
425:
422:
419:
418:
417:
414:
412:
411:
406:
402:
398:
397:
392:
391:
390:Matsya Purana
387:
382:
381:
375:
373:
372:
367:
363:
359:
355:
351:
350:
340:
333:
331:
329:
325:
321:
320:
315:
313:
307:
305:
296:
294:
292:
288:
284:
280:
276:
272:
268:
264:
259:
257:
256:
251:
250:
245:
241:
240:
235:
231:
230:Hindu goddess
227:
225:
219:
211:
207:
203:
201:
195:
187:
183:
175:
171:
167:
163:
159:
156:
152:
149:
146:
142:
138:
133:
130:
126:
119:
116:
115:
113:
109:
104:
100:
96:
92:
89:
85:
81:
79:
75:
71:
67:
63:
57:
52:
45:
40:
37:
33:
19:
1417:
1410:
1401:
1394:
1387:
1312:Gramadevatas
1246:
1221:
1095:
895:
875:
862:
843:
824:
806:
762:. Retrieved
758:the original
721:
714:
694:
687:
667:
637:
601:
586:
579:Kinsley 1986
551:
543:
539:
532:
522:
511:
496:
491:
461:
457:Kurma Purana
455:
453:
415:
408:
394:
384:
378:
376:
369:
365:
347:
345:
317:
309:
301:
300:
279:current Manu
260:
253:
247:
237:
221:
205:
197:
181:
180:
139:(reflection)
36:
1396:Mahabharata
1307:Kuladevatas
1086:Vishvakarma
499:Vishwakarma
401:Vishwakarma
371:Bṛhaddevatā
267:Vishvakarma
118:Vishvakarma
69:Other names
1453:Categories
1378:Upanishads
1297:Gandharvas
1021:Dattatreya
887:References
848:Wendy 1988
829:Wendy 1984
750:Prabhupada
507:Svayamvara
435:— Lady of
285:, the god
78:Devanagari
1317:Rakshasas
1187:Mahavidya
1130:Saraswati
1117:Goddesses
1046:Kartikeya
561:Citations
529:Parashara
521:. In the
492:Harivamsa
380:Harivamsa
377:The epic
249:Harivamsa
106:Genealogy
1433:Hinduism
1389:Ramayana
1331:Yakshini
1237:Shashthi
1197:Matrikas
1182:Mahadevi
984:Trimurti
870:(1866).
478:(Yami).
393:and the
362:Vivasvan
358:Trisiras
328:twilight
252:and the
228:), is a
210:Sanskrit
186:Sanskrit
154:Children
132:Trisiras
128:Siblings
120:(father)
88:Sanskrit
1383:Puranas
1371:Atharva
1340:Texts (
1327:Yakshas
1322:Vahanas
1292:Dikpāla
1265:Apsaras
1217:Rukmini
1192:Matangi
1140:Parvati
1135:Lakshmi
1125:Tridevi
1051:Krishna
1031:Hanuman
1026:Ganesha
1016:Chandra
1011:Ashvins
503:Tvastar
482:Legends
448:Revanta
442:Ashvins
366:Nirukta
354:Tvastar
349:Rigveda
319:Rigveda
312:saraṇyú
304:Saraṇyū
287:Revanta
283:Ashvins
263:Tvashta
255:Puranas
239:Rigveda
224:Saraṇyū
206:Saranyu
190:सञ्ज्ञा
174:Revanta
166:Ashvins
144:Consort
111:Parents
18:Saranyu
1287:Devata
1280:Danava
1275:Daitya
1270:Asuras
1232:Shakti
1222:Sanjna
1212:Rohini
1172:Shachi
1157:Chhaya
1076:Varuna
1066:Shasta
1056:Kubera
994:Vishnu
989:Brahma
927:Samjna
903:
813:
789:Samjñā
764:5 July
729:
702:
675:
645:
547:Revant
515:Chhaya
476:Yamuna
437:Yamuna
405:Chhaya
388:, the
324:Sarayu
277:, the
214:सरण्यू
200:Sañjñā
182:Sanjna
162:Yamuna
137:Chhaya
101:Female
98:Gender
93:Saṃjñā
82:संज्ञा
62:Chhaya
42:Sanjna
1366:Yajur
1351:Vedas
1202:Radha
1167:Ganga
1162:Durga
1152:Bhumi
1147:Aditi
1071:Surya
1036:Indra
999:Shiva
968:texts
556:Notes
534:tapas
396:Kurma
291:Karna
234:Surya
148:Surya
1419:more
1361:Sama
1342:list
1302:Gana
1248:more
1242:Sita
1227:Sati
1207:Rati
1177:Kali
1097:more
1091:Yama
1081:Vayu
1061:Rama
1041:Kama
1006:Agni
976:Gods
966:and
901:ISBN
872:"II"
854:help
835:help
811:ISBN
766:2010
727:ISBN
700:ISBN
673:ISBN
643:ISBN
519:Kuru
474:and
472:Yama
460:and
433:Yami
427:Yama
330:').
289:and
275:Yami
271:Yama
218:IAST
194:IAST
172:and
158:Yama
1356:Rig
1455::
1329:/
874:.
795:^
774:^
752:.
741:^
657:^
612:^
600:.
569:^
470:,
293:.
258:.
220::
216:,
212::
196::
192:,
188::
168:,
164:,
160:,
1344:)
956:e
949:t
942:v
909:.
856:)
837:)
768:.
735:.
708:.
681:.
651:.
208:(
184:(
34:.
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
