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ASVINS , in See also:Hindu See also:mythology, twin deities of See also:light. After See also:Indra, See also:Agni and See also:Soma, they are the most prominent divinities in the Rig-Veda, and have more than fifty entire See also:hymns addressed to them. Their exact attributes are obscure. They appear to be the See also:spirits of See also:dawn, the earliest bringers of light in the See also:morning See also:sky; they hasten on in the clouds before Dawn and prepare the way for her. In some hymns they are called sons of the See also:sun; in others, See also:children of the sky; in others, offspring of the ocean. They are youngest of the gods, See also:bright lords of lustre, See also:honey-hued. They are inseparable. The See also:sole purpose of one hymn is to compare them with different twin See also:objects, such as eyes, hands, feet and wings. They have a See also:common wife, Surya. They are physicians, protectors of the weak. and old, especially of elderly unmarried See also:women. They are the See also:friends of. lovers, and bless marriages and make them fruitful. See A. A. See also:Macdonell, Vedic Mythology (See also:Strassburg, 1897). Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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