Aditi

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Aditi is a Vedic mother goddess in Hindu mythology, revered as the personification of boundlessness and the mother of many deities.

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Label Occurrences
Aditi canonical 20

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu goddess ⓘ
Vedic goddess ⓘ
mother goddess ⓘ
associatedWith abundance ⓘ
cosmic order ⓘ
fertility ⓘ
freedom ⓘ
infinity ⓘ
protection ⓘ
sky ⓘ
cosmicRole primordial mother ⓘ
source of all that exists ⓘ
culture Vedic ⓘ
describedAs limitless one ⓘ
personification of boundlessness ⓘ
unbounded space ⓘ
domain cosmic space ⓘ
heavens ⓘ
epithet mother of the Adityas ⓘ
mother of the gods ⓘ
unbounded one ⓘ
family mother of the Adityas ⓘ
function granting freedom from sin ⓘ
granting safety and protection ⓘ
supporting cosmic order (ṛta) ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
linguisticOrigin Sanskrit ⓘ
nameEtymology often derived from Sanskrit root meaning ‘unbound’ or ‘not cut’ ⓘ
offspring Amsa ⓘ
Aryaman ⓘ
Bhaga ⓘ
Daksha (in some traditions) ⓘ
linked to: Daksha

Indra (in some traditions) ⓘ
linked to: Indra

Mitra ⓘ
Surya (in some traditions) ⓘ
linked to: Surya

Varuna ⓘ
offspringGroup Adityas ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
role mother of gods ⓘ
mother of many deities ⓘ
spouse Kashyapa (in many traditions) ⓘ
linked to: Kashyapa
textMention Atharvaveda ⓘ
Rigveda ⓘ
Yajurveda ⓘ
worshippedIn Hinduism ⓘ
Vedic religion ⓘ
linked to: Vedic Hinduism

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Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indra → mother → Aditi ⓘ
Agni → parent → Aditi ⓘ
Surya → parent → Aditi ⓘ
subject linked to: Surya (sun) in Hinduism
Surya → mother → Aditi ⓘ
Vamana → parents → Aditi ⓘ
Varuna → parent → Aditi ⓘ
subject linked to: Hindu god Varuna
Kashyapa → spouse → Aditi ⓘ
Kashyapa → consortOf → Aditi ⓘ
Adityas → parent → Aditi ⓘ
Aditya → relatedDeity → Aditi ⓘ
Pushan → parent → Aditi ⓘ
Bhaga → parent → Aditi ⓘ
Vedic pantheon → hasDeity → Aditi ⓘ
Diti → sibling → Aditi ⓘ
Diti → sisterOf → Aditi ⓘ
Diti → relative → Aditi ⓘ
Diti → oppositeCounterpart → Aditi ⓘ
Unishe April → character → Aditi ⓘ