Agni was developed on July 1, 2024.
A03. Introduction - Pantheon of Gods 1
First revision: Feb.9, 2023
Last change: Sep.18, 2025
Searched, gathered, rearranged, translated, and compiled by Apirak Kanchanakongkha.
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Váruṇa, the god of the sky, water, and celestial ocean, source: sreenivasaraos.com, access date: Feb.17, 2023.
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Dyēus Phter: The Original Sky-Father, source: https://starkeycomics.com/2020/06/16/dyeus-phter/, access date: Aug.14, 2025.
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Dyaus Pitr - (Father daylight) and Pṛthvī, source: bloghemasic.blogspot.com, access date: Aug.13, 2025.
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Mitra (left) in a 9th-century Buddhist or 4th-century AD sculpture at Taq-e Bostan, western Iran, source: en.wikipedia.org, accessed date: May 16, 2022.
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God Soma, source: www.thehinduportal.com, access date: Aug.31, 2025.1. 1.
See detailed in https://www.thehinduportal.com/2014/01/god-soma-brief-description-about-action.html#gsc.tab=0
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Ahura Maza, Faravahar at Persepolis, Iran, source: www.worldhistory.org, access date: Sep.3, 2025.
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The Ādityas (आदित्य) refer to the twelve sons born of goddess Aditi (अदिति) and sage Kaśyapa (कश्यप).
Consisting of:
1). Sun (Vivasvan or Sūrya)
2). Aryaman
3). Tvashtr
4). Savitr
5). Bhaga
6). Dhatr
7). Mitra
8). Varuna
9). Amsha
10). Pusan
11). Indra
12). Vishnu (In the form of Vamana)
Signs of the Zodiac, source: www.pysanky.info, access date: Sep.15, 2025.1.
Or Dvādaśāditya (द्वादशादित्य) as it appears in the Agni Purāna (51st chapter) as a table of names of the twelve sun signs, months and their colors.
1). Varuṇa. April. Meṣa (Aries). Black.
2). Sūrya (Sun). Rṣabha (Taurus). Blood-colored.
3). Sahasrāṃśu. June. Mithuna (Gemini). Slightly red-colored.
4). Dhātā. Cancer. Yellow.
5). Tapana. Singha. Siṃha (Leo). White.
6). Savitā. September. Kanyā (Virgo). Pure white.
7). Gabhasti. October. Tulā (Libra). Tawny-colored.
8). Ravi. November. Vṛścika (Scorpio). Yellow.
9). Parjanya. Sagittarius. Parrot-colored.
10). Tvaṣṭā Makara (Capricorn) Snow-white.
11). Mitra Kumbha (Aquarius) Smoky-hued.
12). Viṣṇu* Mina (Pisces) Blue.
*This passage appears in the Mahabharata. The poet Kālidāsa (कालिदास) adapted it to fit his writing, Abhijñāna-Śākuntala (अभिज्ञान शाकुन्तलम्). Some parts may differ from the Mahabharata in the writings of other poets. 2. The names of the suns appear in various Puranas. The names given here are based on the Agni Purana.
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Goddess Aditi was developed on Sep.18, 2025.
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Indra was developed on August 13, 2024.
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Vivasvat or Sūrya, Found in a Brahmin Temple in New Delhi, Bharat, source: fr.wikipedia.org, access date: Aug.1, 2024
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References:
01. from. "The Illustrated Mahabharata: A Definitive Guide to India's Greatest Epic," ISBN: 978-0-2412-6434-8, Penguin Random House, 2017, printed and bound in China, www.dk.com.
02. from. www.wisdomlib.org.
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