Английская Википедия:Danu (Hinduism)
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Danu (Шаблон:Lang-sa, Шаблон:IAST3) is a Hindu primordial goddess. She is mentioned in the Rigveda to be the mother of the eponymous race known as the danavas. The word Danu described the primeval waters that this deity perhaps embodied. In later Hinduism, she is described as the daughter of the Prajapati Daksha and his spouse Panchajani, and the consort of the sage Kashyapa.[1]
Etymology
As a word for "rain" or "liquid", dānu is compared to Avestan dānu, "river", and further to river names like Don, Danube, Dnieper, Dniestr, etc. There is also a Danu river in Nepal. The "liquid" word is mostly neutral, but appears as feminine in RV 1.54.
Literature
Rigveda
In the Rigveda (I.32.9), she is identified as the mother of Vritra, the asura slain by Indra.[2]
Padma Purana
In the Padma Purana, the children of Danu are described:[3] Шаблон:Blockquote
Brahmanda Purana
In the Brahmanda Purana, it is stated that while Aditi is habitually righteous, and Diti was habitually strong, Danu habitually practices maya.[4]
Danu was struck by Indra's thunderbolt after hearing him kill her son Vritra.[5]
See also
- Danu (Irish goddess)
- Dewi Danu, a Balinese Hindu goddess
- Tiamat
References
- ↑ The European discovery of India; key indological sources of romanticism. Ganesha Publishing. "Danu, d. of Daksha, w. of Kasyapa".
- ↑ Kinsley, David (1987, reprint 2005). Hindu Goddesses: Visions of the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious Tradition, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, Шаблон:ISBN. p. 16.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Leeming, D., & Page, J. (1994). Goddess: Myths of the Female Divine (pp. 124, 125). Oxford University Press.
