In a myth about this deity, a boy named Sunahsepa is offered as a sacrifice to him in place of the treacherous king Harishchandra's child.
In a myth about this deity, a boy named Sunahsepa is offered as a sacrifice to him in place of the treacherous king Harishchandra's child. The Paravar people claim to be descended from this deity, who is the subject of a hymn telling of how he is always present when two people plot and how he uses his "knotted nooses" to entrap liars; that hymn is from the Atharvaveda. A chariot with a kapidhwaj banner, two inexhaustible quivers, and a bow he had possessed for a hundred years were this deity's gifts to Arjuna. Like (*) Ganga, this deity rides a half-piscine creature called a makara. This deity is responsible for maintaining rta, or order, often alongside his counterpart and fellow Aditya, Mitra. After this god fails to respond to a three-day penance, Rama threatens to destroy him with the brahmastra, but this god apologizes and then pacifies his domain so Nala can build a bridge across it. For 10 points, name this Vedic sea deity.
In a myth about this deity, a boy named Sunahsepa is offered as a sacrifice to him in place of the treacherous king Harishchandra's child.
Varuna [or Baruna; or Waruna]