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ID: 901002488
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Record Type: Character/Person

Pusha (Vedic deity)

Note: In the pantheon of Vedic Hinduism, son of Kaśyapa by his wife Aditi; one of the gods in the category of Adityas, sons of sovereign principles of the universe. Later a name of Surya.

Names:
Pusha (Vedic deity) (preferred,English-P,D,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Hindu iconography> (P)
........<Hindu characters> (P)
............Dvādaśādityas (Hindu deities) (P)
................Pusha (Vedic deity) (I)
Related Iconography:
aspect of .... Surya
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Hindu iconography, Hindu characters, Surya (Hindu deity)) [901000883]

Sources:
Pusha (Vedic deity)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................Huntington, Art of Ancient India (1985)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Huntington, Art of Ancient India (1985)
................ Britannica Academic (2018-)

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