Chāyā
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Chhaya or Chaya (), also known as Savarna, is the Hindu personification and goddess of shadow, and a consort of Surya, the Hindu sun god. She is the shadow-image or reflection of Saranyu (Sanjna), the first wife of Surya. Chhaya was born from the shadow of Sanjna and replaced Sanjna in her house, after the latter temporarily left her husband.
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- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.type
- Hindu
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.image
- Suryadeva.jpg
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.caption
- Surya with consorts Sanjna and Chhaya
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.name
- Chhaya
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.Devanagari
- छाया
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.other_names
- Randala, in Gujarat (રાંદલ)
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.Sanskrit_transliteration
- Chhāyā
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.affiliation
- Devi, shadow of Saranyu
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.abode
- Suryaloka
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.mantra
- Om Chhayave Namah
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.god_of
- Goddess of Shadows
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.consort
- Surya
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.children
- Savarni Manu, Shani, Tapati
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Chhaya or Chaya (), also known as Savarna, is the Hindu personification and goddess of shadow, and a consort of Surya, the Hindu sun god. She is the shadow-image or reflection of Saranyu (Sanjna), the first wife of Surya. Chhaya was born from the shadow of Sanjna and replaced Sanjna in her house, after the latter temporarily left her husband.
Chhaya is usually described as the mother of Shani, the planet Saturn, and the god of karma and justice: a feared graha; goddess Tapti, the personification of river Tapti; goddess Vishti, the personification of Kala; and a son Savarni Manu, who is destined to be the next and eighth Manu (progenitor of mankind) – the ruler of the next Manvantara period.