Tapati
Sign in to saveTapati () is a goddess in Hinduism. She is known also as the goddess of the river Tapati (regionally rendered Tapti) and mother-goddess of the south (home of the sun) where she brings heat to the earth. According to Hindu texts, Tapati is the daughter of Surya, the sun god, and Chhaya, one of the wives of Surya.
Key facts
- Deity.image
- Murti of Tapati.jpg
- Deity.caption
- Shrine of the goddess Tapati, Multai.
- Deity.type
- Hindu
- Deity.name
- Tapati
- Deity.god_of
- Goddess of the Tapti River
- Deity.affiliation
- Devi
- Deity.abode
- Suryaloka
- Deity.mantra
- Om Sūryaputrī Tāpatya Namaḥ
- Deity.parents
- Surya and Chhaya
- Deity.siblings
- Shani, Savarni Manu, Shraddhadeva Manu, Yami, Yama, Ashvins, Revanta and Bhadra
- Deity.consort
- Samvarana
- Deity.children
- Kuru
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Tapati () is a goddess in Hinduism. She is known also as the goddess of the river Tapati (regionally rendered Tapti) and mother-goddess of the south (home of the sun) where she brings heat to the earth. According to Hindu texts, Tapati is the daughter of Surya, the sun god, and Chhaya, one of the wives of Surya.
== Etymology == Tapati's name literally means the "warming", "the hot one", "burning one". This name is possibly connected to that of the queen of the Scythian gods, Tabiti, and it is possible that there was originally a dominant fire goddess in ancient Proto-Indo-Iranian religion.