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Savitar
(Vedic sun god):
(Vedic sun god):
see SURYA.
Savit
(one of the
dityas, the power of words):
(one of thedityas, the power of words):
RYAS
vitr
.
vitr.Hindu Goddess, daughter of the Sun (Savitar). She is known as the mother of the
Vedas
, and is often identified with
G
yatr
(thus seen as a personification of
g Veda
3. 62. 10, the G
yatr
mantra
, addressed to Savitar). A lengthy poetic reworking of the S
vitr
legend by Sri
Aurobindo Ghose
follows the careers of the various characters in the story as an allegory of the divinization of human life, a concept central to Aurobindo's philosophy. In the West, the composer Gustav Holst (1874–1934), having learnt Sanskrit in order to write
Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda
(1908–12), composed the chamber opera
Savitri
(1908, first staged 1916).
Vedas
, and is often identified with
G
yatr(thus seen as a personification ofg Veda3. 62. 10, the G
yatrmantra, addressed to Savitar). A lengthy poetic reworking of the S
vitrlegend by SriAurobindo Ghose
follows the careers of the various characters in the story as an allegory of the divinization of human life, a concept central to Aurobindo's philosophy. In the West, the composer Gustav Holst (1874–1934), having learnt Sanskrit in order to write
Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda
(1908–12), composed the chamber opera
Savitri
(1908, first staged 1916).
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