Aditi - Wikipedia Aditi For the company of the same name, see Aditi Technologies. Aditi Mother of the Gods Brahma with Aditi ( right ) Weapons Sword, Trishula Mount Rooster Texts Rigveda Personal Information Consort Kashyap Children Ādityas Vamana In the Vedas, Aditi ( Sanskrit : अदिति `` limitless '' ) is mother of the gods ( devamata ) and all twelve zodiacal spirits from whose cosmic matrix, the heavenly bodies were born. As celestial mother of every existing form and being, the synthesis of all things, she is associated with space ( akasa ) and with mystic speech ( Vāc ). She may be seen as a feminized form of Brahma and associated with the primal substance ( mulaprakriti ) in Vedanta. She is mentioned nearly 80 times in the Rigveda : the verse `` Daksha sprang from Aditi and Aditi from Daksha '' is seen by Theosophists as a reference to `` the eternal cyclic re-birth of the same divine Essence '' and divine wisdom. In contrast, the Puranas, such as the Shiva Purana and the Bhagavata Purana, suggest that Aditi is wife of sage Kashyap and gave birth to the Adityas such as Indra, Surya, and also Vamana. Contents 1 Origin 2 Attributes 2.1 Motherhood 2.2 Creativity 2.3 Freedom 2.4 Might 2.5 Others 2.6 Temple 3 See also 4 References 5 Further reading 6 External links Origin The name is mentioned in Vedas as mother of Surya ( Sun ) and other celestial bodies or gods Adityas ( meaning sons of Aditi ). The first mention of goddess Aditi is found in Rigveda, which is estimated to have been composed roughly during 1700 - 1100 BC. Attributes Motherhood Aditi with sage Kashyapa had 33 sons or 33boy child, out of which twelve are called Aditya including Surya, eleven are called Rudras and eight are called Vasus. Aditi is said to be the mother of the great god Indra, the mother of kings ( Mandala 2. 27 ) and the mother of gods ( Mandala 1. 113.19 ). In the Vedas, Aditi is Devamata ( mother of the celestial gods ) as from and in her cosmic matrix all the heavenly bodies were born. She is preeminently the mother of 12 Adityas whose names include Vivasvān, Aryamā, Pūṣā, Tvaṣṭā, Savitar, Bhaga, Dhātā, Varuṇa, Mitra, Śakra, and Vishnu ( Vishnu was born as Urukrama, the son of Nabhi and Meru, as well as Vamana ) She is also the mother of the Vamana avatar of Vishnu. Accordingly, Vishnu was born as the son of Aditi in the month of Shravana ( fifth month of the Hindu Calendar, also called Avani ) under the star Shravana. Many auspicious signs appeared in the heavens, foretelling the good fortune of this child. In the Rigveda, Aditi is one of the most important figures of all. As a mothering presence, Aditi is often asked to guard the one who petitions her ( Mandala 1. 106.7 ; Mandala 8. 18.6 ) or to provide him or her with wealth, safety, and abundance ( Mandala 10. 100 ; 1.94. 15 ). Creativity Aditi is usually mentioned in the Rigveda along with other gods and goddesses. There is no one hymn addressed exclusively to her, unlike other Vedic gods. She is perhaps not related to a particular natural phenomenon like other gods. Compared to Usha and Prithvi, Aditi can be defined as the cosmic creatrix, the creativity of the all - creating. Freedom The name Aditi includes the root `` da '' ( to bind or fetter ) and suggests another attribute of her character. As A-diti, she is un-bound, free one, and it is evident in the hymns to her that she is often called to free the petitioner from different hindrances, especially sin and sickness. ( Mandala 2. 27.14 ). In one hymn, she is asked to free a petitioner who has been tied up like a thief ( Mandala 8. 67.14 ). As one who unbinds, her role is similar to her son Varuna 's as guardian of Rta, cosmic moral order. She is called the supporter of creatures ( Mandala 1. 136 ). It also means ' one of its kind ' or ' unique. ' Might Aditi challenges the modern idea that the Vedic peoples were patriarchal. Aditi was regarded as both the sky goddess, and earth goddess, which is very rare for a prehistoric civilization. Most prehistoric civilizations venerated a dual principle, Sky Father and Earth Mother, which appears to be borrowed from the concept of Prithivi and Dyaus Pita. Aditi was attributed the status of first deity by the Vedic culture, although she is not the only one attributed this status in the Vedas. She is addressed, in the Rigveda as `` Mighty ''. Others Like many other Hindu gods and goddesses, Aditi has a savari ( a mount ). Aditi flies across the boundless sky on a rooster. The rooster symbolizes strength and honour. Her weapons include the famous Trishul and a sword. Temple We can find one old temple of Aditi devi near rock cut cave in Vizhinjam, Kerala. See also Payovrata Kashyapa References Jump up ^ From a - ( privative a ) and diti `` bound, '' which is from the Proto Indo - European root * da - `` to bind. '' Jump up ^ The Secret Doctrine 2 : 247n Jump up ^ `` Adi - Ag : Encyclopedic Theosophical Glossary ''. Theosociety.org. Jump up ^ Gopal, Madan ( 1990 ). K.S. Gautam, ed. India through the ages. Publication Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. p. 62. Jump up ^ Oberlies ( 1998 : 155 ) gives an estimate of 1100 BC for the youngest hymns in book 10. Estimates for a terminus post quem of the earliest hymns are more uncertain. Oberlies ( p. 158 ) based on ' cumulative evidence ' sets wide range of 1700 -- 1100 Jump up ^ Sathyamayananda, Swami. Ancient sages. Mylapore, Chennai : Sri Ramakrishna Math. p. 173. ISBN 81 - 7505 - 356 - 9. Jump up ^ `` Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 6 Chapter 6 Verses 38 - 39 ''. Vedabase.net. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 2012 - 08 - 13. Further reading Kinsley, David. Hindu Goddesses : Vision of the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious Traditions, Motilal Banarsidass Publications, 1998. ISBN 978 - 81 - 208 - 0394 - 7 External links Aditi in Bhagavad - gītā Hindu deities and texts Gods Trimurti Brahma Vishnu Rama Krishna Shiva Ganesha Kartikeya Hanuman Indra Surya more Goddesses Tridevi Saraswati Lakshmi Sita Radha Parvati Sati Kali Adi Parashakti Mahavidya Durga Shakti Navadurga Matrikas more Texts Vedas Rig Sama Yajur Atharva Upanishads Puranas Ramayana Mahabharata Bhagavad Gita Yoga Sutras of Patanjali more Hinduism Hindu mythology Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aditi&oldid=801995965 '' Categories : Hindu goddesses Fertility goddesses Creator goddesses Sky and weather goddesses Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from January 2016 Use Indian English from January 2016 All Wikipedia articles written in Indian English All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from September 2008 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Català Čeština Cymraeg Deutsch Español Français हिन्दी Bahasa Indonesia Italiano ಕನ್ನಡ Lietuvių മലയാളം मराठी Nederlands नेपाली नेपाल भाषा Norsk ଓଡ଼ିଆ Polski Português Русский संस्कृतम् Slovenčina Suomi Svenska தமிழ் తెలుగు Українська 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 23 September 2017, at 08 : 54. 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Question: what is the meaning of aditi in english
Answer: Mother of the Gods