   in vedic religion, varuna (;"varuna". random house webster's unabridged dictionary. sanskrit:  , malay: baruna), is a god of the water and of the celestial ocean, as well as a god of law of the underwater world. a makara is his mount. in hindu mythology, varuna continued to be considered the god of all forms of the water element, particularly the oceans. == in the vedas == as chief of the adityas, varuna has aspects of a solar deity though, when opposed to mitra (vedic term for surya), he is rather associated with the night, and mitra with the daylight. as the most prominent deva, however, he is mostly concerned with moral and societal affairs than being a deification of nature. together with mitraâoriginally 'agreement' (between tribes) personifiedâbeing master of , he is the supreme keeper of order and god of the law. the word á¹tÃ¡, order, is also translated as "season". varuna and mitra are the gods of the societal affairs including the oath, and are often twinned mitra-varuna (a dvandva compound). varuna is also twinned with indra in the rigveda, as indra-varuna (when both cooperate at new year in re-establishing order f. b. j. kuiper, ancient idian cosmopony, beombay 1983). the rigveda and atharvavedashaunakiya atharvaveda 4.16, corresponding to paippalada 5.32. portrays varuna as omniscient, catching liars in his snares. the stars are his thousand-eyed spies, watching every movement of men. in the rigveda, indra, chief of the devas, is about six times more prominent than varuna, who is mentioned 341 times. this may misrepresent the actual importance of varuna in early vedic society due to the focus of the rigveda on fire 
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