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The Adityas (Sanskrit आदित्य Aditya, literally: belonging to Aditi ) are a group of gods of Indian mythology. The number and names are given differently in different typefaces. The Adityas represent the different principles of the rule and the world. They are regarded as deities, which is not natural phenomena, but ethical and social concepts underlying documents, which they are also seen as the personification of Dharma, the cosmic and social laws. In today's Hinduism comes to them, except Vishnu, only minor importance. Her mother is the goddess Aditi, with which they are often called together. Like their mother Aditi, the Adityas of sins, Narrow, chaos and ignorance escape.

The Vedas usually call Varuna as leader of the Adityas, which is why it is also called himself the Aditya. The Rig Veda is one of the six Adyitas Mitra, Aryaman, Bhaga, Varuna, Daksha and Amsa, but usually they appear as seven Adityas without attribution. At one point comes to seven of the divine ancestor of the people Martanda, as the eighth Aditya added, which was not the son of Aditi to the gods, but should propagate and thus became mortal. In the Taittiriya - Brahmana, however, Daksha and Martanda are not mentioned, instead, appear there as yet Dhatar Adityas, Indra and Vivasvat. In Satapatha - Brahmana finally there are twelve Adityas.

In particular, Varuna and Mitra were in frühvedischer time as Asuras, originally gods who were demoted later to " demons ". You can have Maya and thereby determine the cosmic order ( Rta ) and the moral order of the people, as the Warden they were also. You understand the characteristics of the people and under their leadership astray be avoided, they hate the truth and punish sins. The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad reported only 33 gods, of whom twelve Adityas and representing as ordering forces the rulers principles.

At least the post-Vedic writings indicate the number of Adityas usually always with twelve to: Aryaman ( ' the Hospitable, the stranger '), Bhaga ( ' the giver '), Daksha ( ' the Skillful ', sometimes in his place Dhatar, also Dhatri ), Mitra ( ' friend '), Varuna ( ' binding '), Amsa ( ' the Generous, tolerant '), Tvashtri ( ' the designer '), Savitri ( ' the impeller '), Pushan ( ' the breadwinner '), Saktra ( ' the Mighty '), Vivasvat ( ' the Radiant ') and Vishnu ( ' the acting, the all -pervading '). But the list also has variations. So Daksha is Vishnupurana the father of Aditi and the enumeration of the Adityas as their sons here contains Dhuti instead of Daksha.

The twelve Adityas are assigned to different aspects of the sun during the year of twelve months. They were regarded as protectors of the celestial orbs, and as a defender against evil, chaos, ignorance and disease. " They are as vieläugig, golden, bright and described the gods of light, where they pose no special form of light. When her father is in the post-Vedic literature sometimes called Kashyapa. Aditya is also one of the names of the sun god Surya. among the various classes of gods of the Vedas, one counts the Adityas to the sky deities.