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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 821 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ASVINS  , in

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Hindu
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mythology, twin deities of
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light . After
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Indra,
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Agni and
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Soma, they are the most prominent divinities in the Rig-Veda, and have more than fifty entire
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hymns addressed to them . Their exact attributes are obscure . They appear to be the
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spirits of
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dawn, the earliest bringers of light in the
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morning
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sky; they hasten on in the clouds before Dawn and prepare the way for her . In some hymns they are called sons of the
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sun; in others,
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children of the sky; in others, offspring of the ocean . They are youngest of the gods,
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bright lords of lustre,
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honey-hued . They are inseparable . The
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sole purpose of one hymn is to compare them with different twin
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objects, such as eyes, hands, feet and wings . They have a
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common wife, Surya . They are physicians, protectors of the weak. and old, especially of elderly unmarried
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women . They are the
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friends of. lovers, and bless marriages and make them fruitful . See A .

A .

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Macdonell, Vedic Mythology (
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Strassburg, 1897) .

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