Varuna

Summary

Varuna is a water deity^[1]. He ranks in the top 4% of water_deity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (922 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Varuna's father was Kashyapa^[3].
• Varuna's mother was Aditi^[4].
• A child of Varuna was Vasiṣṭha^[5].
• Varuna's religion is recorded as Hinduism^[6].
• Varuna's religion is recorded as Buddhism^[7].
• Varuna's image is recorded as Varunadeva.jpg^[8].
• Varuna is recorded as male^[9].
• Varuna's instance of is recorded as water deity^[10].
• Varuna's instance of is recorded as Hindu deity^[11].
• Varuna's instance of is recorded as Buddhist deity^[12].
• Varuna's GND ID is recorded as 118764373^[13].
• Varuna's part of is recorded as Ādityas^[14].
• Varuna's part of is recorded as Mitra–Varuna^[15].
• Varuna's Commons category is recorded as Varuna^[16].
• Varuna's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q1571 (mar)-Neelima64-वरुण.wav^[17].
• Varuna's said to be the same as is recorded as Suiten^[18].
• Varuna's said to be the same as is recorded as Ame-no-Minakanushi^[19].
• Varuna's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07_32^[20].
• Varuna's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Varuna^[21].
• Varuna's worshipped by is recorded as Hinduism^[22].
• Varuna's worshipped by is recorded as Buddhism^[23].
• Varuna's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[24].
• Varuna's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[25].
• Varuna's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[26].
• Varuna's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[27].

Body

Origins and Family

Varuna's father was Kashyapa^[3]. His mother was Aditi^[4].

Personal Life

A child of Varuna was Vasiṣṭha^[5]. Religious affiliations include Hinduism^[6], a religion^[28] and Buddhism^[7], a religion^[29].

Works and Contributions

Things named for Varuna include 20000 he^[30], a cubewano^[31] and Mitra–he^[32], a Hindu deity^[33].

Why It Matters

Varuna ranks in the top 4% of water_deity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (922 views/month).^[2] He has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] He is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]

Entities named for him include 20000 he^[30], a cubewano^[31] and Mitra–he^[32], a Hindu deity^[33].

FAQs

Who were Varuna's parents?

Varuna's father was Kashyapa^[3]. Varuna's mother was Aditi^[4].