Tapati

Tapati
Goddess of the Tapti River
Shrine of the goddess Tapati, Multai.
AffiliationDevi
AbodeSuryaloka
MantraOm Sūryaputrī Tāpatya Namaḥ
Genealogy
ParentsSurya and Chhaya
SiblingsShani, Savarni Manu, Shraddhadeva Manu, Yami, Yama, Ashvins and Revanta
ConsortSamvarana
ChildrenKuru

Tapati (Sanskrit: तपती, romanizedTapatī) is a goddess in Hinduism. She is known also as the goddess of the river Tapati (regionally rendered Tapti) and mother-goddess of the south (home of the sun) where she brings heat to the earth. According to Hindu texts, Tapati is the daughter of Surya, the sun god, and Chhaya, one of the wives of Surya.[1]

  1. ^ Hewitt, J. F. History and Chronology of the Myth-Making Age. Рипол Классик. ISBN 9781143716454.