Saranyu


Saranyu — also known as Sanjana, Sangna, Sandhaya ‘’’Suvarchala’’’,Sauri, Randal and Ravi Randal — is a Hindu goddess and a daughter of Vishvakarman/Tvastar and Virocanā. Saranyu and her shadow Chhaya are the wives of Lord Surya, the Hindu Sun god.

Name

' is the female form of the adjective ', meaning "quick, fleet, nimble", used for rivers and wind in the Rigveda. According to Farnell, the meaning of the epithet is to be sought in the original conception of Erinyes, which was akin to Gaia.

Description in texts

Saranyu has been described as "the swift-speeding storm cloud".

Family

Sources indicate that Saraṇyū is a daughter of Virocanā. Virocanā was the daughter of Prahrāda and the wife of Tvastr.
Children of Surya by Saranyu: