The Eight Vasus — Nature Deities
Nirukta (Yaska) · 12 · Verse 19
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Sanskrit Original
अग्नि, पृथिवी, वायु, अन्तरिक्षम्, आदित्यः, द्यौः, चन्द्रमाः, नक्षत्राणि — अष्टावेते वसवः। वसन्त्यत्र सर्वाणि भूतानीति वसवः॥
agni, pṛthivī, vāyu, antarikṣam, ādityaḥ, dyauḥ, candramāḥ, nakṣatrāṇi — aṣṭāv ete vasavaḥ | vasanty atra sarvāṇi bhūtānīti vasavaḥ ||
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The eight Vasus are: Agni (fire), Pṛthivī (earth), Vāyu (wind), Antarikṣa (atmosphere), Āditya (sun), Dyauḥ (sky), Candramā (moon), and Nakṣatras (stars). They are called Vasus because all beings dwell (vasanti) in them — they are the cosmic dwelling-places.