Vasu
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The Vasus are a group of deities in Hinduism associated with fire and light. They are described as the attendant deities of Indra, and later Vishnu. Generally numbering eight and classified as the Ash
Agni, Vayu and other Vasus, Udayagiri Caves, c. 401 CE
The wife of one of the Vasus is tempted to steal the wish-bearing cow
Shantanu
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Shantanu is a character in the ancient Hindu epic Mahabharata. He was the King of Kuru kingdom with his capital at Hastinapura. He was a descendant of the Bharata race, a forebear of the lineage of th
Shantanu and Ganga, chromolithograph by Bama Pada Banerjee
Shantanu stops Ganga from drowning their eighth child, who later was known as Bhishma.
Ganga presents her son Devavrata (the future Bhishma) to his father, Shantanu.
Shantanu and Satyavati, painting by Raja Ravi Varma