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Aditya · God of Portions and Ancestral Share

Aṃśa

अंश
Also known as: Aṃśumat

About

Aditya representing the 'portion' or share due to each being. Presides over ancestral rights and the fair distribution of offerings.

Attributes

PortionDistributionAncestral rights

Associated Mantras

Om Aṃśāya namaḥ

Scriptures

Rigveda

Regions Worshipped

Pan-India (Vedic worship)

Iconography

Rarely depicted independently.