Born the son of Kashyapa and Aditi, the mother of all gods, Ādityas (Sanskrit: आदित्य) ("Progeny of Aditi") is one of a cadre of sun gods. Originally there were only seven of them, but later their ranks were expanded to twelve to correspond to the months of the year. Adityas falls under the domain of the Devas, a generic Hindu term for divine beings. He is represented as the spokes in the Wheel of Time and is symbolic for the laws that rule the human society and the universe. Dwelling in the sky, these sovereign principles move about in pairs of even numbers and protect against diseases.
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