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सरण्यू (saraNyU)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
सरण्यू॑ (ऊ॑),
f.
N.
 of a daughter of Tvaṣṭṛ (in
RV.
 represented as the wife of Vivasvat and mother of the two Aśvins, and
accord.
 to some, of the twins Yama and Yamī, whom she brought forth in the form of a mare
accord.
 to some also
N.
 of the Dawn),
RV.
 x, 17, 2
cf.
Naigh.
 v, 6
Nir.
 xii, 9.
Monier Williams 1872
English
सरण्यू, ऊस्, f., Ved. ‘the fleet-running one, ’ N.
of a daughter of Tvaṣṭṛ, (in Ṛg-veda X. 17, 2.
represented as wife of Vivasvat or the Sun and
mother of the two Aśvins, and according to another
legend, mother of the twins Yama and Yamī
ac-
cording to Yāska XII. 10, Saraṇyū is a personifica-
tion of the Night, and the first twins she bore were
Madhyama and Mādhyamikā Vāc
she then made
Sa-varṇā, q. v., take her place as wife of the Sun,
and herself ran away in the form of a mare, but
being pursued and embraced by the Sun in the form
of a horse, then gave birth to the two Aśvins or
‘horsemen, ’ her substitute Sa-varṇā giving birth to
Manu)
epithet of the Dawn (according to some).