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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Deity |
 | | Each of these names grew by itself into some kind of active personality after its original meaning had been forgotten. |
| | Originally all were meant to express one and the same object viewed from different points, e.g. |
| | Surya meant the Sun as offspring of the sky; Savitri the Sun as quickener or enlivener, Mitra the bright Sun of the morn; Pushan the Sun of the shepherds; Varuna was the sky as all-embracing; Aditya the sky as boundless. |
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