Even the Gayatri mantra, which is regarded as one of the most sacred of the Vedic hymns is dedicated to Savitr, one of the principal Ādityas.

Savitr ( Sanskrit: stem, nominative singular ) is a solar deity in the Rigveda, and one of the Adityas i. e. off-spring of Vedic deity Aditi.

The Sun before sunrise is called Savitr, and after sunrise until sunset it is called Surya.

Savitr is celebrated in eleven whole hymns of the Rig Veda and in parts of many others, his name being mentioned about 170 times in aggregate.

Savitr disappeared as an independent deity from the Hindu pantheon after the end of the Vedic period, but in modern Hinduism, his name occurs in the well-known Gayatri mantra ( taken from book three of the Rigveda ), which is also known as Savitri because of this.

Savitr is a deity whose name primarily denote an agent, in the form of a noun derived from a root with the agent suffix-tr.

Savitr has golden arms, and is broad-handed or beautiful-handed.

Mighty splendour (“ amati ”) is preeminently attributed to Savitr, and mighty “ golden ” splendour to him only.

Savitr is a beneficent God who act as protectors of all beings, who are provident and guard the world of spirits.

Being an Aditya, Savitr is true to the eternal Law and act as the debt exactor.

Like other gods, Savitr is a supporter of the sky.

This, however, cannot be proved beyond doubt: it will for instance always be open to question whether Savitr is really an aspect of the sun, or whether he is god of stimulation who by reason of similarity of nature has been made like to the sun.

The most important of the gods whose names denote an agent in “- tr ” class, is Savitr.

According to Yaska, Sanskrit scholar of the 5th century BCE, who made various attempts to interpret difficult Vedic mythologies in his work Nirukta ( Etymology ) ( 12, 12 ), the time of Savitr ’ s appearance is when darkness has been removed.

Sayanacharya on Rig Veda ) remarks that before his rising the sun is called Savitr, but from his rising to his setting, Surya.

But Savitr is also sometimes spoken of as sending to sleep, and must therefore be connected with evening as well as morning.

Like Surya, Savitr is implored to remove evil dreams and to make men sinless.

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It is at least possible, therefore, that in its origin Savitr was not an independent creation, but was an epithet of Surya, but that question is of little importance: the essential feature of the god is not his original basis, but his function as the inspirer or impeller to holy sacrifice: the ritual act is repeatedly said in the Yajurveda to be done ‘ on the instigation of the god Savitr ’.”

Apart from Savitr, other such deities are of rare occurrence in the Rig Veda.

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* The Baudhayana Dharmasutra gives similar definitions, declaring that Aryavarta is the land that lies west of Kalakavana, east of Adarsana ( where the Sarasvati disappears in the desert ), south of the Himalayas and north of the Vindhyas.