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Vayu (Wind)

Vāyu
dev-vayu

Definition

Dikpala of the northwest in BS's roster (54.3); the wind god.
Classical

Prāṇa relevance

Wind/Vayu is the obvious bridge to prana-as-breath (the vayus); not traced from BS text, flagged for Phase 3.

Cross-book attributes (2) — fill / concur / diverge

AliasesFilledper txt-svoboda-vastu
[Marut, Pavana]
RolesFilledper txt-svoboda-vastu
dikpāla — regent of the NORTHWEST (vāyavya) in Svoboda's roster; Air personified

Connections (2)

governs · 2
  • →dir-vayavyaClassical
    BS 54.3. NW dikpala (Vayu) differs from the NW corner pada-deity (Roga, 53.45) — two-systems pattern. The direction-name mārutī (53.118) derives from Marut/Vayu.
  • →dir-vayavyaTraditional
    Svoboda's dikpala roster: Northwest (vayavya) is presided over by Vayu, Air personified. The direction-name vayavya is the possessive of Vayu; concurs with Svoboda's Air-NW element placement.

Sources

Notes from other books

  • txt-svoboda-vastuSvoboda corroborates Book-1's dev-vayu as the NW dikpāla — a cross-book CONCURRENCE (flagged, not asserted as a merge). ⚑ KEEP DISTINCT from BS's SE pada-deity dev-anila (also a wind-name): Vāyu = the COMPASS regent at NW; Anila = a PADA-deity at SE — same wind-tattva, two scheme-slots (§8). Do NOT merge. (Originally drafted as a re-mint stub in this file's §C before dev-vayu was found to exist in BS ch54-55; corrected to a patch.)

Other attributes

Regency
{"direction":"dir-vayavya","scope":"dikpala","tag":"CLASSICAL","locus":"54.3"}
Pada Note
Distinct from the NW corner pada-deity Roga (53.45) AND from the SE-pada wind-deity Anila (53.43); three wind/NW-related names to keep straight (see Q1/Q19).
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