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The Thirty-three deities or Tridasha (Sanskrit "three times ten") is a pantheon of Vedic deities, some of Vedic origin and some developed later. All the Vedic deities are called tri-piṣṭapa, and there are three kinds of them — the Ādityas, the Vasus and the Rudras — beneath whom are the other demigods, like the Maruts and Sādhyas.〔According to Madhavaacarya: ādityā vasavo rudrās tri-vidhā hi surā yataḥ ()〕 Tridasha generally includes〔There are eight Vasus, eleven Rudras, twelve Âdityas; and these two, Heaven and Earth, are the (thirty-second and) thirty-third. And there are thirty-three gods, and Pragâpati is the thirty-fourth;--thus he makes him (the sacrificer, or Yagña) to be Pragâpati 2: now that 3 is, for that is immortal, and what is immortal that is. But what is mortal that also is Pragâpati; for Pragâpati is everything: thus he makes him to be Pragâpati, and hence there are these thirty-four utterances, called expiations. Satapatha Brahmana 4:5:7:2 (aṣṭau vasavaḥ | ekādaśa rudrā dvādaśādityā ime eva dyāvāpṛthivī trayastriṃśyau trayastriṃśadvai devāḥ prajāpatiścatustriṃśastadenam prajāpatiṃ karotyetadvā astyetaddhyamṛtaṃ yaddhyamṛtaṃ taddhyastyetadu tadyanmartyaṃ sa eṣa prajāpatiḥ sarvaṃ vai prajāpatistadenam prajāpatiṃ karoti tasmādetāścatustriṃśadvyāhṛtayo bhavanti prāyaścittayo nāma)()〕 a set of 31 deities consisting of 12 Ādityas, 11 Rudras, and 8 Vasus; the identity of the other two deities that fill out the 33 varies, though their roles are generally a creator deity, presiding over procreation and protector of life and the 33rd is an all-powerful supreme ruler. The 31 are: * Twelve Ādityas (personified deities) – Mitra, Aryaman, Bhaga, , , , , , Vivasvat, , Indra (), Vishnu. This list sometimes varies in particulars. * Eleven Rudras, consisting of: * * ''Five abstractions'' – Ānanda "bliss", Vijñāna "knowledge", Manas "thought", "breath" or "life", Vāc "speech", * * ''Five names of Śiva'' – Īśāna "ruler", "that person", Aghora "not terrible", Vāmadeva "pleasant god", Sadyojāta "born at once" * * ''Ātmā'' "self" * Eight Vasus (deities of material elements) – "Earth", Agni "Fire", "Atmosphere" or "Space", Jal "Water", Vāyu "Wind", "Sky", Sūrya "Sun", "Stars", Soma "Moon" Other sources include the two Aśvins (or Nāsatyas), twin solar deities. * Indra also called , lord of the gods, is the First of the 33 followed by Agni * Prajāpati "Master of creatures", a creator god. The generic title, though not the particular names of the deities, was borrowed in Buddhist sources as a name for the heaven "of the Thirty-three gods" (). ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thirty-three gods」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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