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The '''Ashvins''' ({{lang-sa|अश्विन्|Aśvin|horse possessors}}), also known as '''Ashwini Kumara''' and '''Asvinau''',<ref name=":0">{{Harvnb|Frame|2009}}, §1.42.</ref> are [[Hindu deities|Hindu]] [[Divine twins|twin gods]] associated with medicine, health, dawn and sciences.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Wise|first=Thomas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2u0lAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA4|title=Commentary on the Hindu System of Medicine|date=1860|publisher=Trübner|language=en|pages=4}}</ref> In the ''[[Rigveda]]'', they are described as youthful divine twin horsemen, travelling in a chariot drawn by horses that are never weary, and portrayed as guardian deities that safeguard and rescue people by aiding them in various situations.{{sfn|Jamison|2014|p=48}}{{Sfn|West|2007|p=187}} | The '''Ashvins''' ({{lang-sa|अश्विन्|Aśvin|horse possessors}}), also known as '''Ashwini Kumara''' and '''Asvinau''',<ref name=":0">{{Harvnb|Frame|2009}}, §1.42.</ref> are [[Hindu deities|Hindu]] [[Divine twins|twin gods]] associated with medicine, health, dawn and sciences.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Wise|first=Thomas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2u0lAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA4|title=Commentary on the Hindu System of Medicine|date=1860|publisher=Trübner|language=en|pages=4}}</ref> In the ''[[Rigveda]]'', they are described as youthful divine twin horsemen, travelling in a chariot drawn by horses that are never weary, and portrayed as guardian deities that safeguard and rescue people by aiding them in various situations.{{sfn|Jamison|2014|p=48}}{{Sfn|West|2007|p=187}} | ||
The Ashvins are generally mentioned as the sons of the sun god [[Surya]] and his wife [[Sanjna]], but there are some varying accounts. The goddess | The Ashvins are generally mentioned as the sons of the sun god [[Surya]] and his wife [[Sanjna]], but there are some varying accounts. The goddess Vaishnavivati is described as the common wife of the Ashvins and they are associated with the dawn goddess [[Ushas]] as her close companions. In the epic ''[[Mahabharata]]'' the Pandava twins [[Nakula]] and [[Sahadeva]] were the spiritual children of the Ashvins. | ||
== Etymology and epithets == | == Etymology and epithets == | ||