Varuna is one of the most important gods of the Pantheon of the Hindouisme. At the time pre vedic, he was probably the supreme divinity, the guard about the world, god of the rain and the laws, Master of cosmos. It was omniscient and omnipotent.

Varuna is the Master of the Rita, the energy which makes it possible to maintain the order of the universe. It is a lunar divinity, described like a man with the clear skin carrying a gold armor as well as a lasso made starting from a snake. It overlaps a Makara, marine monster which are used to him as Vâhana or mounting.

Varuna is a god of died and can grant immortality. It is especially associated with the rain. After Indra had charmed to him its place of Master of the universe, Varuna became the god of the oceans and the rivers and the guard of the hearts of drowned. It is been useful by the Nâga S, beings semi-men, semi-snakes.

According to certain authors, he was originally the same Indo-European god Ouranos, god of the sky in the Greek Mythologie. François Cornillot, specialist in the Rig-Veda and the Avesta, considers that it trained in the beginning one god with Mitra, the god of the contracts and the friendship between the men. These two divinities besides are very often quoted together.

See too

• Georges Dumézil

• (20000) Varuna, one of the largest objects of the Belt of Kuiper.