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Next to Indra, Agni and Soma, the twin deities named the Asvins are the most prominent in the RV. and though they hold a distinct position among the deities of light and their appelation is Indian, their connection with any definite phenomenon of light is so obscure, that their r original nature has been a puzzle to vedic interpretes from the earliest times; and this obscurity makes it probable that the origin of these gods is to be sought in a prevedic period. 281 The Asvins have lost, in Brahmanical mythology, whatever cosmical element they had in the hymns of the Rgveda. They continue to be regarded as beautiful youths 280 10.17.1.2, 5, 42.13. 281 Macdonell, Vedic Mythology, P.49.

611 (6.45) and physicians (6.44). The Brahma Purana relates an anecdote (6.41-45) regarding their birth from Surya and Samina was practising penance in the form of a Samjna. mare in the Uttarakurus. form Surya approached her in the form of a horse and form their nostrils were created the two Asvins hence called Nasatyas (6.44). Another epithet applied to them is Sasra (6.44). In the Rgveda also the epithets Dasra 'wondrous' and nasatya are applied to them the latter Ia generally explained as 'not untrue' (Nasatya), but other etymologies, such as the 'savers' have been proposed.282 These two epithets in later times became the separate proper names of the Asvins. Elsewhere, it is stated that they were created in the river Godavari from the mouths of Surya and Usa (89.36).