Āpa (Rākshasa)

Āpa

Āpa has other meanings too: see all meanings of Āpa.

Āpa is one of the rākshasas who go with Bhagavān Sūrya. Sumantu Muni tells King Śatānīka how Brahmā taught Rudra on the Kāñcana Parvata about the ratha of Bhagavān Sūrya, and the groups who go with him, two months with each group. In Āśvayuja and Kārtika the rākshasas with him are Āpa and Vāta. In Mārgaśīrsha and Pushya too the rākshasas are Āpa and Vāta.

Sources

• Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 52