Pavana
Pavana
Pavana is a name used for more than one being and place in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.
Devatās
- Vāyu: the deva of the wind, also called Pavana; in the Mahābhārata he speaks to Arjuna in the Pavana-Arjuna Saṃvāda, and the Vāmana Purāṇa remembers him in the Pavana kuṇḍa at Kurukshetra. Mahābhārata, Anuśāsana Parva, Chapters 125, 128 and 152–157; Vāmana Purāṇa, Saro Māhātmya, Chapters 10, 16, 20, 24–26
- Pavana (Fire): the name of the fire produced by the churning of the araṇi. Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 125
Places
- Pavana (Country): one of the countries of the Vindhya mountain region of Bhārata-varsha. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 27