Thirty-three gods

Traditional The Thirty-three gods, or Tridasha (Sanskrit: त्रिदश, romanized: Tridaśa, lit.

[1][2] The Samhitas, which are the oldest layer of text in the Vedas, enumerate 33 deities classified as Devas, either 11 each for the three worlds, or as 12 Adityas, 11 Rudras, eight Vasus and two Ashvins in the Brahmanas.

One list based on Book 2 of the Aitereya Brahmana is:[5][6] The reported identity of the two Ashvins sometimes varies: There are eight Vasus, eleven Rudras, twelve Âdityas; and these two, Heaven and Earth, are the (thirty-second and) thirty-third.

[note 1][8]The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad describes the existence of these deities with a different lineup:[9] Yājñavalkya said, 'These are but the manifestations of them, but there are only thirty-three gods.'

'The eight Vasus, the eleven Rudras and the twelve Ādityas—these are thirty-one, and Indra and Prajāpati make up the thirty-three.'