Ashvins

Ashvins
Gods of Health and Medicine
Other names	Ashvini Kumaras, Ashvinau, Nasatya, Dasra
Affiliation	Devas
Texts	Rigveda, Mahabharata, Puranas
Personal information
Parents	Surya (father) Sanjna (mother)
Siblings	Revanta, Yami, Yama, Shraddhadeva Manu, Shani, Karna, Tapati and Savarni Manu
Consort	Sūryā[1][2]
Children	Nakula (son) Sahadeva (son)
Equivalents
Greek equivalent	Dioskuri
Baltic equivalent	Ašvieniai, Dieva Dēli

The Ashvins (Sanskrit: अश्विन्, lit. 'horse possessors', IAST: Aśvin), also known as the Ashvini Kumaras and Asvinau,^[3] are Hindu twin gods associated with medicine, health, dawn, and the sciences.^[4] In the Rigveda, they are described as youthful divine twin horsemen, travelling in a chariot drawn by horses that are never weary, and portrayed as guardian deities that safeguard and rescue people by aiding them in various situations.^[2][5]

There are varying accounts, but Ashvins are generally mentioned as the sons of the sun god Surya and his wife Sanjna. In the epic Mahabharata, the Pandava twins Nakula and Sahadeva were the children of the Ashvins.