आदित्य

हिंदू धर्मात, आदिती आणि कश्यप यांचे पूत्र आदित्य म्हणजे देव गट किंवा celestial gods or angels म्हणवले जातात .

वेद

ऋग्वेदात, the Ādityas are the seven celestial lords, sons of Āditi, headed by वरुण, followed by मित्र:

1. वरुण
2. मित्र (वेदातील)
3. आर्यमान
4. भागा
5. अंसा किंवा Aṃśa
6. धात्री किंवा दक्ष
7. इंद्र

The eighth Āditya (Mārtanda) was rejected by Aditi, leaving seven sons. In the Yajurveda (Taittirīya Samhita), their number is given as eight, and the last one is believed to be Vivasvāna. Hymn LXXII of Rig Veda, Book 10, also confirms that there are eight Adityas, the eight one being Mārtanda, who is later revived back as Vivasvāna:

"So with her Seven Sons Aditi went forth to meet the earlier age. She brought Mārtanda thitherward to spring to life and die again."

As a class of gods, the Rigvedic Ādityas were distinct from other groups such as the Maruts, the Rbhus or the [[Visvedevas|]] (although Mitra and Varuna are associated with the latter).

ब्राह्मणे

The Vedas do not identify the Ādityas and there is no classification of the thirty-three gods, except for in the Yajurveda (7.19), which says there are eleven gods in heaven (light space), eleven gods in atmosphere (intermediate space), and eleven gods in earth (observer space). In the Satapatha Brahmana, the number of Ādityas is eight in some passages, and in other texts of the same Brahmana, twelve Adityas are mentioned. The list of 12 Adityas is as follows:

1. [[Ansa|]]
2. Aryaman
3. Bhaga
4. [[Daksha|]]
5. [[Dhatri|]]
6. Indra
7. Mitra
8. Ravi
9. [[Savitar|]]
10. Sūrya or Arka
11. [[Varuna|]]
12. Yama

वेदान्त आणि पौराणिक हिंदुत्व

Āditya in the (Chāndogya-[[Upanishad|]]) is also a name of [[Vishnu|]], in his Vāmana, the dwarf avatāra. His mother is Aditi.

Another such list, from the Vishnu Purana is:

1. [[Ansa|]]
2. Aryaman
3. Bhaga
4. Dhūti
5. Mitra
6. [[Pushan|]]
7. Śakra
8. [[Savitr|]]
9. [[Tvastar|]]
10. [[Varuna|]]
11. [[Vishnu|]]
12. Vivasvat