Gruhastha

Gruhastha

(Deity)

Titles

The Keeper

Adjective

Gruhasthan

Realm

Garden of Perfect Enlightenment, Nirvana

Alignment

Lawful good

Areas of Concern

Enlightenment
The Vudrani holy book

Worshipers

Vudrani

Edicts

Work toward collective transcendence, expose and root out malicious lies, challenge oppression through education, protect knowledge, seek truth

Anathema

Deny a sincere student education, destroy knowledge, disrespect the traditions of those around you, willfully spread ignorance or wrong information

Follower Alignments (1E)

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Domains (1E)

Animals, Good, Knowledge, Law, Travel

Subdomains (1E)

Education, Exploration, Friendship, Memory, Purity, Thought

Follower Alignments (2E)

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Domains (2E)

Glyph, knowledge, perfection, truth
Alternate: Nature, travel

Favored Weapon

Shortbow

Symbol

Mandala with four open books as gates of the compass points

Images of Gruhastha

Source: Faiths of Golarion, pg(s). 17–21 (1E)
Gods & Magic (Second Edition), pg(s). 62 (2E)

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A depiction of Gruhastha holding a book.

Gruhastha is a male Vudran god. He was a mortal nephew of Irori who, according to legend, ascended to divinity by authoring a book so perfectly profound that he merged with it and became a god—the Azvadeva Pujila.

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Role

Gruhastha is called the Keeper as he keeps watch over Golarion until enough beings reach enlightenment, at which point the world would itself become part of Nirvana.

Relationships

Gruhastha is the nephew of Irori and an ally of the Master of Masters in the role of his advisor.

Church

Religious text

Gruhasthans consider all books to be holy, but none surpasses the Azvadeva Pujila, which is both an incarnation of Gruhastha himself and his greatest work of text. The work is relatively informal for a holy book and full of fables, each with layers of hidden wisdom.

Holidays

Azvadeva Dejal

Annually on 3 Desnus, worshipers mark the revelation of the Azvadeva Pujila by gifting books, celebrating knowledge, blessing animals, and enjoying a vegetarian feast.

References

Paizo published major articles about Gruhastha in Faiths of Golarion and Gods & Magic.

For additional as-yet unincorporated sources about this subject, see the Meta page.