Neela (goddess)

Neelima
Personification of sapphire
Member of Navaratnam
Other names	Neelam, Neelima, Neela, Neelamratna, Shanipriya
Devanagari	नीला
Sanskrit transliteration	Nīlā
Affiliation	Devi ,shakti
Abode	Shatrun
Mantra	"Om Mashashva Tailai Vimlendranilam Tila Kulittha Mahishi Choham."
Symbol	Sapphire
Color	Blue
Genealogy
Parents	Daksha (father) Prasuti (mother)
Consort	Shani
Children	Kuligna (son)

In Hinduism, Neela is known as Neelima or Neelamratna. She is the first consort and the chief wife of Shani and mother of Kuligna. She balances and increases power of Shani and is the goddess of the gemstone Blue Sapphire gemstone. Her son Kuligna is a Rishi. Her husband, Shani, also married a Gandharva lady, Dhamini. She is daughter of Daksha and born from Prasuti.

See also

• Bhadra
• Chhaya
• Dhamini
• Saranyu
• Surya
• Tapti
• Yamuna