Aryamā (Aryama) is one of the names of Śiva-Mahādeva (Siva-Mahadeva) described in Śivasahasranāmastotra (Sivasahasranamastotra; Thousand Names of Siva). In the age of Ṛgveda (Rigveda), at the initial stage, six Āditya(s) (Aditya) have been counted, in the time of Brāhmaṇa (Brahmana)-text, the count went up to eight, and in the age of Mahākāvya (Mahakavya) and Purāṇa(s) (Purana; Mythological Scriptures), the number of Āditya(s) became twelve. But Aryamā was one of the Āditya(s) since the age of Ṛgveda. Aryamā is one form of Āditya Sūrya (Aditya Surya; the Sun-god). In Brāhmaṇa-texts, the early morning sun is addressed as Aryamā.

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Āditya or Sūrya is the source of light in this universe. In Mahākāvya and Purāṇa(s), the Sun, being the source of energy, has been sometimes identified with Nārāyaṇa (Narayana), sometimes with Rudraśiva (Rudrasiva). Considering this Sun-like manifestation of Śiva, he has been called Aryamā, one form of Āditya-Sūrya.