Vedic influence on the Sun-worship in the Puranas
by Goswami Mitali | 2018 | 68,171 words
This page relates 鈥楽ymbolic relevance of the Goat in Sun-worship鈥� of the study on the Vedic influence of Sun-worship in the Puranas, conducted by Goswami Mitali in 2018. The tradition of observing Agnihotra sacrifice and the Sandhya, etc., is frequently observed among the Hindus. Another important innovation of the Sun-worship in the Puranas is the installation of the images of the Sun in the temples.鈥擳his section belongs to the series 鈥淪alient Traits of the Solar Divinities in the Veda鈥�.
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Part 36 - Symbolic relevance of the Goat in Sun-worship
The goat is another symbol of the Sun-god. The pastoral deity 笔奴峁苍 is closely associated with the goat,[1] that achieves the divinity in the form of the Aja 贰办补辫腻迟, the one-footed goat.[2] The Aja 贰办补辫腻迟 is regarded as the Sun-god by Durg膩c膩rya in the Nirukta.
Commenting on the relevant passage, he states,
使aja ekap膩t使 iti vaktavyam/ sa punarayam膩dityo nityam 使ajano使 驳补尘补苍补岣�/ 使eka岣ナ� ca 使辫腻诲辞 产谤补丑尘补峁嘺岣�/ vij帽膩yate hi 使补驳苍颈岣� 辫腻诲辞 惫腻测耻岣� 辫腻诲补 腻诲颈迟测补岣� 辫腻诲辞 诲颈艣补岣� 辫腻诲补岣ナ� (Ch膩. Upa. 3/18/2)/
使ekena p膩dena p膩t墨ti v腻使/ saevamida峁� 箩补驳补诲别办别苍腻峁兣沞苍腻苍耻辫谤补惫颈艣测补 辫腻迟颈 rak峁ti sv膩峁k膩le pr膩峁嚹乼man腻使苍苍补峁� pacan/ ajana艣cetyaja ekap膩t/ 鈥榚kena p膩dena pivat墨ti v腻鈥�/ eken膩峁兣沞nodaka峁� 蝉补谤惫补蝉尘腻箩箩补驳补迟补岣� pibatyajana艣cetyaja ekap膩t/ atha 使v腻使/ ajano 驳补尘补苍补岣� 鈥�eko使sya 辫腻诲补 iti鈥� aja ekap膩t/[3]
The 罢补颈迟迟颈谤墨测补产谤腻丑尘补峁嘺 states him as having risen out in the sky pointing out the solar character of the deity.[4]
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
Vide, Macdonell, A.A., Op cit., p.35
[2]:
Ibid., p.73
[3]:
Durg膩c膩rya on Nirukta,12.28