Vedic influence on the Sun-worship in the Puranas
by Goswami Mitali | 2018 | 68,171 words
This page relates 鈥楽un-worship Vratas (11) Kamala-saptami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 鈥淩ituals Related to the Sun-Worship in the Puranas鈥�.
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Sun-worship Vratas (11) Kamala-saptam墨
The Kamalasaptam墨vrata starts on the seventh day of the bright fortnight in the month of the Caitra and lasts for a year. Lord 顿颈惫腻办补谤补 is worshipped by it. On the specific day of its observance, the worshipper completing his morning bath with water mixed with white mustard, makes a golden Lotus and places it in a golden vessel, full of Sesamum.
After that, covering the Lotus with a pair of clothes, he worships the Sun-god there, with incense, flowers, etc., and utterance of the words,
苍补尘补岣� kamalahast膩ya namaste vi艣vadh膩ri峁噀/
div膩kara namastubhya峁� 辫谤补产丑腻办补谤补 namo使stute/[1]
On the evening hour, a cow is gifted to a 叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺, ornamented with vastra, 尘腻濒测补 and 补濒补峁僰腻谤补, etc., along with a vessel full of water.[2] On the next day, food is given to the 叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺s. The worshipper should observe this vrata on the seventh day of the bright fortnight in each month, following the same rituals. As the merit of it, he achieves inexhaustible money and the region of the Sun after his death. The Kamalasaptam墨vrata is also referred to in the 笔补诲尘补辫耻谤腻峁嘺[3] and the 叠丑补惫颈峁辞迟迟补谤补辫耻谤腻峁嘺.[4]
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
惭补迟蝉测补辫耻谤腻峁嘺, 77.3,4
[2]:
cf., vipr膩ya dady膩tsamp奴jya vastra尘腻濒测补vibh奴峁峁嘺i岣�/ 艣akty膩cakapil膩峁僤ady膩dala峁僰峁泃yavidh膩nata岣�//
[3]:
笔补诲尘补辫耻谤腻峁嘺,5.21.281-290
[4]:
叠丑补惫颈峁补辫耻谤腻峁嘺, 4.50.1-11