Vedic influence on the Sun-worship in the Puranas
by Goswami Mitali | 2018 | 68,171 words
This page relates 鈥楽un-worship Vratas (22) Dhamavrata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 (22) 顿丑腻尘补惫谤补迟补
The 顿丑腻尘补惫谤补迟补 is observed on the full moon day of the month of 笔丑腻濒驳耻苍补 in devotion to the Sun.
The worshipper observes fast for three days and donates a beautiful house at the end of the vrata:
trir膩tropo峁to dady膩t ph膩lguny膩峁� 产丑补惫补苍补峁� 艣耻产丑补尘/
膩dityalokam膩pnoti dh膩mavratamida峁� 蝉尘峁泃补尘//[1]
The reference to this Dv膩da艣膩dityavrata is also found in the 骋补谤耻岣峚辫耻谤腻峁嘺. According to it, observing this vrata on the month of 碍腻谤迟颈办补, the worshipper reaches to the world of the Sun by grace of it.[2]
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
惭补迟蝉测补辫耻谤腻峁嘺, 101.79
[2]:
cf., trir膩tropo峁to dady膩tk膩rtiky膩峁� 产丑补惫补苍补峁� 艣耻产丑补尘/ s奴ryalokamav膩pnoti dh膩mavratamida峁� subham// 骋补谤耻岣峚辫耻谤腻峁嘺, 1.137.3