Vedic influence on the Sun-worship in the Puranas
by Goswami Mitali | 2018 | 68,171 words
This page relates 鈥楽un-worship Vratas (37) Rakta-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 (37) Rakta-saptam墨
The Raktasaptam墨vrata falls on the seventh day of the dark fortnight in the month of 惭腻谤驳补艣墨谤峁. Fast is observed on the particular day and the Sun-god is worshipped with red Lotuses, or in an image of the Sun-god with white flowers and red Sandalwood paste, and with the round cake of pulse and 办峁泂补谤补, i.e. dish of rice, peas and spices:
鈥�sopa惫腻sastu saptamy膩峁� kamale p奴jayedravim//
腻谤肠腻测腻峁� 惫腻 sthale 惫腻pi 艣耻办濒补颈岣� pu峁airyath膩vidhi/ candanena tu raktena va峁璦kai岣� k峁泂are峁嘺 ca//[1]
At the end of the vrata, a pair of red garments are to be donated.
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
Vi峁ａ箛udharmottarapur膩峁嘺, 3.170.2