Essay name: Purana Bulletin
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Affiliation: University of Kerala / Faculty of Oriental Studies
The "Purana Bulletin" is an academic journal published in India. The journal focuses on the study of Puranas, which are a genre of ancient Indian literature encompassing mythological stories, traditions, and philosophical teachings. They represent Hindu scriptures in Sanskrit and cover a wide range of subjects.
Purana, Volume 12, Part 1 (1970)
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啶啶班ぞ啶｀ぎ啷� - [pur膩峁嘺m - ] PURANA
[Vol. XII, No. 1
4. In the Pur膩峁嘺s each of the twelve Adityas has been con-
cerned as presiding over each of the twelve months, or as represent-
ing each of the twelve phases of the Sun in the twelve months;
cf. Bhavi峁a-P., Br膩ma-Parvan, 65. 26-29, where Vi峁ａ箛u (Aditya)
has been mentioned as a form of Div膩kara (Day-maker) or Bh膩skara
in the month of Phalguna and as such worthy to be worshipped
in that month (鈥�啶掂た啶粪啶｀啶多啶� 啶ぞ啶侧啶椸啶ㄠ 啶ぞ啶膏 啶啶溹啶 啶掂え啷嵿う啷嵿く啶多啶� 啶ぞ啶膏啶曕ぐ啶� 啷� [vi峁ａ箛u艣ca ph膩lgune m膩se p奴jyo vandya艣ca bh膩skara岣� | ] ').
5. In the Vis峁噓-P. the twelve Adityas, as a class of gods,
are mentioned as one of the seven ga峁嘺-s (classes of gods and demi-
gods) attending the Sun-god or the Sun-chariot in the twelve
months -
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啶� 啶班ぅ啷嬥そ啶оた啶粪啶犩た啶む 啶︵啶掂ぐ啶距う啶苦い啷嵿く啷堗ぐ啷嵿啶粪た啶た啶膏啶むぅ啶� 啷�
啶椸え啷嵿ぇ啶班啶掂ぞ啶啶膏ぐ啷嬥き啶苦ざ啷嵿 啶椸啶班ぞ啶ぃ啷�啶膏ぐ啷嵿お 啶班ぞ啶曕啶粪じ啶� ||
( [sa ratho'dhi峁ａ弓hito devar膩dityair峁涐梗ibhistath膩 |
gandharv膩psarobhi艣ca gr膩ma峁嚹玸arpa r膩k峁sa岣� ||
(] II. 10. 2)
And the twelfth Aditya named as Visnu is mentioned as
attending or superintending the Sun's chariot in the month of
Phalguna (II. 10. 17-18). The Vis峁噓-P. explicitly mentions in
this connection that these ga峁嘺-s (including the Adityas) are
separate from God Vis峁噓 by whom they are invigorated-
啶ㄠ啶︵啶むぞ 啶ㄠぞ啶膏啶むぎ啷囙い啶� 啶� 啶曕う啶距啶苦啷嵿啶曕啶むた啶班啶ぇ啷冟啷� 啷�
啶掂た啶粪啶｀啶班 啶掂た啶粪啶｀啶� 啶啶ム啷� 啶むじ啷嵿く 啶椸ぃ啶� 啶膏お啷嵿い啶掂た啶о啶洁お啷嵿く啶ぎ啷� 啷� ( [nodet膩 n膩stamet膩 ca kad膩cicchaktir奴padh峁沰 |
vi峁ａ箛ur vi峁ａ箛o岣� p峁泃hak tasya ga峁嘺岣� saptavidho'pyayam || ( ] II. 11. 18).
6. The Vis峁噓-P. also mentions that the gods who were
called Tu峁ta-s in the C膩k峁峁-Manvantara were reborn as twelve
Aditya-s (the sons of Aditi) in the Vaivasvata-Manvantara :-
啶氞ぞ啶曕啶粪啶粪じ啷嵿く啶距え啷嵿い啶班 啶啶班啶掂ぎ啶距じ啶ㄠ 啶 啶む啶粪た啶むぞ啶� 啶膏啶班ぞ啶� 啷�
啷�
啶掂啶掂じ啷嵿さ啶む啶洁え啷嵿い啶班 啶む 啶掂 啶嗋う啶苦い啷嵿く啶� 啶︵啶掂ぞ啶︵ざ 啶膏啶啶むぞ啶� 啷� ( [c膩k峁峁sy膩ntare p奴rvam膩san ye tu峁t膩岣� sur膩岣� |
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vaivasvate'ntare te vai 膩dity膩 dv膩da艣a sm峁泃膩岣� | ( ] I. 15.132).
The Brahm膩峁囜笉a-P. (II. 2.57-69) also says that the gods known
as Jaya-s in the Sv膩yambhuva-Manv- and Tu峁ta-s in the Sv膩roci峁-
Manv. again became Aditya-s in the seventh (Vaivasvata) Manv.
('啶嗋う啶苦い啷嵿く啶距 啶膏お啷嵿い啶 啶啶ㄠ [膩dity膩岣� saptame puna岣� ] ').
Thus, it is clear that Vi峁ａ箛u as one of the twelve Adityas is
quite different from God Vis峁噓 of the Pur膩峁噄c Trinity. But the
Bh膩gavata has confused the two Vis峁噓-s as identical with each
other, and this confusion has been caused by its use of the Vedic
epithet 'Urukrama' (which is generally used for God Vi峁ａ箛u) for the
twelfth Aditya in VI. 6. 39, and VI. 18. 8.
