Results for "Āditya"

… stimulator'. In the Rāmāyaṇa, Sage Agastya teaches Rāma the Āditya Hṛdayam at the height of the war with Rāvaṇa. In later Purāṇic literature he is understood as Sūrya-Nārāyaṇa — th …

… *Navaratna*) said to have adorned the court of a king Vikramāditya, though the historicity of that specific court tradition is separate from, and less certain than, Varāhamihira's …

Aditi is the boundless one, mother of the Ādityas and a pervasive presence in Ṛgvedic cosmogony. Traditional lists of women seers include her as the primal femini …

Before Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva became a coordinated trio, the Brāhmaṇa texts already told stories of one god's injury, rivalry and repair during sacrifice — Viṣṇu as a dwarf and as …

… the gods. The text treats Viṣṇu, the sacrifice itself, and [Āditya](/encyclopedia/surya) — the sun — as one and the same. What happens next is startling: Viṣṇu's head is cut off, a …