Vedic influence on the Sun-worship in the Puranas

by Goswami Mitali | 2018 | 68,171 words

This page relates ‘Sun-worship Vratas (10) Ubhaya-saptami’ 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.—This section belongs to the series “Rituals Related to the Sun-Worship in the Puranas”.

The Ubhayasaptamīvrata starts on the seventh day of the bright fortnight in the month of Pauṣa and is observed for one year in each pakṣa worshipping the Sun. The worshipper worships the deity taking the food prepared from rice and wheat at night, along with the milk and with the observance of three Sandhyās on the particular day.[1] Again, according to another context, it begins on the seventh day of the bright fortnight in the month of Mārgaśīrṣa and lasts for a year. In every month the Sun-god is worshipped uttering his different names.[2]

Footnotes and references:

[1]:

Ibid., 1.165.1-45

[2]:

Ibid., 4. 47.1-25

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