[Advaita-l] Question

[savithri devaraj]

Thankyou for your reply Yadu-ji. I appreciate it.

regards,
Savithri
--- "Dr. Yadu Moharir" <ymoharir at yahoo.com> wrote:

>   Namste Savithri-Ji:
>    
>   Aditya is a considered to be a group of Gods in
> vaivasvata manvantara.  R^igveda has six suukta on
> this and includes six devata (mitra, aryamaa, bhaga,
> varuNa, daxa, and a.nsha. R^igveda 2.27.1).
>    
>   imaa gira aadityebhyo ghR^itasnuuH sanaad
> raajabhyo juhvaa juhomi | 
>   shR^iNotu mitro aryamaa bhago nas tuvijaato varuNo
> dakSho aMshaH || 2-27-1 
>    
>   Meaning – These aaditya kings are huge, deep (have
> depth gmabhiira), un-conquerable, destroy enemy,
> have thousands of eyes and see good as well as evil
> (bad).  They are capable of seeing things that are
> far away.
>     
>   dhaarayanta aadityaaso jagat sthaa devaa vishvasya
> bhuvanasya gopaaH || 2-27-4
>    
>   Meaning – They are the solid bearers and
> protectors of this realm.
>    
>   In athathrvaveda aaditya is described as the Sons
> of aditi and are eight in number (atharva. 8.9.21.)
>    
>   Taittariita braahmaNaa  (1.1.9.1-3) a.nsha, bhaga,
> dhaataa, indra, vivasvaana, mitra, varuNa and
> aryamaa.
>    
>   Where as shatapatha brahmaNa  (111.6.3.8) there
> are twelve aaditya seem to represent twelve months. 
> In bhavioShya puraaNa they are described as the sons
> of aditii and kasyapa..  a.nshumaana, aryamaa,
> indra, tvaShTaa, dhaataa, parjanya, puuShaa, bhaga,
> mitra, varuNa, vivasvaana and viShNuu.
>    
>   In skanda puraaNa the names appear as follows:  
>   Lolaarka, uttaraarka, saa.mbadhitya, drupadaaitya,
> mayuukhaaditya, aruNaditya, vR^iddhaditya,
> keshavaaditya, and sakolakaaditya  (ska.nda puraaNa.
>  12.11 )
>    
>   I hope this helps !?
>    
>   Regards,
>    
>   Dr. Yadu
> 
> 
> savithri devaraj <savithri_devaraj at yahoo.com> wrote:
>  Namaste,
> 
> I would appreciate any help on this question from
> the
> list members.
> 
> Our balavihar class this past Sunday was all about
> Sun, uttarAyana, Sankranthi, etc. A question came up
> as we were discussing the names of Sun god - What is
> the story behind Sun being called Aditya? 
> 
> All I know is that Aditi and Sage Kasyapa were
> parents
> to all life forms including the 12 adityas. I
> believe
> there must be more details to this either in the
> vedas
> or the purANas. I appreciate any help.
> 
> [Hope it is within the scope of the list?]
> Thanks in advance,
> Savithri
> 
> 
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