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Matsya Purana 261.10

Matsyapurāṇa 261.10

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261.10

vahnestu lakṣaṇaṃ vakṣye sarvakāmaphalapradam.
dīptaṃ suvarṇavapuṣamardhacandrāsane sthitam .. 261.9

Somewhere close to the image of the Sun an image of Brahmâ should also be made holding a pen The image of the Sun should be surrounded by a number of Devas Aruṇa, the charioteer of the Sun, is resplendent like the lotus leaves and the horses nice and with long necks and well decked are to be on His either side They should also be properly held by reins of snakes The seven horses yoked to the chariot of the Sun should be tied together with the string of the serpent The image of the Sun should thus be made either seated in the chariot or on the lotus and holding a lotus The image of Agni, the bestower of all desires, should be made shining like gold seated on a throne looking like crescent having the face like that of the Sun, wearing a sacred thread and holding a pendant kurcha (bunch) with broad shoulders holding a Kamaṇḍalu in the left hand and a rosary of beads in the right A shining canopy [over its head] should also be made, and also the conveyance of goat—6-11

A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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