The Hindu Temple v1.c6.s5.45

v1.c6.s5.45

The sun in the intermediate directions carries the light from the centre to the corners. Savitṛ stationed in the south-east, is the sun (Ś.B. VI. 3. 1. 19), the Impeller. Sāvitra—"inasmuch as Savitṛ saw them they are called Sāvitra" (Ś.B. VI. 3. 1. 1)—is the body of libation-mantras, or the mother of the Vedas, according to the 'Samarāṅgaṇasūtradhāra'. In this text, Savitṛ is equated with Gaṅgā. Gaṅgā is the celestial current (pravāha) of all the Śaktis, and from this sum total of all Power the 8 Vasus originated ('Mahānirvāṇa-Tantra', XIII. 154). In the 'Rāmāyaṇa' 7. 27. 34, Savitṛ is the eighth Vasu.