Studies in the Epics and Puranas c12.72
Studies in the Epics and Purāṇas c12.72
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c12.72
It has been suggested that in its early form Bhāgavatism was a development of sun-worship, and Viṣṇu being a solar deity, the identification of the principal figure in the Bhāgavata cult with Viṣṇu,⁴⁸ in preference to the Lord of Storm, was a natural course. But it has not yet been definitely proved that the Bhāgavatism was a form of Sun worship.