History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1118

History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1118

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v6.c81.1118

*Ādityahṛdayavidhi*—Ādityahṛdaya is a mantra to be repeated 108 times in a Sun temple on Sunday when there is saṅkrānti and observe nakta; HV II. 526 (from Bhav.) In the Rāmāyaṇa (Yuddhakāṇḍa 107) Agastya comes to Rāma and advises him to mutter a sublime praise of the Sun (called Ādityahṛdaya) in verse to secure victory in the final stage of the battle with Rāvaṇā; KKV (19-20) mentions this but holds that if there is saṅkrānti on a Sunday, the latter is called Hṛdaya or Ādityahṛdaya.

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Linked texts (2)

Bhaviṣyapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa — Vālmīki, Sanskrit