History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1749

v6.c81.1749

*Bhāskarapūjā*—It is said that the sun should be worshipped as a form of Viṣṇu and that the sun is the right eye of Viṣṇu, that the sun should be worshipped in a maṇḍala resembling a chariot wheel and that the flowers offered to a sun image and later removed should not be worn by a person on his own body; TT 36, PC 104; Br. S. (57. 31-57) gives directions as to how the images of certain gods were to be made and verses 46-48 describe the image of Sūrya, one characteristic being that the body from the feet to chest should not be shown but covered with a jacket.