The Purana Index v3.c9.s1.226

v3.c9.s1.226

Ravi (I)—from av to protect—see Sūrya,¹ got a place among śrāddhadevas,² the śrāddhadeva,³ an Āditya,⁴ in three forms, Gayāditya, Uttarārka, and Dakṣinārka;⁵ movements of the sun, detailed, mandala measurement of, rise at Samyamana, mid-day at Amarāvatī, mid-night at Susā, setting at Vibhāvarī, other similar calculations, the movement in a muhūrta, movement for a day and a night; movement in Dakṣināyanam, chariot of, limbs of the year, the seven horses are Cchandas, Gāyatrī, Tristub, Jagatī, Anustub, Panktī, Brhatī and Usnik, gives a list of sages, Gandharvas, Apsaras, Nāgas, Grāmanī and Rāksasas with the sun in the six seasons, these go with the sun in his own wheel,⁶ a marutgana,⁷ standard of Nāga in the Tārakāmaya⁸