[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v2.c4.s9.203 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s9.203 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s9.203 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s9.203](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.203) Sapta Sūryāḥ, the ‘seven suns’ referred to in the Saṃhitās,¹ are named in the Taittirīya Āraṇyaka² as Āroga, Bhrāja, Paṭara, Pataṅga, Svarṇara, Jyotiṣīmant, and Vibhāsa, but these occur very rarely even later.³ Weber at one time⁴ thought that the seven planets (see Graha) were meant by the phrase, but later he abandoned the idea.⁵ Probably the ‘seven rays’ of the Rigveda⁶ are meant. - [Previous: v2.c4.s9.202](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.202) - [Next: v2.c4.s9.204](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.204) - [Up: v2.c4.s9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.203](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.203) · Pramāṇa