An Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, with Short Explanations and a Concordance to the Bombay and Calcutta Editions and P. C. Roy's Translation c5.s1.108
An Index to the Names in the Mahābhārata, with Short Explanations and a Concordance to the Bombay and Calcutta Editions and P. C. Roy's Translation c5.s1.108
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conception of six, seven (or eight) Ādityas there seems to be no trace in the Mhb. unless it be XII, 1504 (v. Aditi); they came into existence from the coals at the sacrifice of Çiva in the shape of Varuṇa (!), § 747 (Suvarṇotpatti), XIII, 85, 4131 (ye dhishṇyeshu divi sthitāḥ). In most cases they are named together with the other devagaṇas, etc.; thus, for instance:--