Vedic Mythology c5.s1.t3.4

c5.s1.t3.4

Various individual gods are said to have produced the sun. Indra generated him (2, 12⁴ &c.), caused him to shine or raised him to heaven (3, 44²; 8, 78⁷). Indra-Viṣṇu generated him (7, 99⁴). Indra-Soma brought up Sūrya with light (6, 72²); Indra-Varuṇa raised him to heaven (7, 82³). Mitra-Varuṇa raised or placed him in heaven (4, 13²; 5, 63⁴. ⁷). Soma placed light in the Sun (6, 44²³; 9, 97⁴¹), generated Sūrya (9, 96⁵. 110⁵), caused him to shine (9, 63⁷), or raised him in heaven (9, 107⁷). Agni establishes the brightness of the sun on high (10, 3²) and caused him to ascend to heaven (10, 156⁴). Dhātṛ, the creator, fashioned the sun as well as the moon (10, 190³). The Aṅgirases by their rites caused him to ascend the sky (10, 62³). In all these passages referring to the generation of Sūrya the notion of the simple luminary doubtless predominates.