Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions v5.c43.5

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He is pre-eminently the golden deity, being *hiraṇyāksha*, golden-eyed (i. 35, 8); *hiraṇya-pāṇi*,²⁵⁴ *hiraṇya-hasta*, golden-handed (i. 22, 5; i. 35, 9, 10; iii. 54, 11; vi. 50, 8; vi. 71, 4; vii. 38, 2; S.V. i. 464; Vaj. S. i. 16; iv. 25; A.V. iii. 21, 8; vii. 14, 2; vii. 115, 2;²⁵⁵ *hiraṇya-jihva*, golden-tongued (vi. 71, 3); *sujihva*, beautiful-tongued (iii. 54, 11; vii. 45, 4); *mandra-jihva*, pleasant-tongued (vi. 71, 4). He invests himself with golden or tawny mail (*piśangaṁ drāpim*, iv. 53, 2); and assumes all forms (*viśvā rūpāṇi prati muñchate kaviḥ*, v. 81, 2). He is also *harikeśa*, the yellow-haired (x. 139, 1). Luminous in his aspect, he ascends a golden car, drawn by radiant, brown, white-footed, horses; and beholding all creatures, he pursues an ascending and descending path, i. 35, 2–5; vii. 45, 1 (*hiraṇyayena Savitā rathena devo yāti bhuvanāni paśyan | yāti devaḥ pravatā yāti udvatā yāti śubrābhyāṁ yajato haribhyām | kṛiśanair viśvarūpaṁ