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Dec 16, 2019 · The seven horses of the sun's car are the metres of the Vedas, Gāyatrī, Vrihatī, Uṣṇih, Jayatī, Tṛṣṭubh, Anuṣṭubh, and Pankti. Vishnu Purana. 46-48. The chariot is yoked with only seven horses. They are the Veḍic Metres that have assumed the form of horses. They are stationed towards the place where the wheel is fitted.
A seven-named horse draws the three naved wheel, Seven steeds draw the seven-wheeled chariot, Wise poets have spun a seven-strand tale, And glorified this Heavenly calf, the Sun. Most scholars believe the seven horses represent Seven days of the week. Ancient Indians were great astronomers and this could very well be true.
Rigved 1:50:8 Seven horses Steeds harnessed to thy car bear thee, O thou farseeing One,God, Sūrya, with the radiant hair. Those seven horses are symbol of seven colorful Ray's of sunlight. Rigved 1:105:9:- Where those seven rays of sun are shining, thence my home and family extend.This Tṛta Āptya knoweth well, and speaketh out for ...
Apr 15, 2016 · The six limbs consist of the seed with six vowels added. He indeed is a Brahmana who thus knows the golden Surya Narayana seated on the chariot with seven horses, impeller of the time-wheel, having four arms bearing two lotuses, the others bestowing promise of refuge and boon, set in the red lotus.
Having said that, we have to consider that every elements is symbolic. Some say 5 horses, because they represent our 5 senses that needs to be controlled. Some say 4 horses, because they represent our 4 basic emotions (i.e.: fear, joy, anger and sadness) that needs to be controlled.
So, the seven are the seven flows of prana in the sense-organs in the head: two eyes, ears, nostrils and tongue. In reference to Rig Veda 1.164.2, they are described as horses ("Courser"). As we see in Katha Upanishad 3.4, it is explained, The horses (haya) are the sense-organs. Haya means both horse and seven.
Jul 16, 2019 · Arrangement of Horses in Arjuna's chariot. Arjuna's chariot had 4 horses, or we can say all the important warriors had chariots with four horses. I want to know how these four horses were arranged, were they placed parallel to each other or were they placed in two rows of two. As Arjuna's chariot was special, it might have a different ...
Feb 24, 2018 · From the Wikipedia article on Aśvamedha Yajña: After this, the horse, a hornless he-goat, and a wild ox (go-mrga, Bos gaurus) are bound to sacrificial stakes near the fire, and seventeen other ani...
Mar 23, 2018 · Mohak Sahu. 81 2. Sauras, Shaktas, Ganapatyas, and Kaumaras all still exist, but in very small numbers. Those sects went into decline for much the same reason philosophical Shaivism went into decline, which is that most adherents of those sects rejected the Vedanta school, so when Vedanta became the dominant school of Hindu philosophy in the ...
Nov 24, 2016 · Sauti said, 'One chariot, one elephant, five foot-soldiers, and three horses form one Patti; three pattis make one Sena-mukha; three sena-mukhas are called a Gulma; three gulmas, a Gana; three ganas, a Vahini; three vahinis together are called a Pritana; three pritanas form a Chamu; three chamus, one Anikini; and an anikini taken ten times forms, as it is styled by those who know, an Akshauhini.
