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1–2: Agastya Rishi approaches Rāma. 3–5: Agastya Rishi states the greatness of the Ādityahṛidayam and advantages of reciting it. 6–15: A description of Āditya as the embodiment of all gods as well as nourisher, sustainer, and giver of heat.
Ancient but simpler Sun salutations such as Aditya Hridayam, described in the "Yuddha Kaanda" Canto 107 of the Ramayana, [16] [17] [18] are not related to the modern sequence. [19] The anthropologist Joseph Alter states that the Sun Salutation was not recorded in any Haṭha yoga text before the 19th century. [20]
The name Aditya, in the singular, is taken to refer to the sun god Surya. Generally, Adityas are twelve in number and consist of Vivasvan (Surya), Aryaman, Tvashtr, Savitr, Bhaga, Dhatr, Mitra, Varuna, Amsha, Pushan, Indra and Vishnu (in the form of Vamana). [2] They appear in the Rig Veda, where they are 6–8 in number, all male.
According to a Shiva legend from the Shiva Purana, once, Brahma (the god of creation) and Vishnu (the god of preservation) had an argument over their supremacy. [2] To settle the debate, Shiva pierced the three worlds, appearing as a huge, infinite pillar of light, the jyotirlinga.
A Ganesha-centric Panchayatana: Ganesha (centre) with Durga or Adi Shakti (top right), Shiva (top left), Vishnu (bottom left), and Surya (bottom right).. Panchayatana puja (IAST Pañcāyatana pūjā) also known as Pancha Devi Deva Puja is a system of puja (worship) in the Smarta sampradaya, which is one of four major sampradaya of Hinduism. [1]
The Ganesha Pancharatnam is a stotra composed by Adi Shankara in the 8th century on the Hindu deity Ganesha. [1] Ganesha is referred to by his epithet of Vinayaka in the strota, and the title itself can be translated as "The five jewels in praise of Ganesha".
Smārta (स्मार्त) is an adjective derived from Smriti (Sanskrit: स्मृति, Smrti, IPA: [s̪mr̩.t̪i]). [19] The smriti are a specific body of Hindu texts usually attributed to an author, traditionally written down but constantly revised, in contrast to Srutis (The Vedic Literature) considered authorless, that were transmitted verbally across the generations and fixed.
Uvasaggaharam Stotra is a Jain religious hymn in adoration of the twenty-third tirthankara Parshvanatha. It was composed by Bhadrabahu who lived in around 2nd–3rd century BC. [1] It is a hymn that is believed in and recited by the followers of the Śvetāmbara sect and is one of the Navsmaran (or 9 sacred hymns) of its Murtipujaka sub-sect. [2]