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Vimshottari in Sanskrit stands for the number 120. [4] Vimshottari Dasha assumes that the maximum duration of life of an individual human being is 120 Solar sidereal years which is the aggregate duration of all nine planetary periods i.e. Ketu 7, Venus 20, Sun 6, Moon 10, Mars 7, Rahu 18, Jupiter 16, Saturn 19 and Mercury 17, in the order of their operation.
Surya (Sun) Chandra (Moon) Budha (Mercury) Shukra (Venus) Mangala (Mars) Bṛhaspati or Guru (Jupiter) Shani (Saturn) Rahu (North node of the Moon) Ketu (South node of the Moon) The navagraha are said to be forces that capture or eclipse the mind and the decision making of human beings.
Shani is the root for name for the day Saturday in many other Indian languages. In modern Hindi, Odia, Telugu, Bengali, Marathi, Urdu, Kannada and Gujarati, Saturday is called Shanivaar; Tamil: Sani kizhamai; Malayalam: Shaniyazhcha; Thai: Wạn s̄eār̒ (วันเสาร์).
In the Puranas in Bali, Batara Surya is the most intelligent student of Shiva, so that Surya was given the title Surya Raditya and used as an example to find out the intelligence or supernatural power of Shiva, and as a thank you from Batara Surya, Shiva was given an honorary title by the name of Batara Guru, because he is the teacher of the Gods.
Konark statue of Sun God wearing central Asian boots. Samba Purana is a text dedicated to the worship of Surya, the god of the sun. This text comprises a number of narratives dealing with creation, details of solar system, eclipses, geography of the earth, description of Surya and his attendants, construction of images of these deities, details of yoga, manners and customs, rites and rituals ...
Later, Vivasvan, son of Kashyapa and Aditi, famously known as the Hindu god Surya married Saranyu who was the daughter of Vishvakarman, the architect of devas. He had many children but Manu was given the responsibility of building the civilization and as a result it formed a dynasty that was named 'Suryavamsha' or the solar dynasty.
Chhath (Hindi: छठ, also called Dala Chhath) is an ancient Hindu festival dedicated to Surya, the chief solar deity, unique to Bihar, Jharkhand and the Terai. This major festival is also celebrated in the northeast region of India, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and parts of Chhattisgarh. Hymns to the Sun can be found in the Vedas, the ...
Sooryavansham (pronounced [suːrjaːʋaːŋʃm], transl. Solar dynasty) is a 1999 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by E. V. V. Satyanarayana.It stars Amitabh Bachchan in dual roles, with Soundarya (in her only Hindi film), Jayasudha, Rachna Banerjee, Anupam Kher and Kader Khan.