Surya - The Sun God

Surya - The Sun God

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Author: K S Charak
Publisher: UMA Publications
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 164
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8190100823

Description

Surya the Sun God is a book that deals with the various aspects of the sun not confined to astrology and astronomy only. It is an elaborate and multi-dimensional treatment of the Sun. the different aspects of the Sun covered in this book include the following:

The identity of the Sun with the Universal Soul, and a link between the macrocosm and the microcosm.

A connection between the Sun outside and the fire element that operates within the individual body.

Origin of the Sun according to the Puranas.

The role of the sun in the cycle of time, and the concept of the zodiac.

Pauranic stories which highlight the various characteristics of the Sun as of special relevance to predictive astrology.

The segmentation of the eternal Time and the cycles of Creation and Dissolution.
A complete section on the Sun as appropriate to astrology.

The place of the sun in the yogic discipline; the importance of the Manipura Chakra and the Surya Namaskaara.

Propitiation of the Sun as a panacea against ill health and adverse dasha periods of the Sun.

Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

PREFACE

SECTION I
THE GRAND SCHEME

Surya, the Eternal Soul

SECTION II
THE SUN IN THE PURANAS

The Eternal Time
The Beginning of Creation
The Sun as the Son of Aditi
The Sun’s Wife and Progeny
Surya as the Victim of Rahu
The Sun as the Teacher of Hanumaana
Surya’s Benevolence Upon Yudhishthira
Krittika, the Nakshatra of the Sun
Twelve Aadityas and the Chariot of the Sun

SECTION III
THE SUN IN ASTROLOGY

The Sun: Signs and Significations
The Sun, the Zodiac and the Kaalachakra
The Sun in the Natal Chart
The Dasha-Periods of the Sun
The Ravi Yogas
Simha, the Rashi of the Sun
The Surya Kaalaanala Chakra

SECTION IV
THE SUN IN YOGA

Yoga and the Chakra of the Sun
Surya Namaskaara

SECTION V
PROPITIATION OF THE SUN

AADITYA-HRIDAYA STOTRA

INDEX