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There is, however, another passage in the Ara~yaka (I, 7, 1-6)
which throws some light on the nature of these Adityas. * The
names of the suns here given are different. They are :-Aroga,
Bhn\ja, Patara, Patanga, Svarpara, Jyoti~h]mat, Vibhasa and
Kashyapa; the last of which is said to remain constantly at the
great mount Meru, permanently illumining that region. The
other seven suns are said to derive their light from Kashyapa and
to be alone visible to man. We are then told that these seven suns
are considered by some Acharyas to be the seven manifestations
of the Prar;as, or the vital powers in man; while others are said to
hold the opinion that they are the types of seven officiating priests
( r:itvija!z ). A third explanation is then put forward, viz., that
the distinction of seven suns is probably based on the different
effects of sun's rays in different months or seasons, and in support
of it a Mantra, or Vedic verse, Dig-bhrdja r:itun karoti, ( resorting
to, or shining in different tegions ( they ) make the seasons ), is
quoted. I have not been able to find the Mantra in the existing
Samhita.s, nor does Saya~a give us any clue to it, but simply observes
" the different features of different seasons cannot be accounted
for, except by supposing them to have been caused by different
suns; therefore, different suns must exist in different regions. "t
But this explanation is open to the objection ( actually raised by
Vaishampayana ), that we shall have, on this theory, to assume the

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t See Sayal)a's explanation quoted above.