12 Names of Surya

[Maheswaran Nair]

Hallo,

The list of 12 names of Surya included in the Iyengar practice
manual come from the list of synonyms given in Amarakosa, Sabdaratnavali etc.
Regards

K.Maheswaran Nair
Dept. of Sanskrit
University of Kerala
Trivandrum, India.


Quoting David Fiordalis <dvf at UMICH.EDU>:

> Dear List members,
>
> A friend of mine who is an Iyengar Yoga instructor is interested in knowing
> where the list of 12 names of Surya included in the Iyengar practice
> manual may come from.
>
> They are: mitra, ravi, sUrya, bhAna, khaga, pUSan, hiraNyagarbha, marIci,
> Aditya, savitR, arka, and bhAskara.
>
> Does anyone know a text that lists these particular 12 as the names of
> Surya? I know there are other lists in the Mahabharata and elsewhere,
> but so far as I'm aware these include some different members.
>
> My apologies for cross-posting.
>
>
> David Fiordalis
>
> PhD Candidate
> Dept of Asian Languages and Cultures
> University of Michigan