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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. 16–20: Mantra japa. 21–24: Salutations to Āditya. 25–30
An 11th–century sculpture of Surya with eleven other Adityas depicted at the top. In Hinduism, Adityas (Sanskrit: आदित्य, lit. 'of Aditi' IAST: Āditya Sanskrit pronunciation: [aːd̪ɪt̪jɐ]) refers to a group of major solar deities, who are the offspring of the goddess Aditi. [1]
Agastya is credited as the creator of the Āditya Hṛdayam (literally, "heart of the sun"), a hymn to Sūrya he told Rama to recite, so that he may win against Ravana. Scholars such as John Muir questioned this hymn since the need for a such a hymn by Rama implies doubts about his divine nature.
Sinhala idioms (Sinhala: රූඩි, rūḍi) and colloquial expressions that are widely used to communicate figuratively, as with any other developed language. This page also contains a list of old and popular Sinhala proverbs , which are known as prastā piruḷu ( ප්රස්තා පිරුළු ) in Sinhala.
Madura English–Sinhala Dictionary (Sinhala: මධුර ඉංග්රීසි–සිංහල ...
Bhaga (Sanskrit: भग), is the Vedic god of wealth, [3] as well as a term for "lord, patron" and "wealth, prosperity".He is an Āditya, a group of societal deities who are the sons of Aditi.
Image of the daitya army. The Manusmṛiti classifies the daityas as good, while placing them at a lower level than the devas: . Tāpasā yatayo viprā ye ca vaimānikā gaṇāḥ
The largest part of Sri Lankan literature was written in the Sinhala language, but there is a considerable number of works in other languages used in Sri Lanka over the millennia (including Tamil, Pāli, and English). However, the languages used in ancient times were very different from the language used in Sri Lanka now.