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4. The Pantheon Of The
Indian Saura Tradition

5. The Indian Saura-mata (or the Hindu sect of
the Sun) is an amalgam of two distinct layers [
1]:
1) The endogenous layer of solar deities going
back to the Veda and
2) The neo-morphic layer of Iranic origin
which was transferred to India as a result of
contact with Zoroastrians and to an extent,
non-Zoroastrian Iranians from a period
spanning the beginning of the common era to
the around the 6th -7th centuries of the
common era.

6. While primarily an āstika tradition, the
later period of the nāstika traditions of
the Bauddha-s and to some degree, the
Jaina-s also developed reflexes of the
Saura system.
Among Bauddha-s, the earlier
manifestation crystallized around the
goddess Marīcī whose roots as a
warrior goddess lay in the Saura
pantheon. In the later phase, the high-
point of the Vajrayāna tradition, in the
form of Kālacakra also incorporated
several Saura elements.

7. Vedic Sun Worship Tradition
The Veda, like other Indo-European traditions,
preserves a strong element of worship of
solar deities. It should be stressed that the
solar deities are not necessarily the sun: they
are associated with solar characteristics. This
means they are inspired by the experience of
the sun but go beyond the sun and are more
general in their manifestations encompassing
the stars, the laws of cyclicity and invariance,
and light and darkness.

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