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thou. Thee for Brihaspati—This is thy home. Thee 
for Brihaspati.” (WYV xxvi, 3; from RV ii, 23'5, 
Vrenus—“ Prajapati by Beaiiss drank the essence from 
the foaming food, the pe power, the pure bright 
drinking off of juice. The power of Indra was this sweet 
immortal milk.” (WYV xix, 75.) 
SaTuRN—“ May the celestial waters, our helpers, be sweet 
for us to drink, and flow with health it strength for 
us.” (WYV xxxvi, 12; see also R *.) 
Ranu—‘ What succour a he bring 3 us, wonderful, 
ever ae, friend? With what most mighty 
company ?” (WYV xxvii, 39; RV iv, 31.) 
Ketu—* Thou, “ne light where no light was, and form, 
O men, where form was not, wast — together with 
the dawns. ajok Wee V <BSix, 375 RV: 1, 
14. Varaha Mihira (6th cent. A.D.) nee gives ' a faint 
outline of ritual. His directions are as follow 
*'The Sun and Mars should be gddanaes with red flowers, 
sandal paste, the vakula flower, and gifts of copper, 
d and oxen to Brahmans. ‘The Moon should be 
be worshipped with white flowers, and by gifts of silver, 
and sweet and nutrititious things. Saturn should be 
worshipped by gifts of black substances; Mercury by 
the gift of gems, silver and with the tilaka flower. 
Tait should be worshipped with allow flowers and 
by the gift of yellow substances 
IcoNOGRAPHY. 
15. Besides the sculptures that have been preserved there 
isa certain amount of information relating to planetary imagery 
recorded in the Puranas, in the early astrological works, and 
in the nities paddhatis or manuals of ritual, and paitchangas 
or almanacks. 
Se athe sun images occur and these are not necessarily 
qnhacoe with the planetary group. These sun images are 
often very elaborate and exhibit, besides the sun-god himself, 
a number of attendants. 
The whole set of the nine planets, the navagraha, is, in 
early examples, generally shown in relief on a rectangular 
stone slab, which often seo a temple lintel. Except in om 
cases of Rahu and Ketu each planet is shown as a hum 
oe of them, sick the Moon and Venus, Bete 
1! Brihat Samhita civ, 47. 
