Sunday, July 3, 2016

The Seven Horses of The Sun - I

Seven Horses of Sun? What comes to your mind?

Seven horses of Sun as described in Hindu Mythology are a personified form of the different components of light rays. 


VIBGYOR = Violet , Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, Red

Seven colors are also related to the chakras of human body. 

Here are the names of the seven horses as per Vedic Mythology. 

1. Gayatri
2. Samvrihati
3. Usnik
4. Jagrati
5. Trishtubh
6. Anushtubh
7. Pankti


These also are the names of poetic meters defined in Vedas 


Not just components of light, but also the reddish glow of rising sun is personified. It is Arunadev