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from it. She then cooked a second oblation and ate it herself first; but
the Âditya born from it was an imperfect egg. She cooked a third time
and the Âditya Vivasvat, the progenitor of man, was born. But the
Samhitâ does not give the number and names of the eight Âdityas
and this omission is supplied, by the Taittirîya Brâhmana (I, 1, 9, 1ƒ).
The Brâhmana tells us that Aditi cooked the oblation four times and
each time the gods gave her the remnant of the oblation. Four pairs
of sons were thus born to her; the first pair was Dhâtṛi and Aryaman,
the second Mitra and Varuna, the third Amsha and Bhag and the
fourth Indra and Vivasvat. But the Brâhmana does not explain why
the eighth son was called Mârtânda and cast away. The Taittirîya
Aranyaka, I, 13, 2-3, (cited by Sâyana in his gloss on يig. II, 27, 1,
and X, 72, 8) first quotes the two verses from the يig-Veda (X, 72, 8
and 9 which give the legend of Aditi but with a slightly different
reading for the second line of the second verse. Thus instead, of tvat
punah Mârtândam â abharat (she brought again Mârtânda thither for
birth and death), the Aranyaka reads tat parâ Mârtândam â abharat
(she set aside Mârtânda for birth and death). The Aranyaka then
proceeds to give the names of the eight sons, as Mitra, Varuna,
Dhâtṛi, Aryaman, Amsha, Bhaga, Indra and Vivasvat. But no further
explanation is added, nor are we told which of these eight sons
represented Mârtânda. There is, however, another passage in the
Âranaka (I, 7, 1-6) which throws some light on the nature of these
Âdityas.* The names of the suns here given are different. They are:
— Aroga, Bhrâja, Patara, Patanga, Svarnara, Jyotishîmat,
* See Taittirîya Aranyaka, I, 7.