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3. INDRIYATMAN OR HRISHIRESHA <strong>The</strong><br />
intellectual soul.<br />
4. BHUTATMAN <strong>The</strong> life<br />
soul<br />
5. KSHETRAJNA <strong>The</strong><br />
embodied soul or spirit in matter.<br />
6. BHRANTIDARSHANATA False<br />
perception, the material universe.<br />
<strong>The</strong> solar deity is the Primordial Essence, the Atman <strong>of</strong> the universe. During<br />
the course <strong>of</strong> the evolutionary process it assumes different forms at different<br />
levels, but also pervades the universe with its radiant energy and remains in<br />
wholeness by itself. <strong>The</strong> visible Sun can be considered the heart <strong>of</strong> the solar<br />
system while its brain is the solar deity behind it. From it sensation is<br />
radiated into every nerve centre <strong>of</strong> the great body and waves <strong>of</strong> the lifeessence<br />
flow into each artery and vein <strong>of</strong> the solar system. <strong>The</strong> planets are<br />
the limbs and pulsations <strong>of</strong> the Sun.<br />
Describing the lineage <strong>of</strong> the Sun, Surya is said to be the son <strong>of</strong> Kashyapa<br />
and Aditi. Kashyapa is a designation used to refer to several degrees <strong>of</strong><br />
creative energies. In the Vedas he figures in an important way. As a Prajapati<br />
or Creator he fathered gods, demons, men, beasts, birds and reptiles.<br />
According to the Mahabharata and other accounts, he married Aditi and<br />
twelve other daughters <strong>of</strong> Daksha. He begot the twelve Adityas through<br />
Aditi, and from Dili (which means splitting or division) he fathered the<br />
Daityas or demons. Surya, our Sun, was the eighth Aditya born to Aditi and<br />
Kashyapa. <strong>The</strong> Sun belongs to a large family with many brothers and sisters.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Sun married the daughter <strong>of</strong> the celestial architect Vishwakanna, who<br />
was called Twashtri or Sanja, but his radiance was unbearable to her.<br />
Vishwakanna cut the solar effulgence into several parts from which he made<br />
Shiva's trident, Vishnu's disc, Kubera's mace, Yama's rod and Skanda's spear,<br />
all <strong>of</strong> which are invincible weapons. With a view to visiting her parents,<br />
Twashtri put her shadow called Chhaya in attendance on the Sun and left<br />
him. <strong>The</strong> Sun became infatuated with Chhaya and through her begot the<br />
planet Saturn. Later on, when Twashtri returned to her husband she was<br />
dismayed by his union with her shadow and left to wander in the form <strong>of</strong> a