पूर्वदिशा

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Purana Encyclopedia

पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

PŪRVADIŚĀ (PŪRVADIK) : The East.

Of all the sides Pūrvadiśā is the most prominent.

1) The Sun rises in the east.

2) The sādhyas come and do severe penance in the east at dusk.

3) The moon rises here.

4) The result of offering havya to the fire spreads to the east.

5) The daughters of Dakṣa after becoming the wives of Kaśyapa delivered in the east.

6) Devas made Indra the king of the east.

7) Indra and the devas did penance jointly in the east.

8) Because the devas accepted this side first (pūrva) the side got the name Pūrvā.

9) The sun gives away as gifts the yajur Mantras at this place.

(10) The devas drink the soma juice facing the east

11) Varuṇa once entered Pātāla by the east and attain- ed prosperity.

12) Indra selected the sacrificial animals at this place.

13) The soul of man comes to Svarga and the earth through the east. (Chapter 108 Udyoga Parva).


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*9th word in left half of page 621 (+offset) in original book.