. The archaeological survey of Mayurabhanja. ^ made imagesof those deities for worship. We are of opinionthat the Brahmanas and the Ksatriyas ofCakadvipa brought with them this form of image-worship which afterwards became common. Itappear from the Bralima-parvan of the Bhavisyapurana that Indra, Dhatri, Parjanya, Pusan,T\\TStr, Aryaman, Bhaga, A^ivasvat, Am9u,Varuna and ]\Iitra were recognised by theMitra-worshipper as the several forms of Surya(Sun), and probably through their efforts the * Int rod vet ion o Jlilshin (hi i/idioi. par E. Burnouf,pp. 131-1 Hara-Ganvi from
. The archaeological survey of Mayurabhanja. ^ made imagesof those deities for worship. We are of opinionthat the Brahmanas and the Ksatriyas ofCakadvipa brought with them this form of image-worship which afterwards became common. Itappear from the Bralima-parvan of the Bhavisyapurana that Indra, Dhatri, Parjanya, Pusan,T\\TStr, Aryaman, Bhaga, A^ivasvat, Am9u,Varuna and ]\Iitra were recognised by theMitra-worshipper as the several forms of Surya(Sun), and probably through their efforts the * Int rod vet ion o Jlilshin (hi i/idioi. par E. Burnouf,pp. 131-1 Hara-Ganvi from Koisdri, I.] CAIVA INFLUENCE. XXvii image worship of these gods was imported toIndia from Central Asia. The worship of these twelve deities has beenin vogue from a very remote period of mantras of the Rigveda are offered intheir honour. The following lines about thesetwelve occur in the Bhavisya Brahmaparvan:— ferm ^T ^g^T^T^ ^TWGrriT^Tfsn?) ii ^itfm felrTT ^T ^ 3-#(q^#g !% II^^ cT^ TJT |[rTf ^rWT ^fk fg-Sff rTT I ir=HTf g fercTr m ft h^t nwrfH with ii f[m Tit Xfgjft cT^ ?TIWI ^f fk fa^cn IgST^m^ ^ f5T(?rifT^^| =g # felcTI II^ft ^f^^ q-T rT^ mq-^frl ^ fa^fll | n^THaT^nr* 151 xTTTf^^^Trn ^Tf nwTTi TTT winft |[fTf^!^^r wit wfri ^^i 1^Trt srgfeicTi m 5 ^wnjT;g =g wttcI ii^gwt gr^ m wlWfg-g^jifTfH w%ciT I^rqt ar^feifTT WT ^ Ti^^s^* ?sRtirwnT^ it ^k^^femr ^T 5 ^inmr^fk # ^um. 11 Wlrf HI ?3T??^ rlW f^W flHlfwiftw | nif wgfci ^ fksT* TfigtiLuRrdwirgi^ II ^tgnTirfrT T5T fcl.^* ^Uf^ ^^UlHyHT II ^^ vi^ ^TTsft wTTRhmr fwF^%rn 1 XXviii MAYUnAnilANTA ARCnXOLOGIC
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