Mārtāṇḍa meets Mercury

The first reflex of the Mārtāṇḍa myth, viz., the sun as the dead egg, is attested in maṇḍala-10 of the Ṛgveda as part of a famous cosmogonic sūkta (RV 10.72): aṣṭau putrāso aditer ye jātās tanvas pari devāṃ upa prait Continue reading