Savitr has been attributed to as upholding the movables and immovable, which signifies the maintenance of Dharma.

This, however, cannot be proved beyond doubt: it will for instance always be open to question whether Savitr is really an aspect of the sun, or whether he is god of stimulation who by reason of similarity of nature has been made like to the sun.

According to Yaska, Sanskrit scholar of the 5th century BCE, who made various attempts to interpret difficult Vedic mythologies in his work Nirukta ( Etymology ) ( 12, 12 ), the time of Savitr ’ s appearance is when darkness has been removed.

The epithet “ surya-rashmi ” has been used in the Rig Veda only once and, it has been applied to Savitr:

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Savitr has a major role in creation.

Arthur Berriedale Keith in “ The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads, Vol 2 ” has noted that Savitr is never mentioned as having part in the Soma sacrifice, " a fact which is doubtless fair evidence that the Rig veda did not know him as having a place in the rite, and that he was later brought in, perhaps because of his growing importance, perhaps as an Aditya.

In the Satapatha Brahmana ( v. 12, 3, 5 ), Savitr has been identified with Prajapati and in the Taittiriya Brahmana ( v. 1, 6, 4 ), it has been stated that Prajapati becoming Savitr created living beings.

Damunas ( Domestic ): In the Rig veda, Savitr has been twice spoken of as domestic (“ damunas ”), an epithet otherwise almost entirely limited to Agni.

Mighty splendour (“ amati ”) is preeminently attributed to Savitr, and mighty “ golden ” splendour to him only.

Even the Gayatri mantra, which is regarded as one of the most sacred of the Vedic hymns is dedicated to Savitr, one of the principal Ādityas.

Savitr ( Sanskrit: stem, nominative singular ) is a solar deity in the Rigveda, and one of the Adityas i. e. off-spring of Vedic deity Aditi.

The Sun before sunrise is called Savitr, and after sunrise until sunset it is called Surya.

Savitr is celebrated in eleven whole hymns of the Rig Veda and in parts of many others, his name being mentioned about 170 times in aggregate.

Savitr disappeared as an independent deity from the Hindu pantheon after the end of the Vedic period, but in modern Hinduism, his name occurs in the well-known Gayatri mantra ( taken from book three of the Rigveda ), which is also known as Savitri because of this.

Savitr is a deity whose name primarily denote an agent, in the form of a noun derived from a root with the agent suffix-tr.

Savitr is a beneficent God who act as protectors of all beings, who are provident and guard the world of spirits.

Being an Aditya, Savitr is true to the eternal Law and act as the debt exactor.

Like other gods, Savitr is a supporter of the sky.

The most important of the gods whose names denote an agent in “- tr ” class, is Savitr.

Sayanacharya on Rig Veda ) remarks that before his rising the sun is called Savitr, but from his rising to his setting, Surya.

But Savitr is also sometimes spoken of as sending to sleep, and must therefore be connected with evening as well as morning.

Like Surya, Savitr is implored to remove evil dreams and to make men sinless.

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It is at least possible, therefore, that in its origin Savitr was not an independent creation, but was an epithet of Surya, but that question is of little importance: the essential feature of the god is not his original basis, but his function as the inspirer or impeller to holy sacrifice: the ritual act is repeatedly said in the Yajurveda to be done ‘ on the instigation of the god Savitr ’.”

In the Vedas, numerous hymns are dedicated to Mitra, Varuna, Savitr etc.

Aditya, Agni, Antariksha, Ashwinis, Brahma, Brihaspati, Dishas, Dyaus, Indra, Ganesha, Marutas, Mitra, Mitravaruna, Moordha, Prajapati, Prithvi, Pusha, Rudra, Savitr, Shiva, Soma, Varuna, Vayu, Vishnu, and Vishvedavas.

The name of Savitr belongs to a class of Vedic theonyms, with Dhatr, Tratr and Tvastr.

Savitr bestows immortality on the gods as well as length of life on man.

Apart from Savitr, other such deities are of rare occurrence in the Rig Veda.

`` The white colonnaded, cedar-roofed Southern mansion is directly traceable via the grey and buff stone of grey-skied England to the golden stucco of one particular part of the blue South, the Palladian orbit stretching out from Vicenza: the old mind of Andrea Palladio still smiles from behind many an old rocking chair on a Southern porch, the deep friezes of his architectonic music rise firm above the shallower freeze in the kitchen, his feeling for light and shade brings a glitter from a tall mint julep, his sense of columns framing the warm velvet night has brought together a million couple of mating lips ''.

It is not entirely cyclical because it claims the golden age has passed and history is gradually descending towards decadence.

The era has been called a golden age, but that was a myth created in the 1930s to lure tourists to a romantic era of tall ships and antiques.

The Peruvian Dragoon Guard has throughout its existence worn French-style uniforms of black tunic and red breeches in winter and white coat and red breeches in summer, with red and white plumed bronze helmets with the coat of arms of Peru and golden epaulettes.

According to Greenpeace, golden rice has not managed to do anything about malnutrition for 10 years during which alternative methods are already tackling malnutrition.

Although Greenpeace had stated that efficiency was its primary concern, as early as 2001, statements from March and April 2005 also continued to express concern over human health and environmental safety Greenpeace has opposed releasing golden rice to fields as opposed to farming in greenhouses, which according to golden rice developer Ingo Potrykus, limits the amount of material needed for human safety testing.

Once a GSSP boundary has been agreed upon, a " golden spike " is driven into the geologic section to mark the precise boundary for future geologists ( though in practice the " spike " need neither be golden nor an actual spike ).

Although the word jackal has been historically used to refer to many small-to medium-sized species of the wolf genus of mammals, Canis, today it most properly and commonly refers to three species: the black-backed jackal and the side-striped jackal of sub-Saharan Africa, and the golden jackal of northern Africa and south-central Eurasia.

The word Kallisti ( Modern Greek ) written on a golden apple, has become a principal symbol of Discordianism, a post-modernist religion.

A fourth variation, though not technically a subspecies, is the " golden koala ", which has a slight golden tinge to the fur as a result of an absence of the melanin pigment that produces albinism in most other mammalian species.

It has a fibrous, dull brown-green skin and bright green or golden flesh with rows of tiny, black, edible seeds.

Because Kidd was said to have buried treasure in the Comoros islands, and Moroni is the name of the capital city and largest settlement in the Comoros, it has been suggested that Smith borrowed the name of the settlement and applied it to the angel who led him to buried treasure — the golden plates.

It produces a golden yellow tea which has a unique fruity aroma.

A modern pilsner has a very light, clear colour from pale to golden yellow, and a distinct hop aroma and flavour.

It has been conjectured that the golden spheres were originally three flat yellow effigies of byzants, or gold coins, laid heraldically upon a sable field, but that they were converted into spheres to better attract attention.

Hrungnir asks " what sort of person this was " wearing a golden helmet, " riding sky and sea ," and says that the stranger " has a marvellously good horse.

This property has been used to check the-frequency dependence of the spontaneous emission rate as described by Fermi's golden rule.

There was also on the top of the throne a golden candelabrum, on the seven branches of the one side of which were engraved the names of the seven patriarchs Adam, Noah, Shem, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Job, and on the seven of the other the names of Levi, Kohath, Amram, Moses, Aaron, Eldad, Medad, and, in addition, Hur ( another version has Haggai ).

The revue has its roots in 19th century American popular entertainment and melodrama but grew into a substantial cultural presence of its own during its golden years from 1916 to 1932.

The narrative states that the Æsir foresaw his arrival and had prepared grand illusions for him, so that when Gangerli enters the fortress, he sees a hall of such a height that he has trouble seeing over it, and notices that the roof of the hall is covered in golden shields, as if they were shingles.

It ranges from dark yellow to golden brown in color, and has a mellow flavor, similar in some respects, to rice vinegar, though with a somewhat " fresher " taste.

* Buddhist monk Lè Zūn has a vision of " golden rays of light shining down on 1, 000 Buddha's ", resulting in the creation of the Mogao Caves.