Martanda : the eighth son of Adīti, the mother of the gods, whom she casts away from her, & became the black, dark, lost, or hidden Sun.
... her body; by seven she moves to the gods, but the eighth son is Martanda, of the mortal creation, whom she casts away from her; with the seven she moves to the supreme life, the original age of the gods, but Martanda is brought back out of the Inconscient into which he had been cast to preside over mortal birth and death. This Martanda or eighth Surya is the black or dark, the lost, the hidden sun ...
... into the Inconscient that I found the Divine Presence—there, in the midst of Darkness. 18 It was the experience of Tlemcen that was being repeated, “the Sun in Darkness” or the “Black Sun" (Martanda) of the Vedas—what we, in our rational language, might call the Exact Consciousness, the one that drives the atom and the beast’s instinct, the pure little law that rules all of Nature’s movements ...
... pursue farther the enemy. They come to the darkest cave yet. The darkness within was engulfed in the darkness. They enter the cave on their hands and knees. And in that heart of darkness they discover Martanda, who had been concealed there by the Titans. The eighth son of Aditi —the all-creating infinite Mother —was seated there immense and alone. He is the black or dark, the lost, the hidden sun. The Sun ...
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