arghya
अर्घ्य arghyaAn offering of water, poured from cupped hands toward a deity; classically offered to the rising sun at dawn as part of sandhya-vandana.
Where this term appears
- What is Puja? Worship
Padya , water for the feet. Arghya , water for the hands.
- Surya Namaskar: The Sun Salutation Yoga
…-vandana , performed at the junctions of the day, a worshipper offers arghya , water poured from cupped hands toward the sun at its rising, and recites the Gayatri, the great verse of the Rigveda addressed to S…
- Victory and Light Treatise
…e stands in the cold water of a river or a pond, waist-deep, to offer arghya , water lifted in cupped hands to the sun: once at sunset, to the setting sun, and once at the next sunrise, to the rising one.