Marīci
mythological figure · 2 works · 5 mentions · 5 anchored passages
in the texts
Vīramitrodaya
A sage grouped with Śātātapa and Jābāli as source of verses on the sixteen-kalā merit of saṅkrānti.
These statements of Śātātapa, Marīci, and Jābāli should be explained as being in accordance with the view of those who hold that the sun's disc is its apparent motion plus its own fifteenth part.
By this statement of Marīci, and by the verse cited in the *Kālādarśa*, etc.
> For those killed by poison, a snake, a beast of prey, fire, a wild animal, or a Brahmin, / > the rites should be performed on Caturdaśī;
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
Mind-born sage-son of Brahmā, ancestor in the Ikṣvāku genealogy.
from Marīci, Kaśyapa was born as a son.