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PDF[Footnote 102: Myriantheus, Die Acvins; Muir, OST. v. p.234; Bergaigne, Religion Vedique, II. p. 431; Mueller, Lectures, 2d series, p. 508; Weber, Ind. St. v. p. 234. S[=a]yana on I. 180. 2, interprets the ’sister of the Acvins’ as Dawn.]
[Footnote 103:
Muir, loc. cit. Weber regards them as the
(stars) Gemini.]
[Footnote 104:
Weber, however, thinks that Dawn and Acvins
are equally old divinities,
the oldest Hindu divinities in
his estimation.]
[Footnote 105:
In the Epic (see below) they are called the
lowest caste of gods
(C[=u]dras).]
[Footnote 106: X. 17. 2; I. 46. 2.]
[Footnote 107: I. 181. 4 (Roth, ZDMG. IV. 425).]
[Footnote 108:
T[=a]itt. S. VII. 2. 7. 2; Muir, loc. cit.
p. 235.]
[Footnote 109:
vii. 67. 2; viii. 5. 2; x. 39. 12; viii. 9.
17; i. 34. 10; x. 61.
4. Muir, loc. cit. 238-9. Compare
ib. 234, 256.]
[Footnote 110:
Muir, loc. cit. p. 237. RV. vi. 58. 4;
x.
85. 9ff.]
[Footnote 111:
They are compared to two ships, two birds,
etc.]
[Footnote 112:
In Cat. Br. V. 5. 4. it to the Acvins
a
red-white goat is sacrificed,
because ’Acvins are
red-white.’]
[Footnote 113:
Perhaps best with Brannhofer, ‘the savers’
from nas as in
nasjan (AG. p. 99).]
[Footnote 114: La Religion Vedique, II. p. 434. That n[=a]snya means ‘with good noses’ is an epic notion, n[=a]satyadasr[=a]u sunas[=a]u, Mbh[=a]. I. 3. 58, and for this reason, if for no other (though idea is older), the etymology is probably false! The epithet is also Iranian. Twinned and especially paired gods are characteristic of the Rig Veda. Thus Yama and Yam[=i] are twins; and of pairs Indra-Agni, Indra-V[=a]yu, besides the older Mitra-Varuna, Heaven-Earth, are common.]
[Footnote 115: Perhaps to be omitted.]
[Footnote 116:
Pischel, Ved. St. I. p. 48. As swift-going
gods they are called
‘Indra-like.’]
[Footnote 117: VIII. 9 and 10.]
[Footnote 118: Doubtful]
[Footnote 119:
The last verse is not peculiar to this hymn,
but is the sign of the
book (family) in which it was
composed.]
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CHAPTER IV.
THE RIG VEDA (CONTINUED).—THE MIDDLE GODS.
