The Story of Vedic India as Embodied Principally in the Rig-Veda

thought and speech.—§ 2. Indo-Eranian period.—§ 3. The
separation.-4-5. The Penjâb, or Saptah-Sindhavah, and
its rivers.—§ 6. Early Aryan life in the Penjâb.—§ 7. Race
conflict between Âryas and natives. -§ 8. The Rig-Veda-
Samhitâ.-9. Earliest religious life of the Aryas in India.
The Rishis.—§ 10. The Yajur-Veda and the Sâma-Veda.—
SII. The Atharva-Veda.—§ 12. The text of the Rig-Veda.
Memorizing.—§ 13. Necessity of commentaries.—§§ 14-15.
The Brahmanas.—§ 16. Shruti, Revelation."-§ 17.
Smriti, "Tradition," 'The Vedângas.-§ 18. The Sûtras.
- 19. Shrauta-Sutras and Smârta-Sûtras. Great im-
portance attached to the study of language and metre.—
§ 20. The periods of Vedic Literature.

§§ 1-2. General character of the Rig-Veda.-§§ 3-4. Chiefly

Naturalism. The birth of Myths.—§ 5. Dyâus and Prithivî,

"Heaven and Earth.”—§ 6. The root Div; Dyâus; Deva;

Asura.-7. How names become gods.-§ 8. Váruna, the

Sky.-9. Váruna, the King.-§ 10. Váruna, the ruler of

the Atmosphere (antariksha).—§ 11. Hymns to Váruna.—

§ 12. Váruna, the keeper of Rita (the Cosmic Order and the

Moral Law.-§ 13. Váruna, the punisher and forgiver of sins.

- 14. Mitra and Váruna. Later aspects of Váruna.—

SS 15-17. Aditi and the Âdityas.—§ 18. Agni Fire.—§ 19.

Agni, the friend of men, the messenger, the hotar (priest).

§ 20. The Birth of Agni.-§ 21. The three abodes of Agni ;

Apam-Napât, (the Son of the Waters).-§ 22. Agni's

descent with the rain.-§ 23. The finding and bringing of

Agni.- 24. Agni's kinship with the race of men.-§ 25.

The funereal Agni.-§ 26. Soma, the Eranian Haoma.—

§ 27. Soma the plant.—§ 28. The pressing of the Soma

plant and preparation of the sacrificial Soma-drink.—§ 29.

The celestial Soma-the Amrita (drink of immortality).—

§§ 30-32. Soma the Moon. Mysticism of the Soma-worship.

-§ 33. Vivasvat and his son Yama.-§ 34. Yama, King of

the Dead. The Saramêya Dogs.-§ 35. Later aspect of
Yama.- 36. Yama originally the Moon. His brother
Manu, the progenitor of the human race.—§ 37. Vâyu or
Vâta, the Wind.—§ 38. Closing remarks.

APPENDIX TO CHAPTER V.

The Churning of the Amrita.

VI.

THE RIG-VEDA: THE STORM-MYTH.-THE SUN-

AND-DAWN MYTH.

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187-190

191-236

1. The Atmospheric Drama.-§ 2. The sacredness of the
Cow.-§ 3. The Cloud-Kine. The Drought-Fiends.—
§ 4. Atmospheric battles.-§ 5. Anthropomorphism.-§ 6.
Indra, the champion fighter and Soma-drinker.—§ 7. The
leader and war-god of the Aryas.—§§ 8-10. The dispenser
of wealth.-§§ 11-12. Rivalry between Indra and Váruna.
- 13. Indra's stormy infancy.-§ 14. Harmony restored.
-S$15-19. Parjanya, the Storm-god.-§ 20. Rudra.-§ 21.
The Maruts.-§ 22. Indra and the Maruts quarrel.-SS
23-25. The Sun-and-Dawn Drama.—§§ 26–27. Sûrya, the

Sun.-§ 28. Indra and Sûrya.—§ 29. Indra and Ushas.—§

30. Ushas, the Dawn.-§ 31. The Two Sisters. -§ 32.

Ushas and Sûrya.-§ 33. Ushas, "the Mother of Cows."

—§ 34. Ushas, the dispenser of wealth.—§§ 35-38. The

Ashvins, the Twilight Twins.-§ 39. Pûshan.

VII.

THE RIG-VEDA: LATER AND LESSER GODS.-

STORY-MYTHS

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237-273

§ 1. Drawbacks and advantages of Classification.—§ 2.
"Later" gods-how to qualify the expression.-§ 3. Vague-
ness about the rank of gods.-§ 4. Vishnu.-§§ 5-7. Savitar.
-SS 8-10. Tvashtar and the Ribhus.-§ 11. Probable
original identity of Tvashtar and Savitar. Myth of the
Ribhus explained.—§ 12. Tvashtar, Indra's father,—§§ 13-
14. Myth of the Birth of the Ashvins.-§§ 15-16. Myth of
Saramâ and the Panis.-§ 17. Transformation of nature-
myths into spiritual and sacrificial ones. -§ 18. Brihaspati
or Brahmanaspati, "the Lord of Prayer,"-§§ 19-20. Dei-
fied mythical abstractions: Prajâpati; Vishvakarman;
Hiranyagarbha, and others-§ 21. Scarcity and insignifi-
cance of feminine deities.—§ 22. The Waters and Rivers.—
§ 23. The divine Sarasvatî; probably at one time the Indus,
and still earlier the Eranian Haraqaiti.-§ 24. Sarasvatî,
the goddess of eloquence and sacred poetry.-§ 25. Vâch,
deified Speech.—§ 26. Aranyanî, the Forest.