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Vedic Religion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2011

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page 845 note 1 Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, xiii, 3, 6, 5;Google ScholarTaittirīya Brāhmaṇa, iii, 9, 15;Google ScholarKātyāyana Śrauta Sūtra, xx, 8, 16;Google ScholarŚaṅkhāyana Śrauta Sūtra, xvi, 18.Google Scholar

page 846 note 1 Ved. Myth., iii, p. 32.Google Scholar

page 846 note 2 Frazer, , Golden Bough, i, p. 227.Google Scholar

page 846 note 3 S.B.E., xliv, p. xl. His discussion of the whole question is most valuable.Google Scholar

page 846 note 4 Murray, , Rise of Greek Epic, pp. 253 seq.Google Scholar

page 846 note 5 Farnell, , Greek Cults, iv, p. 271.Google Scholar

page note 6 Frazer, , ii, p. 202. The bathing in water may be merely purificatory, or it may be a reminiscence of a vegetation ritual. Both explanations may in different cases be true. Here I prefer the former.Google Scholar