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long continued, affluent, wide-based and held in full assembly." The basic Āryan industry, the domestication of cattle, in actual production is given here. Shepherd-in-chief (Ganapati) Agni is to help his subordinate Devas (high Shepherds) who were separately incharge of the rearing of cows, of the sheep and of horses. This tribal productive activity helped the Aryans to augment their cattle wealth. Agriculture was a minor industry with the primitive Aryans. We find numerous references in Ķgveda where the food of the adversary is plundered to be distributed among the Gana members. This shows that the Aryan agricultural industry gave them deficit production. The Aryans in that stage did not know of international trade, hence they could not import food from any foreign country, hence they took to the plundering of food supplies. But, in spite of a deficit food-producing industry, they had it all the same. The minor agricultural activities of the Aryan Gaņa under the leadership of the Ganapati has to be preserved for full yields. The social activity of the Gaņa in producing children was the result of promiscuous sex-relationship amongst the Gaņa-members with which we hereby subsequently deal with. Yajña pleases minor Devas and Ganapati Agni who bestows upon the Gaņa abundant food and great wealth."
Gana members offered all their produces to Ganapati for the Gana. The production was tribal and belonged to
the tribe. The worshipper, the representative Yajñic fruits
Belong to of the Gaņa people, offers the fruits of his whole Gana
Yajña to Gaņa pati Agni who accepts it. Of course, in return, the Gana members want to obtain back many sorts of food. A Gaņa-member offers less but desires to obtain more. This is the very foundation of the basic Yajñic activity of the Āryan Gaņa. If the production is
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