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The next (Brahmanic) step is deified brahma, the personal Brahm[=a) as god, called also Father-god (Praj[=a]pati) or simply The Father (pit[=a).]
[Footnote 34: Compare M[=ajit. Siii. 10. 2; (=Ait. Br. ii. 8; Çat. Br. i. 2. 3. 5; vi. 2. 1. 39; 3. 1. 24; ii. 5. 2. 16, a ram and ewe 'made of barley.' On human sacrifices, compare Müller, ASL. p. 419; Weber. ZDMG. xviii. 262 (see the Bibliography); Streifen, i.54.]
[Footnote 35: Weber has translated some of these legends. Ind. Streifen, i. 9 ff.]
[Footnote 36: T[=ajitt. Br. iii. 2. 9. 7; Çat. Br. i. 2. 5.5; ii. 1. 2. 13 ff.; vii. 5. 1. 6.]
[Footnote 37: Compare M[=ajit. S. i. 9. 8; Çat. Br. i. 6. 1. 1 ff. The seasons desert the gods, and the demons thrive. In Çat. Br. i. 5. 4.6-11, the Asuras and Indra contend with numbers.]
[Footnote 38: Müller, ASL. p. 529.]
[Footnote 39: M[=ajit. S. iv. 2. 12; Çat. Br. i. 7. 4. 1; ii. 1. 2. 9; vi. 1.3.8; (=Ajit. Br. iii. 33. Compare Muir, OST. iv. p. 45. At a later period there are frequently found indecent tales of the gods, and the Br[ra]hmanas themselves are vulgar enough, but they exhibit no special lubricity on the part of the priests.]
[Footnote 40: Idam aham ya èv[=a] smi so asmi, Çat. Br. i. 1. 1. 6; 9.3. 23.]
[Footnote 41: RV. viii. 51. 2; Zimmer, loc. cit. p. 328.]