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[Footnote 67: Neu-und Vollmonds Opfer, 1880. The D[=ijksh[=a), or initiation, has been described by Lindner; the R[=aljas[=u]ya and Vajapeya, by Weber.]
[Footnote 68: The water-sickness already imputed to this god in the Rig Veda. This tale and that of Bhrigu (referred to above) show an ancient trait in the position of Varuna, as chief god.]
[Footnote 69: This is the germ of the pilgrimage doctrine (see below).]
[Footnote 70: Perhaps (M. ix. 301) interpolated; or the first allusion to the Four Ages.]
[Footnote 71: These compare afri, 'blessing,' in the Avesta) are verses in the Rig Veda introducing the sacrifice. They are meant as propitiations, and appear to be an ancient part of the ritual.]
[Footnote 72: A group of hymns in the first book of the Rig Veda are attributed to Dogstail. At any rate, they do allude to him, and so prove a moderate antiquity (probably the middle period of the Rik) for the tale. The name, in Sanskrit Çunascepa, has been ingeniously starred by Weber as Cynosoura; the last part of each compound having the same meaning, and the first part being even phonetically the same çunas, [Greek: kunhos.]
[Footnote 73: Ait. Br. viji. 10, 15, 20.
[Footnote 74: The epic has a later version. This earlier form is found in Çat. Br. i. 8. 1. For the story of the flood among the American Indians compare Schoolcraft (Historical and Statistical Information), i. 17.]