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[Footnote 111: They are compared to two ships, two birds, etc.)
[Footnote 112: In Çat. Br. V. 5. 4. it to the Açvins a red-white goat is sacrificed, because 'Açvins are red-white.']
[Footnote 113: Perhaps best with Brannhofer, 'the savers' from nas as in nasjan (AG. p. 99).]
[Footnote 114: La Religion Védique, II. p. 434. That n[=a]snya means 'with good noses' is an epic notion, n[=a/satyadasr[=alu sunas[=a]u, Mbh[=a]. I. 3. 58, and for this reason, if for no other (though idea is older), the etymology is probably false! The epithet is also Iranian. Twinned and especially paired gods are characteristic of the Rig Veda. Thus Yama and Yam(=i] are twins; and of pairs Indra-Agni, Indra-V[=a]yu, besides the older Mitra-Varuna, Heaven-Earth, are common.]
[Footnote 115: Perhaps to be omitted.]
[Footnote 116: Pischel, Ved. St. I. p. 48. As swift-going gods they are called 'Indra-like.']
[Footnote 117: VIII. 9 and 10.]
[Footnote 118: Doubtful]
[Footnote 119: The last verse is not peculiar to this hymn, but is the sign of the book (family) in which it was composed.]
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CHAPTER IV. THE RIG VEDA (CONTINUED).—THE MIDDLE GODS