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69 AA I. 3.5 (13). 70 Bhār. G. II. 24. 71 Agn. G. II. 1.4. 72 Bau. S. XX. 16, SK 11. 73 Bhär. S. II. 4-7, IV. 6-7, VII. 12.8, Sat. S. II. 7, ŚK 296. 74 AGP II. 6. 75 Ibid I. 11.20. 76 Bhār. S. VI, 1-6, SK. 106. 77 SK 112. 78 Man. S. III. 7.3-4, SK 696. 79 AG IV. 1.14. 80 Āp.S. XI. 20.5. 81 for the procedure of fetching the Vasarīvarī waters, Cf. Caland : L'Agnistoma, 119 82 Ibid, 143. 83 Ap. S XI. 20.5, Kät. S. VIII. 9.7; Cf. Hillebrandt: VM, I. 455. 84 Ap. S. XII. 5.12, Bau. S. VII. 3. 85 For the entire rite, cf. Caland : op. cit. 371. 86 Cf. Venkatacharya-Gajendragadkar : Saniskära-kaustubha, 1914. 87 Cf Joshi : Srautapadārthanirvacanam, 40. 88 Cf. Devasthali : Religion and Mythology of the Brähmanas, 86. 89 Cf. Bhide : In Bhāratiya Samsksti Kośa, I, 193. 90 Cf. Devasthali : op. cit., 95. 91 AA II. 1.7. 92 Man. S. I. 8.1.1-20, cf. TĂ III. 6. 93 TA I. 26.7 : varsati na dhāvet/ 94 lbid III. 10.3. 95 AG II. 7.6. 96 Ibid II. 7.11. 97 SK 117. 98 Loc. cit.
99 SK. 251. 100 A.. Ś III. 7.1,13; Bau. S. XXIV. 36; SK, 820, 831. 101 Cf. Devastbali, loc. cit. 102 SK, 114-15. 103 Ibid, 665. 104 Sat. S. II. 7, SK, 488. 105 SK, 488. 106 Kaus. G. V. 4. 107 Agn. G. III. 1.3. 108 VG V. 1-6, SK, 1058, 109 Śat. S. II. 7, Ap. S. VI. 1-29, Bh. G. I. 25. 110 Kath. G. XXI. I. 111 Ibid XX. 2. 112 In the mythology of Persia, there is a male genius of waters, who creates and shapes man,
and defends and protects the royal glory, and a female genius, who is no other than Anaitis, or Venus, who assists women in labour giving men courageous companions (Cf. Asiatic
Mythology, 42). 113 III. 3-4. 114 San. S. IV. 7, 9-11; Cf. GBr I. 3.1 : 'The waters flow towards the south'. 115 Sān. G. I. 26.18, TBr III. 1.5.5. It may be noted that there is usually rainfall in the month
of Aşadha.
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