Book Title: Handbook of History of Religions
Author(s): Edward Washburn
Publisher: Sanmati Tirth Prakashan Pune

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________________ [Footnote 79: See Weber. Ind. St. ii. 37; Muir, iv. 403. Çarva (Çaurva) is Avestan, but at the same time it is his 'eastern' name, while Bhava is his western name. Çat. Br. i. 7. 3. 8.] [Footnote 80: The epic (loc. cit. above), the Pur[=a]nas, and the very late Atharva Çiras Upanishad and M[ra]itr. Up. (much interpolated). Compare Muir, loc. cit. pp. 362-3.] [Footnote 81: According to the epic, men honor gods that kill, Indra, Rudra, and so forth; not gods that are passive, such as Brahm[=a), the Creator, and P[=u]shan (xii. 15. 18), ya eva dev[=a] hant[=alras t[=a]l loko 'rcayate bh[=r.]çal=.m), na Brahms=a][n.Jam.] [Footnote 82: Barth seems to imply that Harihara (the name) is later than the trim[ru]rti (p. 185), but he has to reject the passage in the Hari-va[.n]ça to prove this. On Ayen[=a]r, a southern god said to be Hari-Hara (Vishnu-Çiva), see Williams, loc. cit.] Footnote 83: RV. viii. 6. 30; 1. 50. 10. Weber refers Krishna further back to a priestly Vedic poet of that name, to whom are attributed hymns of the eighth and tenth books of the Rig Veda (Janm[=a[s.Jt.Jam(=i], p. 316). He interprets Krishna's mother's name, Devak[=i], as 'player' (ib) But the change of name in a Vedic hymn has no special significance. The name Devak[=i) is found applied to other persons, and its etymology is rather deva, divine, as Weber now admits (Berl. Ak. 1890, p. 931).] [Footnote 84: In the epic, also, kings become hermits, and perform great penance just as do the ascetic priests. Compare the heroes themselves, and i. 42. 23 raja mah[=altapl=a]s, also ii. 19, where a king renounces his throne, and with his two wives becomes a hermit in the woods. In i. 41. 31 a king is said to be equal to ten priests!)

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