Most Ancient Aryan Society

Author(s): Ram Chandra Jain
Publisher: Institute of Bharatalogical Research Sriganganagar Rajasthan

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5. Rgveda 2. 3. 1. 18 ; 4. 1. 3. 15; 5. 1. 10. 7. 6. Taittiriya Samhita; 3. 1. 1. 4 7. Monier-Williams; Op. cit.; Page 735. 8. Siddheswar Varma; Op. cit.; Page 49. 9. A. F. Khabardar; New Light on the Gathas of Zarth usthra;
1951 ; Page 751. ). James Hastings; Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics ;
Pages 424, 797. 11. (1) V. M. Apte; Religion and Philosophy (Age of Re-Samhitā)
in the Vedic Age, 1957 ; Page 361
Apte gives this interesting description of Rgvedic Myth«When the imagination interpretes a natural event as the action of personified being resembling a human
agent, a myth is born." (2) F. Maxmuller ; “The Philosophy of Mythology", appended
to Introduction to the Science of Religion (London 1875); Pages 353-355 quoted in Ernest Cassirer's language and Myth,' 1945; Page 5. Maxmuller defines myth as "Power excercised by language on thought in every possible sphere of mental activity. “These idealist scholars do not take
historical events into consideration. 12. M. Bloomfield; The Atharvaveda ; 1899 ; Page 2. 13. Rgveda 1. 1. 1. 1.
ऊँ अग्निमी'ळे पु रोहितं यज्ञस्य देवम त्विन'म ।
हातारं रत्नधातमम् ॥ 14. Siddheswar Varma ; Op. cit ; page 48. 15. Rgveda 1. 9. 1. 10; 1. 9. 1. 12; 1. 19.2. 4; 6.5.9. 4 ; 8. 4. 7. 1;
9.3. 6. 5. 16. Rgveda l. 15. 1. 6. 17. (1) Rgveda 1. 11. 1. 3 ; 2. 3. 2.9 ; 3. 1. 2. 8 ; 3. 1. 3. 2;
(2) Rgveda-Samhitā (V. S. M.); Op. Cit. Vol. II Page 188, 191
(3) H. H. Wilson ; Rgveda ; Vol. II Pages 198, 199. 18. Rgveda 5. 1. 11. 2. 19. Rgveda 8. 10. 8. 12. 20. Rgveda 2. 3. 2.9.