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MANDALA IV, HYMN 9.
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NOTES.
The same Rishi and metre.—Verse 1=SV.1, 23. Verse 8 =VS. III, 36 ; MS. I, 5, 4. 5. I.
Verse 4.
Note 1. Wir vermuten: utågnâ agnir adhvare ... die correctur dürfte evident sein.' Ludwig. The same conjecture has been proposed already in 1868 by Prof. Max Müller (Chips, 2nd ed., vol. iii, p. 157). In my opinion the traditional text is correct.
Note 2. The Brahman very probably is not the Brahman of the later ritual, but the Brahmanåkkhamsin. See H.O., Religion des Veda, p. 396.
Verse 5.
Note l The Upavaktri is identical with the Prasastri or Maitrâvaruna of the later ritual. H.O., Religion des Veda, P. 390.
Verse 7. Note 1. On goshi, cf. Bartholomae, Studien zur Indog. · Sprachgeschichte, I, 21.
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