From these alone it becomes evident that the ritualistic view must be regarded as one somewhat exaggerated.

But if the liturgical extremist appears to have stepped a little beyond the boundary of probability, he yet in daring remains far behind Bergaigne's disciple Regnaud, who has a mystical 'system,' which is, indeed, the outcome of Bergaigne's great work, though it is very improbable that the latter would have looked with favor upon his follower's results.

In _Le Rig Veda_ [Paris, 1892] Paul Regnaud, emphasizing again the connection between the liturgy and the hymns, refers every word of the Rig Veda to the sacrifice in its simplest form, the oblation.

According to this author the Hindus had forgotten the meaning of their commonest words, or consistently employed them in their hymns in a meaning different to that in ordinary use.

The very word for god, _deva_ [deus], no longer means the 'shining one' [the god], but the 'burning oblation'; the common word for mountain, _giri_ also means oblation, and so on.