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The Religions of India

CHAPTER III
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Who helps in war?
Agni, P[=u]shan, Indra, Soma, etc.

Who sends rain?
Indra, Parjanya, Soma, the Maruts, P[=u]shan, etc.

Who weds Dawn?
The Acvins, the Sun, etc.

The attributes must be functional or the identification is left incomplete.
The great disparity in descriptions of P[=u]shan may be illustrated by setting VI.48.19 beside X.92.13.

The former passage merely declares that P[=u]shan is a war-leader "over mortals, and like the gods in glory"; the latter, that he is "distinguished by all divine attributes"; that is to say, what has happened in the case of Savitar has happened here also.


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