34/115 This led to the spirit's union with the sun, which, as we have said, is one of the first phases of the pantheistic doctrine. In the family-books Vishnu gets but two hymns, both in the same collection, and shares one more with Indra (VII. 69). In some of the family-collections, notably in that of the Visvamitras, he is, if not unknown, almost ignored. |