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The Religions of India

CHAPTER III
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72).

With Varuna stands Mitra, and besides this pair are found 'the true friend' Aryaman, Savitar, Bhaga, and, later, Indra, as sun ( ?).

Daksha and Anca are also reckoned as [=A]dityas, and S[=u]rya is enumerated among them as a divinity distinct from Savitar.

But the word _aditi,_ 'unbound,' is often a mere epithet, of Fire, Sky, etc.
Moreover, in one passage, at least, _aditi_ simply means 'freedom' (i.
24.

1), less boundlessness than 'un-bondage'; so, probably, in i.


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