188 H. Oertcl, 



154. 1. vayansy abhavan : Macdonell, in his note to Brhaddevata, 

 vi. 151, compares a similar transformation of the skins of Apala i 

 (Brh. Dev. vi. 106) and of the members of Agni (Brh. Dev. vii. 

 78-80). According to Kath. xi. 10 (p. 157, 5) and TS. ii. 4. 9. 2 

 the heads of the Yatis- whom the salavrkas killed became the 

 Phoenix sylvestris (kharjuraj or, according to vSayana's commentary 

 (vol. ii, p. 514, 18), the Borassus flabelhformis (tala), because ' their 

 fruits resemble a skull ' (tesarii phalani cirahkapalasadrcani laksyante). 



2. babhrur : vSee Hillebrandt, Ved. Myth., i, p. 23-45 ff., on babhru 

 as colour of the pressed soma ; however, sura too is babhru, VS. 

 XX. 28. 



2. matta iva 'vakrandati : Cf. Kath. xii. 12 (p. 174, 17-18) tasmaj 

 jyayang ca kanlyahg ca snusa ca gvacurag ca suraiii pltva saha lil- 

 lapata asate = MS. ii. 4. 2 (p. 39, 18-19) tasmaj jyayahg ca kaniyanc 

 ca snusa ca 9vagura9 ca suraih pltva vilalapata asate. These two 

 passages, by the way, make it all but certain that mattas in AV. 

 vi. 20, 1, ute 'va matto vilapann apayati, is to be understood as 

 participle of Vmad (' he flees, shouting like a drunken man '] rather 

 than as ablative of the personal pronoun (' shall he, crying out, go 

 away from me '). — See also the Excursus at the end of these notes. 



4. bahurupam . . . annam : Cf. TS. ii. 1. 6. 4, bahurupo bhavati 

 bahuriipam hy annam. 



5. apendram: So also (^B. i. 6. 3. 6 and v. 5. 4. 7; in CB. xii. 

 7. 1. 1 and 8. 3. 1 a]:)hicaraniyam (' suitable for witcher}',' Eggeling, 

 ' der Bezauberung ausgesetzt,' Delbriick, Altiiid. Syiif., p. 401, § 224, 

 end) is added to apendram; Kath. xii. 10 (p. 172, 12) has vindram 

 for apendram. 



5. asmac ced . . . bhavani : Similarly QB. i. 6. 3. 6 and v. o. 4. 7 

 say : sa yatha 'yaiii somah prasuta evam apendra eva 'sa, ' even as 

 this soma was [withheld from Indra] when it was [then] pressed, 

 even so it remained withheld from Indra [thereafter].' 



155. 2. patnlh prapede : Cf. TS. vi. 5. 8. 4, ' The gods desired 

 to slay Tvastr; he took refuge with the Wives |of the gods], they 

 did not surrender him ; and, therefore, they do not surrender one 

 who is to be slain after he has taken refuge ; ■^ therefore he offers 

 [a soma libation] to Tvastr patnivant also.' — On the connexion of 

 Tvastr with women see Hillebrandt, Ved. Myth., I, p. 525-530. 



» Cf. JAOS., xviii, ]). 2G-31, v. iScliroeder, JVZKM., xxii, 1908, p. 224 f. 



- a. JAOS., xix, p. 123—125: Calaiid, Altindischc Zanberri {VrrhcmdcL if. 

 kon. Akad. v. Wctensch. tr Amsterdam. Afd. Letterkuude, N.E. Deel x. 

 no. 1) 1908, p. 133. 



* ' tasmud api . . . pratiprayacclianti ' also at TS. vi. 5. 6. 3 



