Gods and Sai//fs of the Great BraJimaua. 55 



seer," said he to himself. Then he addressed the seer, saying", 

 " Seer, who is this one thee (has seized) ? " The ogre said, " Sa}' 

 it is Sthanu "' ; so he said " Sthfinu." " Hit at him with this," said 

 (Indra), extending his thunderbolt as a reed to the seer. There- 

 with he split the ogre's skull at the middle suture, and as such (for 

 this reason) the (ordinar}-) reed on earth is called " Indra-loent." 

 This (dead ogre as) evil, papnia, seized the seer. That evil he re- 

 moved l3y means of the Saman (called after himj the Vaisvamanasa 

 Saman. 15. 5. 20. ^ The long list of heroes helped and fiends de- 

 feated is coniplemented by two tales of females. 2 



^ The reed is called mdrenata, " made {nirmita) by Indra," according 

 to Savaiia. Above, kas ivCii ^sa Hi (sc. agrahit) is exti'aordinarily pregnant 

 as the beginning of an address. 



- These tales of Akuparii and the ogress Dirgliajihvl (who destroj'ed 

 sacrifice) have already been sufficient^ discussed by Oertel, JAOS. IS. 

 2(3. and Proc. Or. Congress at Paris.^ p. 285, with fresh parallels. The fu'St 

 name, 9. 2. 14, maj^ be complemented by the tale of Akupara Kasyapa, 

 who " got power and greatness " through the same Saman by w^liich Indra 

 made clear the skin of the Angirasi Akupara, 15. 5. 30. Compare the 

 tale of the "smoothness of skin" arakmtd., gained by Kapivana 

 Bhiiuvayana, 20. 13. 4 (Kath. 32. 2). The name of the seducer of the 

 ogress must be Sumitra Kautsa, as in JB. (The reproachful voice of 

 this tale, 13. (3. 9, has been spoken of above, p. 48.) In all the prose 

 of the Braliniaua, tlie proper name stands first, followed (if at all) by 

 the patronymic or metronymic, and then by the clan-name, though a 

 kiihi or sdkha name may be the only one besides the proper name. 

 The second name is usually in pati'onymic form Atnara, Srayasa (as 

 Kasyapa above is patronymic). Cases of two names are common ; for 

 the third, cf. 8. 6. 8 : etad dim sum vd dha Kdsdmbali (sic !) Svdyavo 

 braJinid Ldtai'vali. (v. 1. Lalavyah), kmh S7wd adya sihinidr'i yajuapathe 'py 

 astd g(/r/syat/ (Kusamba, son of Svayu, a priest of the Latavya (son of 

 Lata) familj'. In poetry the proper name may come last, mah'uii dlksdiit 

 Sdumdyano Budho yad udayacchata., 24. 18. 6 (for tidayacchat of text, wliich, 

 however, recognizes this as slokd). Above, Sumitra Kautsa is called 

 kalydna. that is " handsome " ; but elsewhere this too is a proper name 

 (see lielow). The -eya patronjanic exchanges with -dyana in Upoditi 

 Gaupillej-a (= Graupalayana, AB. 3. 48. 9), cited at 12. 13. 11 {visdldm 

 Ijbiijuyd bJidtyd ^bhyadhdt . . . na s'riyd avapadya^ I'ti). It maj'' be added 

 that the pati'onymic may designate the ancestor. In 13. 12. 8 it is said, 

 " Verity by means of this (Saman, called " good, bhadrani, of Gfotama "), 

 Gotama attained power and greatness (jemdncan maln'mdiiam agacchat.^ same 

 plu'ase in 15. 5. 30, of Akupara. and elsewhere). Hence those (of the 

 family) before and after Gotama are both termed " Gotama-seers," ye ca 

 pardnco gotamdd ye cd 'rvdiicas ta tibhaye gotamarsayo bnivate. Brhaduktha 



