174 H. Ocrtcl, 



rajne 'dadat^ etc. and Kath. xi. 3 (p. 147, 1), prajapatir vai somaya 

 rajiie duhitrr adadan naksatrani etc., = MS. ii. 2. 7 (p. 21, 4). 



The other is contained in our story here (JB. i. 213 j with its 

 parallels AB. iv. 7 and KB. xviii. 1. In all three stories a legend 2 

 dealing with the wedding of Prajapati's daughter Usas^ has been 

 contaminated, altered, and adapted for exegetical purposes in the 

 manner discussed in Actes du Onzieme Congres International des 

 Orientalistes, Paris, 1897, vol. i, 1899, p. 235 f. The really essential 

 part of the story as related in JB., AB., and KB. is the race^ of 

 the gods; for this is necessary to account for the fact that, in spite 

 of its name, a number of other gods beside the Acvins have a 

 share in the agvina-castra. This story of the race is then second- 

 arily connected, in the three texts mentioned, with the wedding 

 of Prajapati's daughter Usas, which gives it a vivid and concrete 

 setting. 5 There is no necessary connection between the two as is 

 shown, in the first place, by the fact that both JB. i. 210 and TMB. 

 ix. 1. 35 have no allusion to any wedding in connection with this 

 race. In the second place, Usas's participation in the race (JB. i. 

 213. 6) is entirely out of keeping with her role as bride (213. 2) 

 and the bridegroom's liberal bestowal of the wedding-gift on his 

 guests (213. 3). 



1. rathamtaras sahdhir : Cf. CB. v. 5. 3. 4, 'The twilight-hymn 

 (sahdhi) is [performed] with the triple arrangement (trivrt [stoma]) 

 and with the rathaihtara tune,' and Eggelings note, SBE. xli, p. 127. 



2. sahasram : Cf. Eggeling, SBE., xli, p. xviii, note 1 ; Haug's 

 translation of AB. vol. II, p. 268 end ; and KB. xviii. 3. 



4-6 = 210. 1-3. 



^ Cf. Hillebraiidt, Fed. Mythol., I, p. 506 ; Calaud, Altindische Zajihcrci, 

 1908, p. 84-85 (ill Verhandelingen d. Koniuk. Akad. v. JFctcnschappcn te 

 Amsterdam, Afd. Letterkunde, ]SE,., Deel X, No. 1). 



^ Criteria by Avliicli to judge its antiquity seem to be absent. I do 

 not know on what evidence Piscliel rests his assertion that AB. iv. 7 is 

 • keine alte Legende " {]'ed. Stud, i, jd. 28). 



* Something in the general style of the legend that forms the l)asis 

 of tlie brahmodya EV. x. 17, 1-2. very fully discussed by Bloomlield, 

 JAOS., XV, p. 172 ff. 



* Running a race to decide a dispute, see Tawney's Translation of 

 the Kathasaritsagara, vol. i, 1880, p. 14 with note. 



* For races in connection with Germanic weddings, cf. Weinhold in 

 Zt. d. Ver. f. Volkskiuide. iii, p. 18-14 (' Brautlauf ") and p. 14-16 (' Wett- 

 laufe der Hoclizeitsgaste.") Tlie fondness of the Vedic Hindus for racing- 

 is emphasized by Pischel, I'ed. Stud., i, p. 124. 



