192 H. Oertel, 



the Deity after sneezing; Ellen Mc Keevers Irish tale (B. J. Jones. 

 Folk Lore, London, xiv, 1904, p. 338-339) of the farmer who sold 

 his daughter to the Devil who ' told him the next morning she was 

 to sneeze three times and no one was to sa}^ " God bless her.'" 

 So she riz the next morning just the same as before and she sneezed 

 three times, and when she sneezed the third time the step-mother 

 forgot and said " God bless 3'Ou.'' ' And thus the Devil was foiled. 

 — Semitic tradition connects the exclamation ' God bless 3'Ou ' with 

 the creation of Adam. When the divine breath hlled Adam he 

 sneezed. Then either the Lord himself or the angels bade him .say : 

 ' Praised be God ' ; cf. M. Grtinbaum, Ncue Beitrdge zur semitischefi 

 Sagcnkunde, 1893, p. 62-63. 



156. 10-157. 1 : Parallels MS. ii. 4. 1 (p. 38, 11-12), Kath. xii. 10 

 (p. 127, 15) QB. xii. 7. 1. 2-9. Of these Kath. bears the closest 

 resemblance (two male lions from the nose, two tigers from the 

 eyes, two wolves from the ears), but it converts the downward dis- 

 charge into the sautramani.^ The MS. does not indicate the sources 

 except by ' itas ' ; its list consists of three items only, viz., two male 

 lions, two tigers (vyaghrau for ^ardulau of Kath. and JB.), and two 

 wolves. The CB. gives an elaborate list of twent3-four items. It 

 derives the ram from the nostrils, the he-goat from the e3'es, the 

 one-hoofed animals, like horse, mule, and ass, from the ear. The 

 ' talon-slaying eagle ' from the heart in the breast, the lion from the 

 blood, the wolf from the urine, and the tiger (vyaghra) from the 

 contents of the stomach and intestines. 



157. 1 vayasarii vir3'avattarah : For the genitive of comparison 

 with a comparative see Speijer, Sansk. Syntax, p. 80, § 107, Rem. 



2. visiktac <;\(;yQ-'. In general on the plight of the drunken Indra 

 see Bloomiield, JAOS., xv, p. 148-153. 



5. ta dhenubhir . . . aduhan : Cf. TS. ii. 5. 3. 2, ' When Indra had 

 slain Vrtra his power [and] strength departed to the earth; the3' 

 became plants [and] shrubs. He hastened to Prajapati [saying] : 

 " When I had slain Vrtra my power [and] strength hath departed 

 to the earth; they have become plants [and] shrubs." Prajapati 

 said to the cattle: "Collect that for him." The cattle collected it 

 in themselves from the plants.'- They milked it out [from them]. 

 Because they collected 3 it, that is the reason for the term sarii- 



1 Cf. Eggeling, SEE., xii, p. xxvi and p. 129, note 1. I 



- ' B3' lirowsing the plants and shrubs,' Eggeling. SEE., xii, p. 177, 

 note 3. 



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