58 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XVI, 
main Soe aaneE of the group may be roughly summarised 
as follow 
Strra.l Savrrrt.2 Mirra.? Apiryas.4 
Son of a e An Aditya ! An Aditya ! Mitra 
Son of Dyaw = Bhaga 2 Gecetally coup- | Aryaman 
pooner ange various | = Mitra 3 - “ with Varu- | Bhaga 
god: méa 
isbend of Ushas+ | = Sirya —~ Tevticl 3 Daksha 
= Sav | Varuna ! 
Martanda 2 
Eye of Mitra and | Golden hands, Savitri ® 
Varuna 5 etc.+ Sarya + 
i Indra 5 
Chariot with seven | Chariot with 
horses 7 two horses 5 
Measures days 3 The vivifier § Stirs af ote As sa 1 grou 
| and ings | of ay wit omry 
Dispels darkness % oat together ar * light 6 
Drives away sickness) Drives away evil 
and evil dreams 10 eams, evil 
on sin and sor- 
. We have not included in the above group either Puishan 
or Vishnu. The former is sometimes said to be a sun-god but 
the connexion is extremely loose, Wrigg in later times 
subordinate position. He is there characterised chiefly by 
his ‘three steps,’ which general Opinion, without ntuch warrant, 
1 (1) RV i, 5018; i, 1919; viii, 90 01, (2) x, 371 (3) ii, 124; ix, 965; 
&e. (4) vii, 755 (5) i, 1151 3 vi, 511; vii, 631; x, 371: &e. (6) v v, 459 
(7) i, 508; iv, 138; v, 459; vii, 608; but vii, 632 gives only one steed 
and in i, 1158, x, 373, &c. the number is sg orn (8) i 507, “(9) vii, 
6315's 374# (10) x, 374[AV xiii a ate Siirya’s characteristics I 
2 (1) viii, 183 (2) v, 821; vii, 331,6 (3) v als (4) i, 358-10; vi, 
te vii, 38%; vii, 452 (5) i, 352 (6) iii, 6210 (7) i, 3510; y, 824; vii, 
3 (1) ii, 271 (2 v, 722: & . 3. it 5 2+ vii, 
362; vii, 9112, (2) e; &e. (3) i, 1368; iii, 595; v, 722; vii 
* (1) The first six names given in ii, 27; see also viii, 18 3; 
&e. (2) x, 728, (3) vii, 854. (a) A - MacpoNnELL "Vedic Mythol, 44 ; 
ut see H. OLpENBERG 
5 “« The door of the true is act with a golden disk. Open that, 
O Pishan, that we may see the nature of the true. O Pashan, only seer 
Doan 7 Sarvs, son of Prajapati, Sreete thy rays and gather them.” Isa 
