96 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. (April, 1909 
There are only forty verses scattered over twenty-nine hymns in 
seven out of the ten Mandals that relate to him. No mention 
is made of him in the third, fourth and the seventh Mandals. 
The Avesta hardly supplies us with any additional information. 
The two great scriptures, again, make one or two conflicting 
statements about Tita which must be carefully considered 
oe a we can come to any definite conclusions regarding this 
god. 
I. Passages shewing that Trita was a man - 
(a) A vedic Risi of the Angiras family claims him as one of 
his ancestors. 
I. 105 is said to be a hymn on the All-gods. The con- 
tents, however, shew that the Risi composing it was not in the 
proper mood to glorify the gods, having been entirely occupied 
with his own miseries. 
Only ‘two out of the nineteen riks of the hymn refer to 
Trita, namely, the ninth and the seventeenth. The object of 
_ these two riks, however, can only be properly understood if 
ey be read along with the eighth. With this rik, therefore, I 
egin— 
@ AI ayagfua: auaifes Wea: | 
qat a facat weft ADM eters A MaMAT......--- eel S 
My ribs are burning me on all sides like two rival wives. 
_ The phallic-worshippers are biting your praiser,O Catakratu, . 
like rats, as also my own mental agonies .. . . , I, 105 
_ Remarks :—I have taken faeat: for frexzat: of VII, 21. This. 
is also the meaning of the word in X, 27-10. Similarly, in & 
number of passages the word aT: is used in the sense of deva- 
worshippers and #gzu: in that of worshippers of Asura. 
1. wat & en caqaeaat & atfyataat | 
faawmectn: a atfacata tufa...... aé 
Where those seven rays are (i.¢., in the sun), there my 
tenth, and also in I, 24-10. The ay w@7: therefore cannot refer 
to seven fires in the sacrificer’s house as suggested by Lu wig. 
In rik VIII, 72-16 aq cas has been expressly referred to the sun 
ew oy thgf: | 
The idea of the navel of the Risi extending to the sun 
where the seven rays are, arose this way: when a child is born 
its navel is found connected with the mother’s womb, #.¢., 
