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extending up to it. The Risi Kutsa says that his navel extends 
up to the sun, 7.e., his source, his ancestors, are there. Kutsa 
according to tradition belonged to the Angiras family, and it is 
well known that the ancestors of this family were especially 
connected wit ama and are now living inthe sun. Among 
the Pitris they occupied the most prominent place. 
Aratt nasal wigs wa faeg rate | 
ate Zar areua w Sareea GUAT ATEN e 1 U8 !R 
afscat a: faaet aavar Suatat waa: atare: | ¢ 
aa aa veca fe aterfeaths: faefe: efaera: | 
Sl Ml Aaa: RaW Jarl CATT Aa ATzIAE i B 
afeittra ate afaahria Feafce ates | 
fazer g3 a foot Mhaas afem frag iy 
Matalt (=Indra) is magnified with the Kavis; Yama 
with the Angirases ; Brihaspati with the Rikvans—whom the 
gods magnified and who magnified the gods—these (=the gods) 
delight with svaha@ and those (the Kavis, Angirases, the Rik- 
vans, i.e., the Pitris) with Svadha, X, 14—3. 
Our Soma-ofiering fathers—the Angirases, the Navagvas, 
the Atharvans, the Bhrigus, 6. 
United with the Angirases,O Yama, come and sit on this 
grass seat spread here. May the hymns uttered by the Kavis 
oe you here. Be exhilarated, O King, with this libation. 
, 14-4. 
- Come, O Yama, with the adorable Angirases, with the Vai- 
rupas, and rejoice in our sacrifice. 
I call also on Vivasvan, who is your father, to sit on the 
‘grass seat in this sacrifice, 5. 
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On the other hand riks I, 163-3; X, 8-7 and X, 88 shew 
that Trita was a descendant of the Royal family of Vivasvan. 
Probably both these mean the same thing, i.e., that the family 
of Vivasvan was a branch of the Angirases. This would ex- 
plain statements like the following :— 
aay wfeetta: ** areyra: | Yama is magnified along with the 
Angirases. eeeafawafuateyra: has a similar meaning, +.¢., 
