114 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [April, 1909. 
In order to explain a difficulty in connection with the con- 
struction of these two riks I quote below two other riks of a 
similar character. | 
wat Hat wiacal alafastfia: aa | 
fifa avaaartaat gfeat feat SATIS | Bir 
—Samvarant Manu is the son of Vivasvan by his 
second wife Savarna. He is also called Vaivasvata Manu 1.28%; 
Manu son of Vivasvan. He must have been a great sacrificer. 
For his sacrifices are repeatedly mentioned in the Rigveda. 
Nepatithi, M edhyatithi, Pustigu and Crustigu were also illustri- 
ous sacrificers. 
Bay He atafowttsy gard SAT: | 
Tat ate SMPs ete wares is | ue 12 
a 
As you delighted, O Indra, in the brewing of Prisadhra, 
Medhya, Mataricva ; 
Or in the Soma of Dacacipra, Daconya, Syumaracmi and 
Rijunas—VIII, 52-2. 
All these riks are similar as regards construction. The pro- 
per names in the locative in them may be explained in a 
number of ways. 1° The locative may be taken in the sense of 
nearness. This i i 
the locatives in VIII, 12-16 may be explained in this sense, as 
be taken as due to its connection with Sai | wer and we mean 
“‘with.’? The noun with which = is connected is in the 
instrumental. But that with which ger is connected may be in 
—the brewing of Soma by Prisadhra, etc. Such adjectives 
are very common in the Rigveda. 4° ast, faeuf, fa% above 
= explained as in the sacrifice performed by Manu, 
Visnu and Trita. In the Catapatha Brahmana, Visnu and other 
first sacrificers have been identified with sacrifice itself, e.g.— 
wat 2 fam: { 
