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ETYMOLOGY OF SOME 
Sans. 2^f-tusara, *dew,' and ^-tugra, originally 'snow' 
and then personified as the Demon ^-tugra, whom Indra 
defeated ; Gr. Bp6<;o<; and Lat. ros ' dew,' wKeavo^ ' ocean,' 
Sans. 3^-udra, and Q-r. vhcop, ' water, ' Sans, ^g^-samudra, 
sam, + 3^ udra, ' with water,' Sans. 3^^-udan, 3^-uda, 
g^-udaka, and ^-daga, 'water,' ^g^-sabara, a Vedie word 
meaning ' water,' ^^^.lavana, ' salt,' oisflci-jambala, ' marsh,' 
Gr. Xifirjv ' a harbour,' Xifivr], marshy lake, Xc/xvai ' a quarter 
of Athens near the Acropolis/ f%vj-sindhu, ' ocean,' ^Tir? - 
saindhava^ * watery,' from which I derive the Gr. Xalr/ia, the 
deep sea ; and other words included in a group of words 
called Salila Group, which I have reserved for a future occa- 
sion. We can clearly see thus that the word Indra means 
water or rather rain, that is, water falling on earth from the 
clouds. This gives a clue to the greater part of the story 
of Indra. He is, also, to be worshipped for rain. 
S^%Tt ^rWfF^ iTfcft fTOTT^fci: II Kamantaka. 
Eaja tvarthan samahrtyakuryadindramahotsavfim i 
Prinito meghavahastu mahatirh vrstimavahet « 
' The king should collect money and celebrate the great 
feast of Indra, and when he is propitiated, he will bring 
down much rain.' Indra is called qr^^if-Parjanya, a word 
applied to thunder clouds also. The name ^;n^-Ghana- 
ghana, is applied to Indra as well as to raining clouds. He 
is, therefore, the god of rain, and as such is associated "ftith 
clouds, thunder, lightning and other natural phenomena that 
sro connected therewith. Now we have to solve a question 
which naturally arises concerning the conception of Indra. 
The question is this : How is it that Indra came into 
existence among the Hindu portion of the Aryans besides 
^oi-Varuna, the god of water and ocean, while the Greeks 
and other Western Aryans were contented with their 
