28 ETYMOLOGY OF SOME 
names, in wliom there is a mixture of bovine, human, and 
divine attributes and functions. We have not been able to 
account for the peculiarities of the above myths ; and their ; 
psychological aspects remain unintelligible to us. But let I 
us apply to the science of comparative philology for aid. 
We find in the above stories the following proper names : — 
EvpcoTTTj, IIa(Ti(f)d7j, MLvc£i<;, MivcoTavpof;, f^-Vrsan, 
^gf^^-Rbhuksin, ^Jj^-Rbhuksa, rr^-Mena, ^r^-Menaka 
^JTT^-Mainaka, tf^-Manu, '^-Vena, and t^-Vainya. In 
these the Sanskrit words are clear in their meanings. They 
mean radically either a great being, a man, or an ox. In |' 
support of this meaning, and in explanation of other mean- 
ings which are conveyed by them, compare the following 
words : q^^-P^^?^,, q^^-purusa, Lat. maritus, mas, Sans, 
rrrnr^-marisa, Lat. homo, Sans, ^rp^-puman, and ^.pums, 
and f^^-vis, f ^-vrsa, fq^-vrsabha, and the Dravidian form 
of ^q-rsabha, basava, Gr. ^aaLkev<;, 3-^-uksa, ^-rksa, 
^JT-rasabha, ^Tl^-^abhra, Grr. opev?, 6\a(^o<;, and epL(po<;, 
Sans, ^f^-mesa, Gr. fi^jKOf;, firjXov, Sans, trt-menda, trf^- 
raahisa. Hind, t^-bail. Eng. bull and mule and Lat. mulus. 
Sans. tT5r-pasu, and Lat. pecus and vacca, and Sans, q^- 
basta and ^^^nft- baskayani. Eng. ass A.S. assa, and Lat. 
asinus and asellus. Sans, f^-vrka, Lat. lupus, Gr. Xuato?. 
and other allied words. By comparing them we find that 
EvpMTTr) and Uaa-if^d-q are modifications of Sans, 
vrsabha and mean ' a cow ; ' that Mivw^ and ^pTT-mena are 
allied and radically refer to a bull and a cow respectively ; 
and that Mu'coTaupo? answers to Sans. ff^ui^.Yrsanasva 
with a slight difference in meaning ; Mivcoravpo'; being 
separated into MiVcwf and, Tavpo<;, both words indicating a 
bull ; and f^oi^-Vrsauasva being separated into f^-vrsan 
and asva — ?^-vrsan signifying a bull and 3{^-a^va a 
horse. The meanings I have attached to the words Eypwiri], 
