[44] The deified poets and sages. See [Chapter VIII].
[45] Adolf Kaegi says: “Also Vadha or Vadhar”, which he compares with German, Wetter; O.H. German, Wetar: Anglo-Saxon, Weder; English, Weather. The original word signifying the sudden change in atmospheric conditions caused by the thunderstorm was ultimately applied to all states of the air.
[46] Roy's translation of Mahabharata.
[47] Like the giants and demons of Teutonic mythology, who fought with the gods in the Last Battle.
[48] The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria, by T. G. Pinches, LL.D.
[49] Cosmology of Rigveda, Wallis.
[50] Religion of the Ancient Egyptians, Professor A. Wiedemann, p. 137.
[51] Rigveda, iv, 34. 9.
[52] Cosmology of Rigveda, Wallis.
[53] A History of Sanskrit Literature, pp. 106, 107.