[178] Cf. Hopkins, Religions of India pp. 65 n. 1, 66.
[179] Atharva-Veda, vi. 113. 1 sqq.
[180] Rig-Veda, i. 23. 22. Sin is also looked upon as a galling chain from the captivity of which release is besought (ibid. i. 24. 9, 13 sq.; ii. 27. 16; ii. 28. 5; v. 85. 8; vi. 74. 3; &c.).
[181] Hopkins, op. cit. p. 196.
[182] Monier Williams, Brāhmanism and Hindūism, p. 347.
[183] Ibid. p. 375.
[184] Barth, Religions of India, p. 264. Laws of Manu, iii. 206; v. 105, 121, 124; xi. 110, 203, 213.
[185] Stengel, Die griechischen Kultusaltertümer, p. 138 sqq.
[186] Plutarch, De sera numinis vindicta, 14.
[187] Leviticus, xvi.