The History of Antiquity, Vol. 4 (of 6)

by Max Duncker

[109] "Rigveda," 1, 126, 2, 3.

[110] "Rigveda," 4, 50, 8, 9. Roth, "Z. D. M. G.," 1, 77. Lassen, loc. cit. 1², 951.

[111] M. Müller, "Z. D. M. G.," 9, 16. These bright bodies of the fathers led to the idea that the souls of the fathers had adorned the heaven with stars, and that they were these stars. "Rigveda," 10, 68, 11.

[112] "Atharvaveda," 3, 29, 3; in Muir, loc. cit. 5, 310.

[113] Muir, loc. cit. 5, 308, 309, 311. In the later portion of the Rigveda, 10, 15, the old conception of the fathers is already changed. Three classes of fathers are distinguished, and burning and non-burning are mentioned side by side.

[114] "Aitareya-Brahmana," 2, 17; in Muir, loc. cit. 5, 322.

[115] "Rigveda," 10, 18; according to Roth's rendering, "Z. D. M. G.," 8, 468 ff.

[116] "Rigveda," 10, 15, 14; in Muir, loc. cit. 5, 297.

[117] "Atharvaveda," 18, 2, 37; in Muir, loc. cit. 5, 294.

[118] M. Müller, "Die Todtenbestattung der Brahmanen," s. 14 ff.