वेदों की प्राचीनता एवं काल-निर्णय / ओरायन (लोकमान्य बाल गंगाधर तिलक - खगोलीय वैदिक शोध)

342 THE ARCTIC HOME IN THE VEDAS.
a being with ten arms or helpers, and Dasha-mâya, or a ten-
wiled person, are mentioned amongst those whom Indra forc-
ed to submit to Dyotana in VI, 20, 8. Dashoṇya and Dasha-
shipra are also mentioned to have been by the side of Indra
when he drank Soma with Syûmarashmi in VIII, 52, 2.
The chariot of Soma and Pûṣhan is described as five-
rayed and seven-wheeled in II, 40, 3. But Soma is said to
have ten rays (rashmayaḥ) in IX, 97, 23.
Agni is described as sapta-rashmi or seven-rayed in I,
146, 1, and his rays are expressly said to be seven in II, 5, 2.
His horses are similarly described as seven-tongued in
III, 6, 2. But in I, 141, 2, Agni is said to be dasha-pramati,
and his ten-secret dwellings are mentioned in X, 51, 3. The
adjective navamam or the ninth is also applied to the young-
est (navishṭhâya) Agni in V, 27, 3, much in the same way as
dashamam is applied to the new (nava) Indra in VIII, 24, 23.
Seven dhîtis, prayers or devotions of sacrificial priests,
are mentioned in IX, 8, 4. But in I, 144, 5, their number is
said to be ten.
Foods are said to be seven in III, 4, 7. But in I, 122, 13,
the food is described as divided ten-fold. In the Shatapatha
Brâhmaṇa I, 8, 1, 34, haviḥ, or sacrificial oblation, is, however,
described as made in ten ways.
Seven vipras (III, 7, 7,), or seven sacrificers (hotâraḥ)
are mentioned in several places (III, 10, 4; IV, 2, 15; X, 63, 7).
But in III, 39, 5, the number of the Dashagvas is ex-
pressly stated to be ten. Ten sacrificers (hotâraḥ) are also men-
tioned in the Taittirîya Brâhmaṇa II, 2, 1, 1, and II, 2, 4, 1.
Bṛihaspati, the first-born sacrificer, is described as seven-
mouthed or saptâsya in IV, 50, 4, and the same verse occurs
in the Atharva Veda (XX, 88, 4). But in the Atharva Veda
IV, 6, 1 the first Brâhmaṇa Bṛhaspati is said to be dashâsya,
or ten-mouthed, and dasha-shîrsha, or ten-headed. Seven
heads of the Brâhmaṇa are not expressly mentioned in the