246:a Bráhmanaspáti, literally the lord of prayer, or the lord of the sacrifice, sometimes a representative of Agni (I, 38, 13, note), but p. 247 by no means identical with him (see VII, 41, 1); sometimes performing the deeds of Indra, but again by no means identical with him (see II, 23, 18. índrena yugâ´—níh apâ´m aubgah arnavám; cf. VIII, 96, 15). In II, 26, 3, he is called father of the gods (devâ´nâm pitáram); in II, 23, 2, the creator of all beings (vísveshâm ganitâ´).

247:a The accent in this case cannot help us in determining whether dáksha-pitar means having Daksha for their father (Λοκροπάτωρ), or father of strength. In the first case dáksha would rightly retain its accent (dáksha-pitar) as a Bahuvrîhi; in the second, the analogy of such Tatpurusha compounds as grihá-pati (Pân. VI, 2, 18) would be sufficient to justify the pûrvapadaprakritisvaratvam.

257:a See M. M., History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature, 2nd ed., p. 541.

260:a On sarvátâti, salus, see Benfey's excellent remarks in Orient and Occident, vol. ii, p. 519. Professor Roth takes aditi here as an epithet of Agni.

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