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ten-wiled person, are mentioned amongst those whom Indra forced to
submit to Dyotana in VI, 20, 8. Dashonya and Dashashipra 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 Pûshan is described as five-rayed and
seven-wheeled in II, 40, 3. But Soma is said to have ten rays
(rashmayah) 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 youngest (navishthâya) 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 Brâhmana I, 8, 1,
34, havih, or sacrificial oblation, is, however described as made in ten
ways.
Seven vipras (III, 7, 7), or seven sacrificers (hotârah), 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 expressly stated to be ten. Ten
sacrificers (hotârah) are also mentioned in the Taittirîya Brâhmana II,
2, 1, 1, and II, 2, 4, 1.
Bṛihaspati, the first-born sacrificer, is described as sevenmouthed
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, I the first
Brâhmana Bṛihaspati is said to be dashâsya, or ten-mouthed, and
dasha-shirsha or ten-headed. Seven heads of the Brâhmana are not
expressly mentioned in the يig-Veda, but in X, 67, 1, “our-father,”
meaning the father of the Angirases, is said to have acquired sevenheaded
(sapta-shîrshnî) devotion or intelligence (dhî).
Seven divisions of the earth are mentioned in I, 22, 16.