Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-3.76
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2-3.76
"How many gods [are there] indeed?"
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"How many gods are there really?"
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"Three," he said.
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"Yes," he said.
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"How many gods are there really?"
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"Two," he said.
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"Yes," he said.
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"How many gods are there really?"
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"One," he said.
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"Yes," he said.
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"Which are the three and thirty, and the three and three hundred, and the three and three thousand?"
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"These are only their greatnesses," he said;
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"truly there are thirty-three."
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"Which are the thirty-three?"
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"Eight Vasus, eleven Rudras, twelve Ādityas, and Indra and Prajāpati are the thirty-second and thirty-third."
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"Which are the Vasus?"
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"Fire and the earth, and the wind and the intermediate space, and Āditya and the sky, and the moon and the lunar mansions—these are
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the Vasus.
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For in them this whole good thing (vasu) is deposited.
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Therefore [they are called] Vasus."
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"Which are the Rudras?"
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"The ten breaths in a person," he said,
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"and the self as the eleventh.
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When they go departing [from the body], they cause lamentation.
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Therefore [they are called] Rudras."
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"Which are the Ādityas?"
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"The twelve months of the year," he said.
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- Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit