The Antiquities of Orissa v1.c10.484

v1.c10.484

²⁴⁸ The following extracts from Wilson's *Ṛgveda* contain allusions to the form and appurtenances of the Vedic car. "Let your spacious, and brightrayed chariot, Mitra and Varuṇa, blaze before them, like the sun, filling them with fear." (II. 6.) "Showerer of benefits, harness the car which has three benches, three wheels, and is as quick as thought ; with which, embellished with three metals, you come to the dwelling of the pious worshipper, and in which you travel like a bird with wings." (II. 184.) "With that chariot, lords of men, which is your vehicle, which has three benches, is laden with wealth," &c. (IV. 153.) "Conduct here, Aśvins, your radiating wealth-laden chariot." (IV. 153.) "Agni, kindled into flame, come to our presence in the same chariot with Indra, and with the swift gods." (II. 331).