The Antiquities of Orissa v1.c11.50

v1.c11.50

**Reply to the first objection:** The replies usually given to these objections, are, in Hindu estimation, entirely satisfactory, and even to Europeans will appear not without considerable weight, at least in some instances. The first argument founded on Vedic denunciation, having been explained away by the oldest commentator, Yāska, cannot fairly be now revived, particularly as some of the names of Śiva, such as Rudra, Mahādeva Bhava, &c., are mentioned in the Vedas as those of one of the great gods.