Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c17.s1.40

v1.c17.s1.40

¹ Haya or Hi, in Sanskrit, ‘horse’—El, ‘sun’: whence ἵππος and ἥλιος. Hλ appears to have been a term of Scythian origin for the sun; and Hari, the Indian Apollo, is addressed as the sun. Hiul, or Jul, of northern nations (qu. Noel of France ?), is the Hindu Sankrānti, of which more will be said hereafter. [The feast was known as Hvil, Jul, or Yule, and the suggested derivation is impossible.]