A History of Sanskrit Literature c8.67

c8.67

Allied to the didactic poems are the riddles, of which there are at least two collections in the *Rigveda*. In their simplest form they are found in a poem (29) of the eighth book. In each of its ten stanzas a different deity is described by his characteristic marks, but without being mentioned, the hearer being left to guess his name. Vishṇu, for instance, is thus alluded to:—