The Orion, or Researches into the Antiquity of the Vedas c1.2

c1.2

∗ In the original there are salutations to several forms of the deity, but it would not be quite safe to infer from it that Rudra was, as a matter of certainty, followed by dogs. In Tand. Br. xiv. 9, 12, Shiva is described as Mrigayu, while the passage in Vaj. San. (16. 27) says श्वनिभ्यो मृगायुम्यश्च...नमः।