The Orion, or Researches into the Antiquity of the Vedas c10.34

c10.34

The mantra is not to be found in any of the existing Sanhitās, but is given in the Brahmopanishad and by Baudhāyana. This verse is strikingly similar to the verse quoted above from the Haoma Yasht. It says, “*yajnopavita* is high and sacred; it was born with Prajāpati, of old.” The word *purastāt* corresponds with *paurvanim* in the Avesta verse and thus decides the question raised by Dr. Haug, while