The Orion, or Researches into the Antiquity of the Vedas c10.54

c10.54

people invested Orion with their own dress. But the coincidence of details above given does, in my opinion, fully establish the fact that the sacred character of a baṭu's dress was derived from what the ancient priests conceived to be the dress of Prajâpati. With these coincidences of details, still preserved, it is impossible to deny that the configuration of the constellation of Orion, is of Aryan origin and that the Hellenic, the Iranian and the Indian Aryas must have lived together when these traditions and legends were formed.