The Orion, or Researches into the Antiquity of the Vedas c11.68

c11.68

The word *parâ* in this verse seems to denote the region where Vrishâkapi has gone. *Parâvat* is often said to be the place in the distant or lower portion of the sphere, and is thus contrasted with *arvâvat* (Rig. viii. 13. 15). In Rig. viii. 33. 10 Indra is said to be Vrishâ in the *parâvat* and also in the *arvâvat* regions. Indra is again very often spoken of as going to distant regions to see whether Vritra is duly killed. The same fact appears to be here expressed in a different form