The Orion, or Researches into the Antiquity of the Vedas c9.12

c9.12

∗ The constellation appears to have been variously conceived :-- (1) the antelope's head; (2) the whole antelope; (3) Prajâpati either in the form of an antelope or as a person with a belt or *Yajnopavîta* (see the next chap.). Of these three forms I consider the "antelope's head" to be the oldest. It will be seen that the three forms are closely connected, and that they are the developments of the same idea.