The Orion, or Researches into the Antiquity of the Vedas c9.5

c9.5

∗ I may here, once for all, remark that though I have translated the word Mṛigashiras by the "antelope's head," I do not mean to imply that Mṛiga necessarily meant "an antelope" in the Vedic literature. It has been suggested that Mṛiga may mean "a bullock" or some other animal like it. It may, but we have nothing to do with it, inasmuch as the word Mṛiga itself is still used in the Sanskrit literature to denote the constellation. My translation of Mṛigashiras must therefore be considered provisional, remembering that though it may change yet the argument in this chapter will still remain unaltered.