The Arctic Home in the Vedas c12.15

c12.15

¹ The exploits of Indra are very pithily summed up in the *Nivids* or short *sûtras* or sentences used in offering oblations to the gods. These will be found collected in a separate chapter amongst the *Pari-shiṣṭas* or supplements to the Rig-Veda *Saṃhitâ* text published in Bombay (Tatva-vivechaka Press). According to Dr. Haug these *Nivids* are the originals of the Vedic Suktas or hymns. The *Nivids*, relating to Indra's exploits contain the following :—इंद्रो मरुत्वान् सोमस्य पिबतु ।...। अनृत्रासृजदपः । मरुतामोजसा सह ।...। अप्तुर्यै वृत्रतूर्ये । शंबरहत्ये गविष्टौ ।...। परमस्यां परावति ।...। वज्रस्य भर्ता । पुरां भेत्ता ।...। अपां स्रष्टा । अपां नेता । As regards the meaning of *Div-iṣṭi* see Oldenberg's Vedic Hymns (I, 45, 7), S. B. E. Series, Vol. XLVI. p. 44.