The History of Indian Literature c9.19

c9.19

∗ Thus in the second part of the Aitareya-Bráhmaṇa the Śyáparṇas, a clan (?) of the western Salvas, are mentioned as "*pútáyai vácho vaditáraḥ*," 'speaking a filthy tongue;' and in the Pañchaviṅśa-Bráhmaṇa, the Vrátyas are found fault with for their debased language. The Asuras are similarly censured in the Śatapatha-Bráhmaṇa (iii. 2. 1. 24), where, at the same time, the Brahmans are warned against such forms of speech; "*tasmád bráhmaṇo na mlechhet.*"—I may remark here in passing that M. Müller, in his edition of the Ṛik, in Sáyaṇa's introduction, p. 36. 21, erroneously writes *helayo* as one word: it stands for *he 'layo*,—the Asura corruption of the battle-cry *he 'rayo* (*arayo*): according to the Śatapatha-Bráhmaṇa, it even took the form *he 'lavo*.