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2) *JAOS* 17, 1896, pp. 173 ff. Already before this M. *Haug* (Brahma und die Brahmanen, München, 1871, p. 12) had explained the song in the same way, and attached to it the following interesting information. “The song is used in connection with the foregoing, addressed to the rain-god (Parjanya), even to-day in time of great drought, when the ardently desired rain refuses to come. Twenty to thirty Brahmans go to a river and recite these two hymns, in order to cause the rain to descend.” See also L. v. *Schroeder* Mysterium und Mimus im Ṛgveda, pp. 396 ff., and J. W. *Hauer*, Die Anfänge der Yogapraxis, Berlin 1922, pp. 68 ff.