A History of Indian Literature v1.c8.s2.216

v1.c8.s2.216

[^1) ]: Translated by R. T. H. *Griffith*. [^2) ]: Indu = Soma. [^3) ]: There is no justification for omitting this refrain, as some translators have done, for instance *Muir*, Metrical Translations from Sanskrit Writers, p. 190; *Macdonell*, Hymns from the Ṛgveda, p. 90. But see *Pischel*, Vedische Studien, I, 107. [^4) ]: Some of the Soma hymns (e. g. Ṛv. I, 28; IX, 2; 6; 8 etc.) are ‘labour songs’ in which the whole process of preparing the Soma juice is described. See K. *Bücher*, Arbeit und Rhythmus, 5. Aufl., Leipzig 1919, pp. 412 f. L. v. *Schroeder* (Mysterium und Mimus im Rigveda, pp. 408 ff.) has with bold imagination tried to show that the hymn was used at a popular procession during a Soma festival. But there are no facts on which this hypothesis could be founded. *Oldenberg* (GGA. 1909, 80 f.) thinks that the hymn was intended as a prayer at some Soma sacrifice offered for attaining special wishes. So also *Charpentier*, Die Suparṇasage, pp. 80 f.