A History of Indian Literature v1.c8.s3.142
A History of Indian Literature v1.c8.s3.142
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¹ See A. Weber and Th. Aufrecht in Ind. Stud. I, 1850; A. Hillebrandt, Ritual-Litteratur (Grundriss III, 2), pp. 139 f.; *M. Bloomfield*, The Atharvaveda (Grundriss, II, 1 B) pp 96 ff.; Chas. Lanman, HOS., Vol. 8, pp. 769 ff. Macdonell and Keith, Vedic Index, II, pp. 341 ff. Rājārām Rāmkrishna Bhāgavat, JBRAS., 19, 1896, 357 ff. considers the Vrātyas to be non-Aryans. J. Charpentier (WZKM. 23, 151 ff.; 25, 355 ff.) considers the Vrātyas to be early worshippers of Rudra Siva, see *Keith*, JRAS. 1913, 155 ff. According to J. W. Hauer, Die Anfänge der Yogapraxis, Berlin 1922, pp. 11 ff. 172 ff. they were ecstatics of the Kṣatriya class and fore-runners of the Yogins. Cf. Winternitz in Festschrift für L. Scherman.