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46. See J. C. Heesterman, “Vrātya and Sacrifice,” *Indo-Iranian Journal* 6 (1962): 15–18. Also above, chapter 8 sections 7–9. For the ambivalence of the Maruts, see A. Bergaigne, *Mythologie Védique* (Paris, 1963), 2: 401; 3: 38. The Maruts are known to have fallen out with Indra. The word praghāsa refers to the (sinful) eating of Varuṇa's barley (*ŚB* 2. 5. 2. 1).