History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c42.23

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¹⁹⁵² In Vāj. S. 17. 80-85 there are names of Maruts. They are said (in 17. 86) to be the divine hosts that follow Indra. The शतपथ (IX. 3. 1. 26) says शुक्रज्योतिश्च चित्रज्योतिश्च सत्यज्योतिश्च ज्योतिष्मांश्चेति नामाम्ये- षानेतानि. All the commentators of Pār. gṛ. say that विमुख is the mantra 'उग्रश्च भीमश्च ध्वान्तश्च धुनिश्च सासह्वांश्चाभियुग्वा च विक्षिपः स्वाहा॥' which is Vāj. S. 39. 7. But Oldenberg (in SBE vol. 29. p. 332) says in a note that the first part of Vāj. S. XVII. 86 is called 'Vimukha'.