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¹² Oldenberg, *Sacred Books of the East*, 46, 28; Bergaigne, *Religion Védique*, 2, 324. But Nahus, if it was originally the name of a mythic forefather, cannot have been that of a forefather recognized by all the tribes, for there is no passage in which it applies to all men. Geldner, *Rgveda, Glossar*, 92, regards Nahus as a tribe, Nahuṣa as a king. Zimmer, *Altindisches Leben*, 128, leaves the question open. *Cf.* Muir, *Sanskrit Texts*, i², 165, n. 7; 179 *et seq.*; 307 *et seq.*