[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Religion and philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion) › [The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908) › c7.30 # The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads) c7.30 The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads) c7.30 - **Language:** English ### [c7.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c7.30) I am reminded here of the tense struggle in which my friend the late Professor Max Müller was engaged with an epithet of Ushas, quite startling, I admit, at first sight. The same beautiful Daughter of Heaven, in another hymn, is called Dakshinā. Now the word \*dakshiṇā\* means “sacrificial fee,” or, in plainer words, it is the baksheesh of the priests at the sacrifice. But it did not seem tolerable to Müller’s poetic mind that a poet might degrade so charming a theme by such a comparison: - [Previous: c7.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c7.29) - [Next: c7.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c7.31) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c7.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c7.30) · Pramāṇa