The Religions of India c16.44

c16.44

¹ See the Parimara described, *Ait. Br.* viii. 28. Here *brahma* is wind, around which die five divinities—lightning in rain, rain in moon, moon in sun, sun in fire, fire in wind—and they are reborn in reverse order. The ‘dying’ is used as a curse. The king shall say, ‘When fire dies in wind then may my foe die,’ and he will die; so when any of the other gods dies around *brahma*.