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³ Von Schroeder (*Arische Religion*, i. 429) suggests an original group of nine superior gods of Indo-Iranian unity, Dyaus Pitṛ, Asura, Varuna, Mitra, Aryaman, Aṅça, Bhaga, Dakṣa (Dhātṛ or Dātṛ), Parjanya; but this is quite unproved, and rests on the false views as to the number nine; cf. G. Hüsing, *Die iranische Überlieferung und das arische System* (1909); W. Schultz, *Mitteil. der Anthropol. Ges. in Wien*, xl. 101–50; A. Kaegi, *Die Neunzahl bei den Ostariern* (1891).