The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v1.c16.s2.53
The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v1.c16.s2.53
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⁴ Meillet, JA. 1907, ii. 143; Carnoy, *Les Indo-Européens*, pp. 172 ff. Moulton (*Early Zoroastrianism*, pp. 62–7) tries to make out that Mitra is a combination of a god of contract and a Semitic Rain god (Assyrian Meṭru), but this is clearly wrong. Cf. Hillebrandt, *Ved. Myth.*, p. 123.