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² *Ved. Myth.* iii. 174–201; (Kl. Ausg.), pp. 85 ff. Cf. Barth, *Rev. de l’histoire des rel.* xxxix. 69; Bloomfield, *Rel. of Veda*, pp. 178 ff. Hopkins (*JAOS.* xxxvi. 242 ff.) finds in Indra a deity of fertility, originally of the Kuçikas and Gotamas who won acceptance by the Bharadvājas as war-god, and became generally revered as a great god. Güntert (pp. 11 ff.) makes him a war-god and demon-slayer.