The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v1.c17.s5.1

v1.c17.s5.1

Aja Ekapād, 'the one-footed goat', is mentioned five times with Ahi Budhnya, and but once alone. The deities with whom he is mentioned are the ocean, the stream, the aerial space, the thundering flood, and all the gods, and his aerial connexion seems clear despite the preference for the celestial region evinced by the Naighaṇṭuka.³ In the later literature he appears as making firm the two worlds, according to the Atharvaveda,⁴ and as born in the east according to the Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa,⁵ and in the domestic ritual he is once joined with Ahi Budhnya. Native tradition, but only at a very late date, makes him out to be a form of Agni or the sun.⁶