[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Religion and philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion) › [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925) › v2.c35.58 # The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v2.c35.58 The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v2.c35.58 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c35.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c35.58) ⁴ x. 18. 3 and 4. From the idea of the inability of the soul to cross water is perhaps developed the later idea of the Vaitaraṇī stream and of a mimic boat to cross it (Caland, \*Todtengebräuche\*, pp. 8, 153). Hillebrandt (\*Ved. Myth.\* iii. 377) sees the Vaitaraṇī's prototype in the Sarasvatī of RV. x. 17. 7-9, and Roth (JAOS. xvi. p. ccxliii) finds the name in JUB. i. 25. 3. - [Previous: v2.c35.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c35.57) - [Next: v2.c35.59](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c35.59) - [Up: v2.c35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c35) ## Cites (2) - [Jaiminīyopaniṣadbrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya_upanisad.1.25.3) — Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.10.18.3) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c35.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c35.58) · Pramāṇa