The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v2.c41.s3.16

v2.c41.s3.16

Final arguments for the view of Hertel are based on a new interpretation of the Tištrya legend¹ as revealing the production of rain through the overflowing of the celestial ocean Vourukaša through the stars as the openings in the firmament, and on the view that the divine doors invoked in the Āprī hymns are really the sun, moon, and stars; it is sufficient to note his admission that this view was already unknown to the author of Rigveda x. 70. 5, and to add that this ignorance was fully justified by the incredible nature of the theory.²