Buddha: His Life, his Doctrine, his Order c11.s1.26

c11.s1.26

As Parikshit and Janamejaya among kings, so Âruni among those versed in sacrifice stands on a high, perhaps on the highest platform.* To Âruni is attributed the formula with which the morning and evening sacrifice is celebrated : agnir jyotir agniḥ svâhâ; sûryo jyotir jyotiḥ sûryaḥ svâhâ (“Çat.” ii, 3, 1, 34), and in others also of the Yajus formulæ are found traces of Âruni’s hand (“Çat.” iii, 3, 4, 19, vgl. “Taitt. Âr.” i, 12, 4). But Aruni is mentioned as a Kaurupañcâla brahman (“Çat.” xi, 4, 1, 2); the Mahâbhârata (i, 682, ed. Calc.) defines him more closely as a Pañcâlya, with which the fact is in keeping, that we find his son Çvetaketu* appear in an assembly of the Pañcâlas ("Çat." xiv, 9, 1, 1; "Chând. Up." v, 3, 1), and that a man from Kauçâmbî is mentioned as Âruni's pupil ("Çat." xii, 2, 2, 13).