Page 757 - Lokmanya Tilak Samagra (khand 2)

NOTES FROM

HELLE BRAND f'S • VEDIC MYTHOLOGY'

Vol. I :-Page 57. Pages 468-470. Surya's daughter and
Soma. ~ig-Veda IX. 113.3.
cf : Vol. II, Pages 40-42; and Vol. III, 125 and 367.

Vol. II :- p. 26-' U~has' is originally the first dawn of
the new Year. (So Ludwig relying on Krichenbauer.) p. 28-
Eka~h(aka takes the place of U~has in the Grihya ritual as new
year's night. T. S. VII. 4. 8. I; or;:fi ~'tll'ft T. S. III. 3. 8. 4. cf :
A. V. III. 10. 1-8. M. S. II. 13. 10. Saya~a on Rig. V. 62. 2
qft'fffit = tl'!i~. The words ~~ Pf'<ll~ or it~ show that it is the
first dawn.
p. 29- U~has is the first important day of the new year.
Shatpath B. VI. 5. I. 8. And Vashi~h1ha's Hymn ~ig. VII. 80
shows the commencement of Uttaraya~a (foot note).
p. 30 - In ancient Rome the ten months' year was followed
by an unholy period of time dedicated to the manes ( f"!Rr~: ).
p. 31- Out of the dark time of the year comes up the new
light, return Surya, Agni and the disappeared Yajna. This is done
by Pitars and i!'P'ITS ( p. 33 ).
p. 32- Chand. III. 19. 3 quoted to show that in the morning
songs were usually recited and hence it is ~~Rr.
p. 33 - The three dawns refer to colours -white, red and
yellow according to Hopkins and to '51'JI.S according to Hellebrandt
( Both wrong ).
p. 33 - It seems, therefore, the singing of hymns by the,
old Indian Kavis, Angiras and Navagvas, who the new night
found; and broke the cow-stall, is also the custom of other people
- to sing the new year's night.
p. 38 - After quoting ~- I. 92. 4 which says, ' that U ~has
broke out of darkness as cows out of their stall' ( cf. ~ig. IV. 51.
2; V. 45. 1 ) Hellebrandt observes :-
' Here is a reminiscence of a foregone time and of an earlier
Home, interwoven in the Vedic mythologyical garb. In India
the light of the dawn lasts only for a short time. Already the Atharva