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8Vide R.V. i. n, 32, 33, 51, 53, 54, 56, 80, 144, 160 ;HISTORY OF THE WORD "MAYA"7occurs nineteen times ; mdyinah l (ace. pi. and gen.sing, of mdyin) occurs fifteen times ; mdydbhify 2(instr. pi.), thirteen times ; mdyinam 8 (ace. singof mdyin}, ten times ;the word may a * itself threetimes, and each of the forms mayam * (ace.sing.), mdyl 6 (nom. sing, of mdyin}, andmdyinam 7 also occurs three times. Mdyinl isfound twice (R.V. v. 48. i ;x. 5. 3),and mdyind(instr. sing, of mdyin} only once (R.V. vi. 63. 5).Other forms, including compounds, which occuronce are mdyini (R.V. v. 48. 3), mdydvind (R.V.x. 24. 4), mdydvdn (R.V. iv. 16. 9), mdydvinam (R.V.ii. ii. 9), and mdydvinah (R.V. x. 83. 3).2. There are altogether seventy-five hymns inR.V. in which the word appears in its simple orcompound forms. Out of these thirty-five8dressed to Indra ; eight to Agni (R.V. i. 144 ;are adiv. 30. 12, 30. 21 ; v. 63. 3, 63. 7 ; vi. 22. 6 ;vii. 104.24 ; viii. 23. 15, 41. 3 ; ix. 73. 5, 73. 9, 83. 3 ;x. 71. 5 ;85. 18, 177. I.1Cf. R.V. i.39. 2, 51. 5, 54. 4, 64. 7, 139. 4 ; ii.ii. 10 ; iii.38. 7, 38. 9, 56. i ; v. 44. ii ;vi. 61. 3 ; vii.82. 3 ; viii. 3. 19, 23. 14 ; x. 138. 3.2Cf. R.V. i. ii. 7, 33. 10, 51. 5, 151. 9; iii.34. 6,60. i ;v. 30. 6, 44. 2, 78. 6 ; vi. 47. 18, 63. 5 j viii. 14. 14 ;x. 147. 2.3Cf. R.V. i. ii. 7, 53. 7, 56. 3, 80. 7 ; ii. n. 5 ; v. 30.6, 58. 2 ; vi. 48. 14 ; viii. 76. i ; x. 147. 2.* Cf. R.V. iii. 61. 7 ; v. 63. 4 ; x. 54. 2.6 Cf. R.V. v. 85. 5, 85. 6 ;x. 88. 6.6 Cf. R.V. vii. 28. 4 ; x. 99. 10, 147. 5.7Cf. R.V. i.32. 4 ; iii. 20. 3, 34. 3.