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""8 THE DOCTRINE OF MAYAiii. 20, 27 ; v. 2 ;vii. i ;viii. 23 ;x. 5, 53) ;fourto the Asvins (R.V.i.117 ; v. 78 ; vi. 63 ; x. 24)as well as to the Maruts (R.V.i.39, 64 ; v. 58 ;vi. 48) ; three to Visve-devah (R.V.iii.56 ; v. 44,48) ; two each to Varuna (R.V. v. 85 ; viii. 41),Soma (R.V. ix. 73, 83), Mitravarunau (R.V. i. 151 ;v. 63), and Dyava-prthivyau (R.V.i. 100, 159) ; andone each to Usas (R.V.iii.61), Sarasvati (R.V. vi.61), the Adityas (R.V. ii. 27), Pusan (R.V. vi. 58),Atri (R.V. v. 40), Jfianam (R.V. x. 71), the Rbhus(R.V. iii. 60), Indravarunau (R.V. vii. 82), Somarkau(R.V. x. 85), Mayabheda (R.V. x. 177), Indravisnu(R.V. vii. 99) ; Prajapati-Vaisvamitra (R.V. iii.38), and Surya-vaisvanarau (R.V. x. 88).3. The word Mayais not employed in one andthe same sense throughout R.V. The Indian tradition itself bears ample testimony to this fact.As a rule, following Yaska, Sayana in most casesgives the meaning prajnd i.e., energy, mentalpower as distinguished from physical but he isnot always definite ;in fact, he could not be so.It would be a gratuitous assumption on our partto expect the same word to be used in one and thesame rigid sense by so many different Rsis, whowere by no means all contemporary. Traditionas preserved in Sayana s commentarytells usii. ii, 17 ; iii.34, 53 ;iv. 16, 30 ; v. 30, 31 ;vi. 18, 20, 22,44, 45, 47 ;vii. 28, 98, 104 ;viii. 3, 14, 76 ;x. 73, 99, in,138, 147.