This book studies several mythical motifs, found in the Veda (especially in the Rgveda) on the oe hand and in one or both Sanskrit epics on the other: Agni’s hiding, the theft of the Soma, Indra’s rape of Ahalya, Upamanyu’s salvation by the Asvins, and finally the representation of the Great War of the Mahabharata as a sacrifice. These myths are fairly well represented in both Vedic and epic literature. While the god Indra retains a fair amount of ...
