Hindu mythology, Vedic and Purânic . si i ? ( 7 ) CHAPTER II. THE VEUIC GODS GENERALLY. YASKA (probably the oldest Commentator on the Vedas) givesthe following classification of the Vedic gods :— There are threedeities, according to the expounders of the Vedas : Agni, whoseplace is on the earth ; Vayu or Indra, whose place is in the air ;and Surya, whose place is in the sky. These deities receiveseverally many appellations, in consequence of their greatnessor of the diversity of their functions. * In the Rig-Veda itselfthis number is increased to thirty-three : Agni, the wise god,lends an
Hindu mythology, Vedic and Purânic . si i ? ( 7 ) CHAPTER II. THE VEUIC GODS GENERALLY. YASKA (probably the oldest Commentator on the Vedas) givesthe following classification of the Vedic gods :— There are threedeities, according to the expounders of the Vedas : Agni, whoseplace is on the earth ; Vayu or Indra, whose place is in the air ;and Surya, whose place is in the sky. These deities receiveseverally many appellations, in consequence of their greatnessor of the diversity of their functions. * In the Rig-Veda itselfthis number is increased to thirty-three : Agni, the wise god,lends an ear to his worshippers. God with the ruddy steeds,who lovest praise, bring hither those three-and-thirty. This isthe number commonly mentioned, though it is by no meanseasy to decide which are the thirty-three intended, as the listsof the gods vary considerably ; whilst in another verse it is said,that three hundred, three thousand, thirty-and-nine gods haveworshipped Agni. These deities are spoken of as immortal, but are not said tobe self-
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