Upasads_. "The Gods said, Let us perform the burnt offerings called
Upasads (_i.e._ besieging). For by means of an _Upasad_, _i.e._
besieging, they conquer a large (fortified) town."--_Ibid._ p. 32.

94 The Soma plant, or Asclepias Acida. Its fermented juice was drunk in
sacrifice by the priests and offered to the Gods who enjoyed the
intoxicating draught.

95 "Tum in caerimoniarum intervallis Brachmanae facundi, sollertes,
crebros sermones de rerum causis instituebant, alter alterum
vincendi cupidi. This public disputation in the assembly of Brahmans
on the nature of things, and the almost fraternal connexion between
theology and philosophy deserves some notice; whereas the priests of
some religions are generally but little inclined to show favour to
philosophers, nay, sometimes persecute them with the most rancorous
hatred, as we are taught both by history and experience.{~HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS~} This sloka
is found in the MSS. of different recensions of the Ramayan, and we
have, therefore, the most trustworthy testimony to the antiquity of
philosophy among the Indians." SCHLEGEL.

96 The _Angas_ or appendices of the Vedas, pronunciation, prosody,
grammar, ritual, astronomy, and explanation of obscurities.

97 In Sanskrit _vilva_, the _AEgle Marmelos_. "He who desires food and
wishes to grow fat, ought to make his Yupa (sacrificial post) of
Bilva wood." Haug's _Aitareya Brahmanam. Vol. II._ p. 73.

98 The _Mimosa Catechu_. "He who desires heaven ought to make his Yupa
of Khadira wood."--_Ibid._

99 The _Butea Frondosa_. "He who desires beauty and sacred knowledge
ought to make his Yupa of Palasa wood."--_Ibid._

100 The _Cardia Latifolia_.

101 A kind of pine. The word means literally the tree of the Gods.
Compare the Hebrew {~HEBREW LETTER AYIN~}{~HEBREW LETTER TSADI~}{~HEBREW LETTER YOD~} {~HEBREW LETTER YOD~}{~HEBREW LETTER HE~}{~HEBREW LETTER VAV~}{~HEBREW LETTER HE~} "trees of the Lord."

102 The Hindus call the constellation of Ursa Major the Seven Rishis or
Saints.

103 A minute account of these ancient ceremonies would be out of place
here. "Agnishtoma is the name of a sacrifice, or rather a series of
offerings to fire for five days. It is the first and principal part
of the Jyotishtoma, one of the great sacrifices in which especially