101/115 II. I.7.7, 'water and Varuna, children of mind.' Compare with _v[=a]ri, oura_ = _v[=a]ra_, and _var[=i]_, an old word for rivers, _var[s.]_ (= _var_ + _s_), 'rain.' The etymology is very doubtful on account of the number of _var_-roots. Perhaps dew _( ersa)_ and rain first as 'coverer.' Even _var = vas_ 'shine,' has been suggested (ZDMG.XXII. 603).] [Footnote 77: The old comparison of _Varena cathrugaosha_ turns out to be "the town of Varna with four gates"!] [Footnote 78: In _India: What Can it Teach us_, pp. |