13.] [Footnote 81: One of the chief objections to Bergaigne's conception of Varuna as restrainer is that it does not explain the antique union with Mitra.] [Footnote 82: II.28.4, 7; VII.82.1, 2; 87.2] [Footnote 83: vii.87.

6; 88.

2.] [Footnote 84: viii.41.2, 7, 8.

So Varuna gives _soma_, rain.

As a rain-god he surpasses Dyaus, who, ultimately, is also a rain-god (above), as in Greece.] [Footnote 85: Compare Cat.Br.