17).
Slightly different is the statement that Soma was Vritra, IV.2.

5.
15.

In _[=A]it.

Br._ I.27, King Soma is bought of the Gandharvas by V[=a]c, 'speech,' as a cow.[13] With phases of the moon Indra and Agni are identified.

One is the deity of the new; the other, of the full moon; while Mitra is the waning, and Varuna the waxing moon (_Cat.
Br._ II.4.4.