31/158 8). Weber thinks that this implies close acquaintance with Persian worship, a sort of tit-for-tat; for the Hindu would in that case call the holy spirit, _ahura_, of the Persian a devil, just as the Persian makes an evil spirit, _daeva_, out of the Hindu god, _deva_. But the relations between Hindu and Persian in this period are still very uncertain. It is interesting to follow out some of the Brahmanic legends, if only to see what was the conception of the evil spirits. |