"We must, I think, suppose that the Avesta and RV. viii. are younger than RV. ii.-vii.; or else that the poets of viii. were geographically nearer to the Avestan people, and so took from them certain words..."
— Mandala 8

January 1, 1970

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Rigveda
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Hopkins, Edward W. Prāgāthikāni. pp. 23-92 in JAOS (Journal of the American Oriental Society), Vol. 17. (pp 80-81). Quoted in Talageri, S. G. (2010). The Rigveda and the Avesta. New Delhi: Aditya Prakashan.