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Though they find some mention in the later texts viz. (Upanisads
and Sutras), they are not so important, and are also not so much
revered as they were in the period of the RV, the later Samhit膩s
and the Brahmanas. They totally die out in the later classical
mythology of the Indians. This may be due to the absence of any
anthropomorphic feature of the water-goddess, as also the absence
of any feat to their credit. No myth could grow around such pal臈
personalities who remain the mere element so transparently.
people could not form any clear picture of them, and therefore with
tims they tended to fade out of their memory. Thus it may be
concluded that due to the non-existence of anthropomorphic features,
their worship could not be sustained over a long period of time.
The
Apah, the water-goddesses are prayed to grant food, and
great and beautiful insight (into the Supreme Truth) to the worshipper,
and are also beseeched to make them in this very life partake of
their auspicious joy, they are also supplicated to make the devotee
attain the abode which they have granted them, and to generate for
93 them the waters of life, and the earthly pleasures. They confer
bliss on the people, and are beseeched to grant all the wishes of
95 the worshipper. They are approached to purify the devotee, and are
prayed earnestly to purify the world? They are invoked to grant
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93 Maha N Up I : 54.
94 Mah膩 N Up I : 54, Satya SS I : 4:4:4:14, 10:1:5,
HGS I : 3:11.
95 PGS I : 3:13.
96 Satya SS II : 10:1:4.
97 BDS VIII : 5:11.
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