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THE VEDIC DEITIES.
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Indra stole it. They, thinking that the ambrosia must be on the Kusa grass, licked it ; the sharp spikes slit their tongues, and hence the serpents' tongues are forked ; and the grass, having been touched by the amrita, is holy.

THE FIG TREE.

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