Verse 6: Sayana states since many substances were not yet created so the devas mentally performed a yajna.
Sayana states a similar interpretation and like Bhatta, agrees that that Vayu, the wind deva is the presiding deity over space and animals are from the deity of space.
Verse 14: Sayana states that heaven emerges from his head, the earth from his feet and from his ears, the quarters were created.
Witzel tells his readers, in unambiguous language, that Panini and Sayana are ignorant of several Vedic grammatical forms of which the Rigvedic passage – bracketed in the above citation – illustrates one.
Sayana is the well-known exegete of all the four Vedas.
Witzel’s allegation, Panini and Sayana possess a thorough knowledge of the grammatical forms which, according to Mr.