Editing Ribhus (section)

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According to  Bal Gangadhar Tilak referring to [[Mandala 1|RV 1]].161.13 the twelve days, when the Ribhus rested at the house of Agohya, took place "at the end of the year".<ref name="The Orion, p.113 f">''The Orion'', p.113 f.</ref> He describes them as the holiest days of the year of which the ancestors of today's Indians believed, that the devas then would leave heaven to visit the homes of the humans.<ref>Bal Gangadhar Tilak ''The Orion'', p.139</ref>  As David Frawley mentioned in context of the seasons, according to [[RV 7]].103.7 - 8 also as the long [[Atiratra]] rite of [[Soma (drink)|Soma]] was celebrated at this time.<ref>David Frawley ''Gods, Sages And Kings'', first Indian Edition, Delhi 1993, p.173</ref>

Bal Gangadhar Tilak further interpreted the hound or dog, which according to [[Mandala 1|RV 1]].161.13 woke the Ribhus, as the "dogstar" [[Sirius]], which appears at the [[March equinox|vernal equinox]] "at the end of the Pitriyana".<ref name="The Orion, p.113 f"/> The "Pitriyana" (meaning "the path of the fathers", called [[Pitrs]]),<ref>''Gods, Sages And Kings'', p.177</ref> are the six southern signs of the [[Zodiak]], by Tilak also called "the eternal waters of Yamaloka".<ref>''The Orion'', p.114, see also p.109</ref> Illustrative Maitrayani [[Upanishad]] VI, 1<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gatewayforindia.com/upanishad/maitrayeni_upanishad.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040803220329/http://www.gatewayforindia.com/upanishad/maitrayeni_upanishad.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=August 3, 2004|title = Maitrayani Upanishad}}</ref> describes the year as divided into two halfes, one of which belongs to Agni (Fire) and the other to [[Varuna]] (Water).<ref>''Gods, Sages And Kings'', p.157</ref> Thus according to Bal Gangadhar Tilak in 1893 the year started at the time of the ''Rigveda'' at the vernal equinox<ref>''The Orion'', p.170</ref> and the Ribhus recommenced working after their awakening in the beginning of the new year.<ref>''The Orion'', p.169</ref> [[William Dwight Whitney]] 1895 rejected this interpretation by Tilak.<ref>''Dates and Eras of Ancient Indian History'' Vol.1, p.52 f., referring to W.D. Whithey in ''Indian Antiquity''</ref> In this context Tilak also pointed to the fact that because of [[Mandala 1|RV 1]].161.13 not the solar year but the anticlockwise movement of the [[precession of the equinoxes]] must be meant which he calls an "equinoctial year",<ref>''The Orion'', p.169, compare p.115</ref> but he didn't refer to this in his further interpretation.