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Set the Troughs, Fasten the Straps: The Rigveda's Well
Three verses in the tenth book stop singing and start giving assembly instructions for a water-lifting rig: troughs, leather straps, a stone wheel, a bucket. Follow that machine outward and it turns out to be the model the poets used to explain rain.