II-INDEX OF NAMES, ETC.

Vak, 29; the Protec-

tress, 81, 154; Earth as
the first layer of the
altar, 124; Queen of
Order, 196; Mother,
Sire, and Son, 227;
Agni, 243.
Aditya, son of Âditi.
Âditya, the Âditya par
excellence, the Sun, or
Varuna, 60, 114, 120,

Libation, 164.
Adhvaryu, a Yajurveda
priest; one who per-
forms the practical
part of the ceremony,
1, 2, 8, 230, 242, 276;
identifies himself with
the Supreme Self, 61.
Adhvaryus of the Gods,
the Asvins, 3, 124, 125,
214, 271, 276.
Adi-Purusha, the Sup-
reme Spirit, 261.
Aditi, Infinity, Infinite
Nature, 82, 95, 130,
164, 208, 224, 225, 227,
228, 230, 247, 253, 261,
269, 272, 286, 297;
Earth, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 30,
32; Mighty Mother,
72; Mother of Indra,
275; of Agni, 243;
of the Gods, 96; Vish-
nu's Consort, 254; the
Cosmic Cow, 29; sacri-
ficial name of the cow,
20, 66, 297; double-
headed, 29; represents

160, 231, 248, 272, 301.
Adityâ, a name of the

Soma Cow, 30.
Âdityas, a class of Gods,
six, seven, or eight in
number, but occasion-
ally said to be twelve,
corresponding to the
number of the months,
10, 12, 13, 60, 95, 105,
125, 133, 153, 190, 198,
209, 211, 224, 225, 230,
240, 247, 285, 287.
Aditya Graha, Libation
to the Adityas, 60.
After-born, the inter-

calary month, 209.
Age Libations, 165.
Aghnyâ, Inviolable, oxen

employed in the con-
struction of the altar,
109.

Agni, passim. Lord or
Guardian of Vows, 2,
14, 29, 35, 42, 189;
Lightning, 7, 18, 90;
his brothers, 7, 9;
Hotar Priest, 11, 63,
92, 102, 119, 150, 171,
97, 202, 243, 267;
hidden by Panis, 12;

Messenger,11,55,103,
136, 207; giver of
children, 13, 179, 188;
Householder, Lord of
the Home, 14, 21, 78,
81, 84, 244; guest of

men, 17,55, 102, 103,
268, 269; represents
the Sun, 17, 87, 100,
166; head of heaven,
18, 55, 116, 134, 168;
Omniscient, 21; Master
of the herd, 21; guar-
dian, 28; son of Rishis,
34; son of himself, 34,
190; sacrificed, 212;
his three bodies, 35;
mediator,196;remover
of sin, 42, 187; King,
55,103, 268; sage, 55,
63, 268; suckling, 68;
his mother, Earth, 68;
Purishya, 88, 91, 93,
97, 106; the Path (to
heaven), 168; repre-
sented by a lump of
clay, 89-91, 93, 94;

born from forest trees,
90-92; Child of Heaven
and Earth, 93; found
in plants, 93; child of
Waters, 93; alone im-
mortal, 265; the Law,
93, 107; the Truth,
93; child of plants, 94;
Good Protector, 94;
Svishṭakṛit, 202, 204;
Son of Strength, 97,
103, 113, 136; Lord
of Red Steeds, 97,136;
Ukhya, of the Fire-
pan, 100-105, 107,124,

Imperial Lord, 113; Âhavaniya, the eastern
identified with the
Fire-altar, 117, 119,
140, 162, 169; identi-
fied with the Sun, 120,
251, 267; represented
by a goat, 120; Fire or
Moon by night, 267;
his flight and capture,
135; becomes Rudra,
140; sprung from Pu-

fire and hearth, 1, 2, 9,
19, 21, 34, 41, 95, 100,
114, 149, 158, 167, 177,
188, 247, 251, 300.
Ahi, the Serpent, a de-

mon of drought, 275.
Ahibudhnya, Ahi Budh-
nya, a deity of the at-
mospheric ocean, 41,

83, 286.

See Visve Devah.
All-light bricks, 117, 139.
All-lights, certaiu bricks,
96, 126.
Altar, 7, 9, 36, 87, 88, 169,

171, 174, 281; called
Moness, 36; centre of
earth, 216, 240; shaped
like a bird, 87, 100, 149,
239;
consecration of,
139; taking possession

of, 148; of the uni-
verse, 124.
Altars, formulas accom-
panying construction
of, 87 seqq.,
97.
Ambâ, Ambâlikâ, Ambi-
kâ, feminine names,
212.

rusha, 262; called Buf- Âhutis,fire-oblations,175. Ambikâ, the personifica-

falo, 159, 160; vital Aida, the name of a Så-

heat in bodies, 161;
corpse-eater, 290; Ag-
ni-Prajapati, sacrific-
ed. 171. Aguis (plural),
117, 125, 204.
Agnichayana, Construc-
tion of the Fire-altar,
87, 164, 171, 239.

man, 123.
Aindrâgna Graha, a Liba-
tion to Iudra-Agni, 57,

164.
Aindravayava Graha, a Li-
bation to Indra- Vâyu,164.
Air, 214, 289, 192, 307.
Airs, Vital. See Vital Airs.

tion of Autumn, Ru-
dra's sister, 24.
Ambrosia, 103.
Amrit, drink of Gods,
nectar, 8, 60, 72, 159,
192.
Amh saspati, Genius of
the intercalary month,
56, 209.

Agnidh, the priest who Aitareya-Brahmaṇam,31, Amṣa, one of the Âdityas,

Agni, 132.

80, 287.
Amşu Graha, a certain

libation, 164.
Amulet, magic, 144.

Agnidhriya, a hearth or Âjya Uktha, a litany to Ânda, a catcher of fish,

fire-shed, 40.

257.

Agnihotra, a burnt obla- Aksharapankti, a metre, Anghâri, one of the

tion of milk, 1, 2, 17,
231, 304.
Agnishtoma, Praise of
Agni, 49, 158, 164.
Agnishvâttas, a class of

Manes, 179-181, 220.
Agni-Soma, the dual dei-
ty, 3, 4, 6, 12, 45, 225.

ment, 26; of axle-pins, Apsu-dikshâ, consecra- Âsandî, Sacrificer's seat,

Aşvattha, Ficus Religiosa, Audgrabhana oblations, Barhishads, a class of

83, 288.

27, 97.
Aușija, son of Ușij, mat-
ronymic of Kakshi vân,

20.

Manes, 179, 180, 220.
Barley,39,44, 85,173,185.
Barter, between a wor-

shipper and a God, 23.

Autumn, 15, 22, 24, 82, Base, that which sup-

134, 198.

Avabhritha, a purifica-

tory bath, 22, 63, 64,

164, 176, 187.

ports or holds the liba-

tion, the earth or a
cup, 51.

Bats, 221.

Âṣvina, name of a month,
mid-September to mid-
October, 56.
Âṣvina Graha, libation to
the Asvins, 52, 164.
Âṣvinî brick, 124.
Asvins, two Light-Gods,
heralds of dawn, 3, 6,
7, 52, 85, 86, 109, 166,
172-177, 183-186, 190, 148, 224.
192-195, 204, 224, 227, Avakâșa formulas, 56.
236, 242, 263, 271, 278, Avidyâ, ignorance of the
283, 293, 296, 301; Self, 307, 309.
celestial Adhvaryus, Avimukta, name of a holy
242, 271; physicians, place near Benares, 310.
174, 236; lovers of Awful, the, Winter, 15.
sweetness, 53; their Axe, 43, 46.
Whip, 52, 53.
Atharvan, an ancient sage

Avakâ, a water-weed, 118, Bauddhas, 304.

and fire-priest, 69, 91,
134.

Ayas, iron or perhaps
bronze, 234. See Iron.
Ayavas, dark half-
months, 129, 130.

Bay Horses, Indra's, 23,
61, 65, 190, 192, 195,
210, 230, 270,272, 282.
Bdellium, 37.

Beasts, Lord of. See
Pasupati.
Beauty, Goddess of, 263.
Beer, 16.
Bhadra, mid-August to
mid-September, 56.
Bhaga, a God, 80, 194,
227, 269, 273, 284, 287.
Bhagavad-Gîtâ, 310.
Bhagavata-Purâņa, 260,

263.
Bharadvâja, an ancient
Rishi, 12, 286.
Bharata, Vasishtha, 104.
Bharatas, a tribe, 78, 104,
135.
Bharati, a Goddess of

Devotion, 191, 193,
197, 200, 203, 237, 241,
242, 244, 247, 251.