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Calves, driven away from Chaturvimṣa hymn, 128, Cosmic Man. See Pu

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Chatushṭoma, 129. Chatustrimsa hymn, 128. Châtvâla, a sacrificial pit, 55, 63, 72, 269, 300. Chhandasyâ bricks, 122, 125, 127, 134. Child-birth, liturgy of, 64; Goddess connected with, 281. Chip(s), from the sacrificial stake, 45, 62; of gold, 139, 157. Circumambulation, as a sign of reverence, 41, 295.

Cattle rays of light, Cleanser, name of one of

281, 282. Centre of Earth, the altar, 216, 240. Chaitra, mid-March to mid-April, 56, 117. Chakravâkas, 221, 225. Chamasas, cups or bowls,

62.

the side-hearths, 41; one of the priests (the Potar), 178.

rusha.

Cosmological speculations, 151, 152. Courser, dappled, of the

Sun, 109. Cow, given in exchange for Soma, 29, 39; uniped, biped, three-footed, eight-footed, 64; sacrificial, 64,215; the altar, 249; Tvaslítar's guardian, 120; Cosmic, Aditi, 29, 120; red, to complete the thousand, 66; of Plenty, 109. 157; black, representing Night,157; Sarasvati, 192, 200. Cowell, Prof. E. B., 272. Cowherd, 256,

Cleansing-bath, 188. See Cows, sacrificial names

Avabhritha.

Cleansing Goddess, 178. Cloth, given as a fee, 59. Cloud, homage to, 208.

Chambers's Encyclopæ- Cock, 222; peg so called

dia, 293. Chameleon, 223.

Chandra, female Moon, the Soma cow, 30. Chandramâs, the Moon, 264, 301. Chapya, a sacrificial vessel, 184. Charakas, followers of

5.

Couch-blower, 258. Colebrooke, H T., 255, 260, 263, 265. Confession, 22. Consecration, 26, 27, 35, 42, 53, 176; of Agni as King, 162;--Vâk, 129.

of, 2, 20, 297; at the Rajasûya, 83; common names of, 297; Night and Morning, 240,245; rays of light, 84, 109, 270; of Gods, 12; swearing by, 48; given as fee to priests, 59; one thousand so given, 66; Procession of, 164; Heaven and Earth, 242; Great Ones, 6, 26; Wealthy Ones, 45.

one of the chief schools Consorts of Gods, 96, Creation, questions reof the Black Yajur 221, 233, 234.

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garding, 150.

Creator, Prajapati, 116,

124, 129, 150, 151,

266; Agni, 265. Creatures, Lord of, 209. Cuckoo, 223.

Cucumber, 24.

Curlews, two, 225,

Currier, 257.
Curse, 35, 47; pronounc-
ed on an enemy, 51.

DADHIKRA, 73, 213.
Dadbikrâs, 73, 74, 213.
Dadhikrâvan, 73, 74,213,

284. Dâdhikrî,

Day and Night, 48, 209,
214, 239, 263, 267.
Daybreak, homage to,209.
Days and Nights, 96, 130.
Death, 182, 288, 289,303.
Deliverers, certain altar
bricks, 129.
Demiurgus, 265.

a purifying Desire of Men, Agni, 193.

verse, 213. Dadhyach, son of Athar

van, 91, 296.

Diti, a Goddess, the op-
posite of Aditi,82, 164.
Dog, killed at the Horse-
Sacrifice, 205.
Dog-leader, 256.
Doors of the Sacrificial
Hall, 197, 200, 202,
236, 240, 241,245,247,

250.

Devaloka, the world of Dragon of the Deep, 41,

Gods, 307.
Devas, Gods, 307; the
organs of sense, 305.
Quickening

Daksha, a Creative Power,
one of the Adityas, Devasûs,
227, 261, 286, 287.
Dâkshayaṇas, decendants
of Daksha, 286.
Dakshina, priests' guer-
don, 28, 30, 230.
Dakshinâgni,

southern fire and fireplace, 1, 17, 21, 96.

Gods, 78.
Devotion, Goddess of, 30.
Dewy Season, Dews, 15,
82, 139, 199.
Dhâtar, the Ordainer, 62,

164, 225, 295.
Dhâyyâ, name of an ad-
ditional verse, 175.

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286. Dronakalaṣa, a wooden

Soma reservoir, 56, 66, 176. Drop, Soma, 120; Indu, meaning Agni,168; the Sun, 114, 115; Earth's life-sustaining moisture, 7;-oblation, 55. Drummer, 258. Drum(s), 73, 253, 254. Dûrvâ grass, 116; brick,

116, 117.

Dutt, Mr. R. Ch., 255.
Dvâdaşâha, a twelve-day

ceremony, 65.

Dhruva Graha, name of Dvâpara, name of a die,

a libation, 55, 164.
Dhruvâ, one of the sacri-
ficial spoous or ladles,
10, 11, 29.
Dice, personified, 256;
names of five, 258;
used at consecration of
a King, 84, 85; dicing,
283.

258. Dvâvimṣa, a hymn, 128. Dvipad, dimeter, two

footed metre, 244, 245. Dvipadâ, the same, 198;

name of an altar brick, 137. Dvita, Secundus, said to be Trita's brother, 7.

Diffusive breath, that Dvivedaganga, a Com

which pervades the

body, 51.

Dikshâ, Consecration, 35, Dwarf incarnation of

42, 174, 302.
Disposer, Speech, 132,

133; a priest, 194.

mentator, xix.

Dviyajus brick, 117.

Vishnu, 254.

Dyaus, Heaven, 27, 33,

100-102, 196, 231.

Father

Heaven, 11.

Disyâs, Regional bricks, Dyaushpitâ,

126.

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Enclosing-sticks, 9, 12, Fervour, Austerity, Reli

262. Encompasser, the, Varuņa the Starry Heaven, 9; Vritra, the cloud-demon, 4.

gious Zeal, 26, 27, 31, 35, 42. Ficus Indica, 83;-Reli

giosa, 83, 288.
Fig tree, Holy, 110.

Etasa, one of the Sun's Filter, 55.
horses, 149.
Eunuch, 81, 259.
Evening Soma Pressing,
60.

11, 75, 97, 198, 227; Ewe, 120.

Earth and Heaven, the Exorcism, 77.

parents, 251. See Hea- Expiation Ceremonies,

ven and Earth.

Earth!, a sacrificial ex

clamation, 187, 188. Earth! Ether! Sky, a sacrificial formula, 17, 21, 68, 211.

61, 68.

FAITH, 176,
Falcon, bringer of Soma,

34, 49; shape of the
altar, 87.

Egg, the Mundane, 261. Fast, 176;--food, 28;-
Eggeling, Professor J., 32, Vow, 189.

Dyaus, Heaven, Sky,
11, 74, 118, 179, 184,

37, 38, 40, 47, 50, 63, Father, the Universal, 67, 80, 81, 84, 85, 87, 97, 101, 108, 116, 124, 129, 138, 140, 141, 144, 145, 150, 155, 156, 166-168, 170, 171, 202, 302. Eight-footed, the ritual name of a cow in calf, 64.

Ekadhanas, pitchers used in sacrifice, 35. Ekadhanavid, a title of Indra, 35. Ekata, Primus, said to be a brother of Trita, 7. Ekatrimṣa, name of a hymn, 128. Ekavimsa, a hymn, 123, 128, 129, 198, 254. Elephant, 221;-keeper,

256.

Finisher, the, Death,303. Fire, domestic, 5; sacrificial, 5; funeral, 5; Solar, identified with Brahma, 307; kindling of, 281 ;-kindling priest, 8, 59;-drill, 34, 282;-poker or shovel, 5.

Fire-altar, 97, 121, 239.

See Altar. Fire-pan, 94-97, 101, 102, 104, 107, 119, 120 ;— making of the, 95; fumigating, 95; baking, 96; represents Agui as the Sun, 100. Fires, 117.

217; the Primeval, 156; Firmament, 208, 209,
the Creator, 152.
222, 231, 301.
Fathers, Manes, Spirits First year of the five-
of deceased ancestors, year Cycle, 257.
10, 15, 23, 39, 44, 70, Fish incarnation of Vish-
105, 130, 177, 182, 220,
ņu, 207.
227, 253, 266, 276, 288, Fisherman, 256, 257.
290, 298, 299, 307; the Fish-vender, 257.
friends, 23; grades of,
179, 181; give riches,
181; have power over

seasons, 15; bestow
children, 15; punish
sin, 181; their raiment,
15.
Favour, divine. See Anu-

mati.

Five, the, the fingers, 8;

races, 232; tribes,103; -year cyde, 257. Five fold gift, 278; life,

227, 228; man, 170, 227, 228; river, 281. Flawless hand. See Hand. Strainer, the wind,

4, 8

Fences enclosing sticks, Flies, oblation to, 224.

Embryo, development of, 12. symbolized, 81.

Fencing-sticks, three, 9.

Floods, sacrificial waters, 26.

Flute-player, 258.
Fore-offerings, 175 ;-re-
gions, 47.
Forest fire guard, 258.
Forest, God, 222, 224 ;—
lord, tall tree, sacrifi-
cial stake, 43, 241,245;

Gaura, Gaur, Bos Gaurus,
121, 160, 221, 222;=
Yajña, sacrifice, 160.
Gavâmayana, a great sa-
crificial Session, 66,67,
163.

Gavaya, Bos Gavaeus.121.

drum, 73; fires in the, Gavishthira, A Vedic

258.

Rishi, 135.

Fortune, 263; oblation Gayal, a species of wild

to 108. Foundations, live animals built into, 118. Four castes, 262. Fourth Aditya, Indra,60. Freedom, the, i. e. most independent, Agui,269. Friend, the, Mitra, 235. Frog, 148, 149. Fruitage, 82.

ox, 121, 221.

Gâyatra, composed in

Gayatri metre, 88,100,

122.

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skin, 75; goats and Gâyatrî, one of the chief sheep, 22. Vedic metres, 7, 14, Goatherd, 256. 30, 34, 81, 95, 122,125, 183, 197, 211, 213,243, 245, 254, 299; connected with cattle, 125; used at morning, 30;

-the, par excellence,

Full Moon sacrifice,1,3,12.
Funeral ceremonies, for-

mulas for, 288-290.

see Sâvitrî.

Furrow, personified, 109; Genii, 256.

drawn on each side of Gharma, a libation of

the altar, 109.

GALL-heat, 149.
Gambler, 256, 258, 259.
Gandharva, the, the Sun,

71, 88, 152, 166, 167,
255, 265; Visvavasu,
9, 248.

heated milk, and the

caldron in which it is
heated, 68, 164, 174,
192, 269, 292, 293,297
-301, 303.
Ghṛita(m), ghî, clarified

butter, 16; hymn in
praise of, 159-161.

Gandharvas, a class of Ghritâchî, the name of

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ted with light, 9, 72, Girdle of sacrificer, 27;

112, 144, 227, 256. Gargatrirâtri, a three day festival, 66. Garhapatya, the western

for the sacrificial horse,
205.

Giriprasadavarman, Râjâ,
xix.

fire-place, 1, 2, 14, 18, Girls, speech of, 24.
19, 41,83, 108, 138,174; Gnâs, Divine Dames, 96.

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crificial waters, 26. Gods, mind-born, 28; not originally immortal, 121; their number, 54, 267, 285; thirty-three, 187,190, 285; wives of the, see Consorts, Dames.

Gold, identified with

light, 29; symbol of the Sun, 100, 205; the Sun, 135; offering with, 29; amulet,236; disc with 21 knobs, 100, 101; chips of, 149,

157; a thousand chips

used at consecration of

altar, 139, 157; plate of, 100, 108, 114, 295; pieces, 31; discs, 84; chain, 205; castles 35; needles, 213, 214; given as fee, 59; put on the King's head and under his foot, 82; put in the track of the Soma cart, 37; charm against lightning, 186;

What wilderment, what grief is there in him who sees the
One alone?

8 He hath attained unto the Bright, Bodiless, Woundless, Siuewless, the Pure which evil hath not pierced.

Far-sighted, wise, encompassing, he self-existent hath prescribed aims, as propriety demands, unto the everlasting Years.

9 Deep into shade of blinding gloom fall Asambhûti's worshippers.

They sink to darkness deeper yet who on Sambhûti are intent.

10 One fruit, they say, from Sambhava, another from Asambhava. Thus from the sages have we heard who have declared this hore to us.

11 The man who knows Sambhûti and Vinâșa simultaneously, He, by Vinâsa passing death, gains by Sambhûti endless life.

8 He: the man who has this right knowledge of the Self. The Bright, etc.: Brahma, the Highest Essence, the Supreme Being. Sri Sankara explains differently: He the Atma) encompassed or pervaded all, being bright, etc., thus putting these neuter adjectives in apposition to the masculine pronoun sah (he). Mahidhara also gives this alternative explanation. Fur-sighted, etc.: referring either to the man who knows, or to the Atma, according to the preferred interpretation of the first line of the verse. As propriety demands: so that every living being might receive the proper fruit of his action. Years: Prajapatis or Creative Powers, Prajapati being identified with the Year, of which he is the Presiding Genius. See IX. 20; XXVII. 45. 9 In order to enjoin the combined worship of Asambhuti and Sambhuti, their separate worship is coademned. Asambhuti is, according to Sri Sankara. undeveloped Prakriti, Fature in its causal or germinal state when it has not evolved as the universe which is the effect. It is also called tamas, darkness or chaos. This worship is mere blindness and ignorance, and its adherents fall into corresponding darkness. Sambhúti: explained by Sri Sankara as the manifestation of Braama as Brahmi the phenomenal creator, called Hiranyagarbha the Golden Germ, or Prajapati. See R. V. X. 121. According to Mahidhara's first explanation, Asambhati is the denial of a new birth or existence after death, and Sambh iti is the exclusive assertion of that belief, devotion to which will produce excess in the practice of Karma. 10 The text now declares the separate fruit of each element of the com. bined worship of Undeveloped Nature and Hiranyagarbha in order to teach their combination, having first condemned the cults practised separately. From Sambhava: from the cult of Sambhava which is the same as Sambhati in verse 9, or Hiranyagarbha. Asambhava: Undeveloped Nature or Asambhûti. The result of the former cult is the attainment of certain supernatural powers called Siddhis which enable their possessor to increase or reduce his size and weight to any extent at his pleasure, etc. Eight of these faculties are usually enumerated. The worship of Prakriti results in absorp tion into Prakriti. Each, therefore, fails to attain the object to be desired, redintegration in the Supreme Self.

11 Sambhúti: standing for Asambhuti, say the Commentators, by aphae resis, and so meaning Undeveloped Nature. Vin isa: (Destruction) that is,

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