Calves, driven away from Chaturvimsa hymn, 128, Cosmic Man. See Pu-
their mothers, 1; of
Prisni, Mists, 53, 54.
Camels, 221.
Car, to carry Ukhya Agni,
103, 104; for battle,
252.
Car-builder, 256.
Carpenter, 43, 143, 256.
Cart, containing the sac-
rificial elements, 3, 13,
32.
Castes, four, 227, 232.262.
Castles of drought de-
mons, 240; three, forms
of Agui, 35.
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 sacrifi-
cial 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.
Cosmological specula-
tions, 151, 152.
Courser, dappled, of the
Sun, 109.
Cow, given in exchange
for Soma, 29, 39; uni-
ped, biped, three-foot-
ed, eight-footed, 64;
sacrificial, 64,215; the
altar, 249; Tvaslitar's
guardian, 120; Cosmic,
Aditi, 29, 120; red,
to complete the thou-
sand, 66; of Plenty,
109. 157; black, re-
presenting Night,157;
Sarasvati, 192, 200.
Cowell, Prof. E. B., 272.
Cowherd, 256,
Cleansing-bath, 188. See Cows, sacrificial names
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 ves-
sel, 184.
Charakas, followers of
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; com-
mon 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 re-
of the Black Yajur 221, 233, 234.
Charu, a mess of boiled Corpus Poeticum Boreale,
garding, 150.
Creator, Prajapati, 116,
124, 129, 150, 151,
266; Agni, 265.
Creatures, Lord of, 209.
Cuckoo, 223.
Cucumber, 24.
Currier, 257.
Curse, 35, 47; pronounc-
ed on an enemy, 51.
DADHIKRA, 73, 213.
Dadbikrâs, 73, 74, 213.
Dadhikrâvan, 73, 74, 213,
284.
Dâdhikrî,
verse, 213.
posite of Aditi,82, 164.
Dog, killed at the Horse-
Day and Night, 48, 209, Diti, a Goddess, the op-
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.
Dadhyach, son of Athar-
van, 91, 296.
Daksha, a Creative Power,
Sacrifice, 205.
Dog-leader, 256.
Doors of the Sacrificial
Hall, 197, 200, 202,
236, 240, 241,245,247,
one of the Âdityas, Devasûs,
227, 261, 286, 287.
Dâkshâyaṇas, decendants
of Daksha, 286.
Dakshinâ, 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.
Dakshinahoma, oblation Dhishanâs, Goddesses of
in the southern fire,58.
Dames, Consorts of the
Gods, 61, 96, 233.
Dance, 258.
Dancer, public, 256.
Dânus, a class of fiends,
Darbha grass, 2, 29, 38,
39, 85, 169, 205.
Darvi, name of a sacrifi
Daṣapeya libations, 85.
Dâsas, aborigines, 277.
Drop, Soma, 120; Indu,
meaning Agni,168; the
Sun, 114, 115; Earth's
life-sustaining mois-
ture, 7;-oblation, 55.
Drummer, 258.
Drum(s), 73, 253, 254.
Dûrvâ grass, 116; brick,
Dutt, Mr. R. Ch., 255.
Dvâdaşâha, a twelve-day
ficial spoons or ladles, Dvipad, dimeter, two-
10, 11, 29.
Dice, personified, 256;
names of five, 258;
used at consecration of
a King, 84, 85; dicing,
283.
name of an altar brick,
137.
Dvita, Secundus, said to
be Trita's brother, 7.
Dasyus, hostile savages, Diffusive breath, that Dvivedaganga, a Com-
Dyutâna, son of the Ma.
ruts, 40.
EAGLE, 221, 222; the
Sun, 278;-shape, the
altar, 87, 100, 239.
Earth, 7, 11, 12, 112, 116,
208, 209, 211, 214, 271,
286, 290, 292, 294, 301;
Consort of, 11; Mother,
Enclosing-sticks, 9, 12, Fervour, Austerity, Reli-
Encompasser, the, Varuņa
the Starry Heaven, 9;
Vritra, the cloud-de-
mon, 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
FAITH, 176,
Falcon, bringer of Soma,
34, 49; shape of the
altar, 87.
Finisher, the, Death,303.
Fire, domestic, 5; sacri-
ficial, 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;-
Egg, the Mundane, 261. Fast, 176;--food, 28;- making of the, 95;
Eggeling, Professor J., 32,
37, 38, 40, 47, 50, 63, Father, the Universal,
67,80,81, 84, 85, 87, 97,
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,
Dyaus, Heaven, Sky,
11, 74, 118, 179, 184,
fumigating, 95;
ing, 96; represents
Agui as the Sun, 100.
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-
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,
Fences enclosing sticks, Flies, oblation to, 224.
Embryo, development of, 12.
symbolized, 81.
Floods, sacrificial waters,
Fencing-sticks, three, 9.
258.
Fortune, 263; oblation Gayal, a species of wild
Foundations, live animals Gâyatra, composed in
built into, 118.
Four castes, 262.
Fourth Aditya, Indra,60.
Freedom, the, i. e. most
independent, Agni,269.
Friend, the, Mitra, 235.
Frog, 148, 149.
Fruitage, 82.
purchase of Soma, 31,
milk of, 96; goat's
hair light, 94; used
in sacrifice, 94; goat
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; connec-
ted with cattle, 125;
used at morning, 30;
Full Moon sacrifice,1,3,12.
Funeral ceremonies, for-
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; Vișvâvasu,
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
Goddesses, 96, 234; sa-
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,
Gold, identified with
light, 29; symbol of
the Sun, 100, 205;
the Sun, 135; offering
with, 29; amulet, 236;
disc with 21 knobs,
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;
represents purity and HAIR, braided, 145.
119; Half-Indra oblations,163.
splinter put in month, Half-months, 209, 214,
nostrils, eyes and ear
of dead victims, 119.
Gold-eyed, Savitar, 283.
Half-years, 235.
Hall-door fire, 150.
Gold-Germ, 114. See Hamsa, swan, the Sun
Golden figure of a man,
symbol of Prajapati,
Agni, the Sacrificer,
114, 116, 119;-Germ,
that floats through
heaven, 84, 102, 183.
Hand,flawless, with closed
ing of, 151; separation
of, 285.
Hell, 7, 255.
Herbs, 209. See Plants.
Herdsman, the, the Sun,
296.
Heron, 222.
fingers that let no High Altar, 87, 114.
grain fall through,5,6. Hillebrandt, Prof. A., 31,
71, 79, 89, 103, 159,
172, 230, 238, 255, 302,
See Hiranyagarbha. Hare, 215.
Goldenhanded,Savitar, Haris, Indra's Bay Steeds,
Savitar, 275; horns, Harisvâmin, a commen-
the mane of the sacri-
ficial horse, 249.
Goldsmith, 258.
Gomriga, a wild bull,211,
Good, the, Vayu, 295.
Good works, rewarded,
Gotama, a great Ṛishi,286.
Grace, divine, 254. See
Hâriyojana Graha, a liba-
tion to Indra, 6, 164.
Harlot, 258, 259.
Hasta, one of the guards
of the celestial Soma,
31.
Haug, Prof. M., 31, 123, Homer, 252.
267, 302, 303.
Havirdhâna, the store
where the sacrificial
elements are kept, 32,
37, 66, 68, 242.
Havis, sacrificial food,13,
Anumati.
Graha, a cup of Soma,
164, 176, 187.
Grahagrahana, drawing
of cups of Soma, 51.
Grass, barhis or altar- Havishkṛit, oblation-pre-
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