Hotar, sacrificing or in-
voking priest, 11, 92,
190, 199-202, 216,
230, 240; divine, Agni,
199, 217, 240; Hotar's
hearth, 40; his cup, 49.
Hotars, seven, 280; two
celestial, 191, 193, 197,
200, 203, 204, 236,
240, 242, 214, 245,247,
251.
House, addressed by the
householder on leaving
and returning, 21,
House priest, of the Gods,
187. See Purohita.
Human Sacrifice, 255. See
Purushamedha.
Hundred, autumns, 227,
286,289, 292; winters
14, 19; years, 178;
Powers, Lord of, Indra,
23, 200, 231, 232, 279;
Vanaspati, 241, 244;
Hundred Rudras, 201.
Hundred-headed, Agni
as Rudra, 157.
Husband-finder, Rudra,
24; usually Aryaman,
Hyena, 223.
Hypermeter brick, 137.
ICE, 226.
Ichneumon, 221.
Ida, Nourishment per-
sonified, a Goddess of
Sacrifice, 30, 109, 191,
Indrani, Indra's Consort,
Idàvatsara, name of a Indra-grains, 175, 184,
year of the five year 199.
cycle, 239, 257.
Idvatsara, another year
of the same, 239, 257.
Iguana, 222.
Illusion, phenomenal na.
ture, 216.
Immolator, 191, 200;
191, 275; his Consorts.
the waters, 61.
Indus, 69, 272, 281, 282,
300.
Vanaspati, 241, 244; Infinite Nature, Aditi,
Agni, 237.
225; his mother, 275; Iron, 25, 108, 214, 234
King of Gods, 78; the 249; castle, 35.
Sun, 270, 272; God of Îș, the Lord, the Su-
Battles, 36, 152-154; preme Self, 304.
Good Deliverer, 85. Isaiah, 227, 286.
172, 173, 184, 190,192, Îșâna, a title of Rudra
194, 195, 201, 202, 221, 302.
204; slayer of Vritra, Își Upanishad; Îşavasy-
Îșâvâsy-
4, 58, 81, 170, 190, 195, am; Îșopanishad, Book
270; Lord of Speech
67; Visvakarman, 67;
Marutvàn, 57, 58;
sprung from the union
of Yajña and Dakshi-
XL of the White Ya-
jurve la, 308.
Ish, the name of an au-
tumn month, 56.
Isha, the same, 127,
209.
tion, 184, 185;= the JACKAL, 222.
Sacrificer, 31; repre- Jagatî, one of the three
193, 197, 200, 203, Indra-Agni, Indr-Âgnî,
237, 241, 242, 244,
247, 250, 281; symbo-
lical name of the sacri-
fieial cow, 20, 30, 66,
297; son of, Agni,281.
chief Vedic metres,
197, 211, 213, 244,245,
254;-bricks, 135,
Jamadagni, a greatṚishi,
12, 18, 55, 107, 117,
138, 205, 225, 254;— 25, 123, 286.
Brihaspati, 55, 225;- Jatavedas, Knower of
Varuna, 52, 55 ;—Vâ-
yu, 52;- Vishu, 55.
Beings, Agni, 17, 89,
102, 106, 113, 118,
136, 161,169, 178, 182,
237, 247, 250, 269,281
Kapardin, having coiled Kirata, a savage, who
and braided hair, a lives by hunting, 257,
title of Rudra, 141.
Jâvâla Upanishad, 310. Kapinjala, the heathcock
Jester, 258.
JESUS, Logia of, 260.
Jeweller, 256.
Jibananda Vidyâsâgara,
Pandit, xix.
Jones, Sir W., 21, 308.
Juhû, one of the sacri-
ficial spoons, 10-13, 29.
Jujube, a tree and its
fruit, 85, 173, 175,
184, 185, 199.
Jumbaka, a Vedic name
of Varuņa, 226.
or francolin, 220, 223,
224.
Knife, razor, 26; slaugħ-
Kratu, one of the Seven
Rishis, 151.
Kratusthala, the allego-
rical name of an Ap-
saras, 133.
Kravyad, Raw-flesh-eater,
Agni of the funeral pile,
290.
Krimuka wood, 97.
Krisânu, a guard of the
Karâlî, a tongue or flame
of Agni, 158.
Karka, a Commentator,xix.
Karma, religious work,
304, 307-309.
Kârshmarya tree, 115.
Kârtika, mid-October to
mid-November, 23,56.
Kâşî, 310.
Kasyapa, an ancient Ṛi-
shi, 25, 254, 286.
Katha Upanishad, 310.
Jyaishtha, May 15 to Kâtyâyana, xix.
June 15, 56.
Kavya, a class of Manes,
and the offerings made
to them, 181;-vâha-
na, Agui as carrier of
KA, Who? Prajapati, 3,
14, 56, 92, 112, 114,
186, 207, 210, 214, these oblations, 181.
220, 226, 237, 264. Kâvya, name of a metre,
Kakshivân, a Ṛishi, 20. 131.
Kakup, a Vedic metre, Khadira, the tree Acacia
125, 131, 136, 198, Catechu. 43, 65, 84.
213, 244, 246.
Kilala, a sweet beverage,
Kali, the name of a ton- 16, 22, 193, 256.
gue or flame of Agni, Kimpurusha,
158.
120.
Kalpa, ceremonial, 160; Kindler, 53.
Success Libation, 165; Kindlership, 11.
a day of Brahma, Kindling-stick(s) 9-11.17,
432000,000 years, 265.
Kama, the God of Love,
Kampila, a place in North
India, 212.
Kaṇva, a famous Vedic
Rishi, 157.
Kâṇva, the name of a
recension of the White
Yajurveda Samhita,
63, 61, 99. 240, 262;-
verses, 175, 235.
King, 75, 187; Soma,75,
177; Varuna, 63; In-
auguration of a, 77;
consecration of a, 79,
81, 84.
Kingdom-supporting Li-
bations, 166.
Kingship, 82.
celestial Soma, 31,41.
Krishna Yajurveda, xvii.
Krita, the name of a die,
Kshatra, royalty, the no-
bility, 73, 255.
Kshatriya, a man of the
princely order, 80, 99,
Kshatriya, a woman of
the same rank, 255,
258.
Kshurabhraja, Bright
Razor, the Sun, the
fanciful name of a
metre, 131.
Kubla, the name of a
Kunâra, a demon, 170.
Kurus, a northern people,
Kusa grass, used for sa-
crificial purposes, 2,
26, 34, 43, 45, 109, 114,
149, 150.
Kushmas, a word of un-
known meaning, 225.
LADIES, celestial, deities
of sacred metres, 96
Ladles, sacrificial, 10.
Lâja, parched grain,172.
Lakshmi, Fortune, 263.
Lanman, Prof., 182.
Lassen, Prof., 282.
Law, the order of the
universe, 20, 52, 74,
148, 158, 166, 231, 253;
sacrifice, 10, 20, 41, 84,
92, 118, 182, 183, 197,
205; Agni, 93, 102.
Law-maintainer(s), Mi-
tra and Varuna, 81;
Varuna, 84.
Lead, used as a charm,
muchi, at the Couse- Macdonell, Prof. A.,7,15,
cration of a King, 82;
needles of, 213, 214.
Leper, 258.
Life, natural duration of
human, 227.
Lightning, 224, 292, 302.
Line, to keep off fiends,
41, 184, 233, 280,286.
Madhava, name of a
Spring month, 56, 117,
209.
Madhu, honey, sweetness,
the name of a month,
56, 117, 209.
Commentator on the
W. Yajurveda, passim.
Mahiman libations, 210,
217.
Maina, a bird like a star-
ling, 221, 222.
Mainâla, a netter of fish,
Maitrâvaruņa, the Ho-
tar's first assistant, 49,
55, 80, 280.
Maitrâ Varuna Graha,
164.
Makha, a mythical being,
95. 293, 295.
Male, or Spîrit, the Pre-
siding, 261.
Madhuvidyâ, esoteric lore Malimlucha, a name of the
15; drawn with a
black-buck's horn, 28. of Soma. 296.
Lines, of altar and pit, Madhyandina-Savana, the
36; on three sides of
altar, 7; rouud the
lump of clay represent- Madhyandina, xviii.
ing Agni, 90; furrows Magadha, South Bihâr,
ploughed on each side
of the altar, 109.
Lion, 125, 173, 185; hair
of, mixed with Sura,
173; Indra, 201.
intercalary month,209.
Man, the Cosmic. See
Mâna, a Ṛishi, 285.
Manas, mind, 138. 305.
Mandârya, a Vedic bard,
285.
Magadha, a professional Manes, Spirits of deceas-
bard, 255, 259.
Magha, mid-January to
mid-February, 56.
Lioness 223; the High Maghavan, Lord
Lofty Point, the zenith, Mahadeva, Great God,
ed ancestors, 15, 231,
288, 307, 308.
Manly-souled, or Friend;
of Man. Varuna, Pra-
jâpati or Dyaus, 102.
Mann, Mr. John, xviii.
Manning, Mrs., xviii.
Lokampriuas, space-fill- Mahânâmnîs, certain R. Manthin, Soma juice
Mats, representing, Hea- Milton, 35, 310.
ven and Earth, 100, Mind, 27, 28, 122, 305,
108.
307; of Gods, 47;
Mare (bearer) of earth, Mâtarișvan, Vâyu, Wind,
295.
Mares of the Maruts, Mâtarişvan's
jâpati, 131.
Minstrel, 259.
caldron, Misra, Vâchaspati 309.
Devo- Mitra, the Friend, iden-
tion, 223.
Matron, 13. See Sacrifi-
cer's Wife.
Matron's Hall, 32, 174.
Matrons, celestial, Con-
sorts of Varuna, 104;
deities of the stars, 96.
Marka, the name of a Mâyâ, phenomeual Na-
Maruta Uktha, a litany Mayu, Mayu, perhaps a
to the Maruts, 133.
Maruts, Storm-Gods, 12,
13, 22, 57, 64, 83, 102,
107, 148, 153, 154, 166
167, 189, 191, 197, 198
209, 214, 220, 225, 227
228, 230, 233, 251, 253-
255, 268, 270, 271, 273
tified with the Sun,
9, 29, 78, 94, 225, 228.
235, 242.253,268,269,
276 287, 291, 300-
302; God of Day, 272;
Rita, Right, Truth, 52.
Mitrâ-Varuna, a dual
deity 9, 52, 55, 196.
197, 225, 254, 267,
predecessors, as Kings,
of Indra, 79, 81; Law-
maintainers, 81; Sov-
ran Lords, 82; Rain
Gods, 12, 196.
moukey. 222.
Medha, a Rishi, 278.
Mediator, Agni, 196.
Menakâ, an Apsaras,134.
Merchant, the God who Mitra, Babu Pramadâ
gives boons in return Dasa, 308.
for sacrifice, Indra,23; Mock-man, a puppet
Rudra, 142.
used in sacrifice, 89,
120, 121.
276, 279-281, 285, Metheglin, 16.
287, 301, 302; three Metre bricks, 127, 134.
Metres, 30, 48, 127; su-
pernatural powers at- Monkey, 221, 222.
tributed to, 14; class- Monotheism, 285.
ed by syllables, 76, 77;
fanciful names of, 127;
131; called birds, 12.
Micturition, formula for,
28.
Mid-day Soma Pressing,
57.
or nine troops of, 7,
158; seven rice-cakes
offered to, 158; their
names or titles, 158,
159, 302; clans, 159;
singers of hymns so
called, 189, 295.
Marutvân, a title of In-
dra, 57, 58.
Marutvatiya Graha, 57,
58, 164, 268;- Uktha, Milch-cow = wealth
133.
Month, the intercalary,
209, 239.
Months, 209, 214, 233,
238; technical names
of, 56, 74, 209; fauciful
names of, 165; mani-
festations of Agni, 165.
in Moon, 103.167, 209-211.
Mâsara, a peculiar decoc- Milch-kine. See Cows.
tion, 172, 174, 183, Milk = wealth, 120.
187, 193, 199-201.
Mat of the Sadas or
Priests' Shed, 40.
Milker at sacrifice, may
be any one above the
rank of a Sûdra, 2.
216, 230, 301; Soma,
282; spots in the, 8;
Sacrifice at New and
Full, 1-13; waxing and
waning Varuņa and
Morning Soma Pressing, Nagnahu, a root used as Nigada, loud recitation,
Morning and Night, 241,
245. See 'Night and
Dawn, Night and
Morning.
Mortar, of wood, for
pounding grain, 4, 66;
Nâkasadas, Sky-seated Night, 18, 19, 191, 283,
bricks, 132, 133.
Name Libations, 165.
Namuchi, a certain Asu-
ra, 86, 177, 182, 193,
194; his head repre-
sented by a piece of
Mother, the Earth, 11, Naraka, hell, 7.
74, 75, 84, 97, 179; Narandisha, of uncertain
each of the quarters of
the sky, 50.
Mothers, the Waters, 26,
81; Plants, 110.
Motive, to sacrifice, 27.
Mountain-haunter, Ru-
dra, 140, 141.
Mrityu, Death, 288.
Mûjavâns, a people in the
northern hills, 24.
Muir, J. (Original Sans-
krit Texts), 24, 120,
140, 141, 147, 151, 174,
meaning, 69.
Naraṣamsa, the Praise or
Desire of Men, Agni,
69, 181, 190, 193, 199,
203, 236, 240, 242, 250,
Nârâșamsa, (cups), be-
longing to the Fathers,
181;
an epithet of
Fathers, 69.
Nâsatyas, the Asvins,
184, 194, 195, 199, 274,
285.
Nature, 306, 307.
177, 252, 255, 260- Navadaşa, nineteen-fold,
262, 288, 292, 293.
Mukti, Liberation, Final
Beatitude, 304.
Müller, Prof. F. Max, 23,
34, 53, 92, 137, 157,
181, 226, 233, 255, 262,
265, 270, 282, 285, 290,
305, 307-310.
Mundane Egg, the, 261.
Mungoose, 221, 222.
Muñja grass, 27, 97, 100.
Musician, 258.
NABHAS, mist, vapour, a
name of Agni, 36;
a hymn, 128.
Navagvas, members of a
mythological priestly
family, 179.
Navel, the centre of
Earth, the High Altar,
301.
Nectar, 103, 172.
Needle, 38, 40, 213, 214.
Nescience, ignorance of
the Self, 307.
Neshtar, the priest who
leads forward the sac-
299.
Nightand Dawn or Morn-
ing, 100, 157, 191, 193,
240, 244, 251, 273.
Nigrâbhyâ, water for
sprinkling Soma plants,
49, 50, 67
Nilagriva, Blue-necked,
Rudra, 143.
Nirriti,earth in her low-
est depth, 77, 108; the
Goddess of Destruction,
107, 108, 224, 225, 256;
formulas for averting,
107, 108; bricks devot-
ed to her, 107, 108.
Nishâda(s), wild abori-
gines, 143, 227, 232,
256-258.
Nishkevalya Graha, 164;
Uktha, 133.
Nivid, invoking formula,
175, 269, 270.
Nobility, the Râjanyas
or Kshatriyas, men of
the princely and mili-
tary class, 5, 54, 73,
129, 130,166, 167, 298,
299; represented by
Indra, 130.
Numbers, homage to the
Genii of, 209.
Nyagrodha, Ficus Indica,
211, 212.
Nychthemera, 96.
name of a month, 56, New Moon sacrifice, 1, 12. Offering-prayer, 196,206,
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