lief as regards their Pañchâlas, a people in Pasupati, Lord of Beasts,
Oldenberg, Prof. H. 22, Pañchavimsa, the name
96, 255, 268, 303. Oм, the sacred mystic syl. lable, 11, 175, 307,308. Omentum, 46. Omnific, the, Vâyu, 122; Prajapati, 169. Omniform, Indra, 270. Omniscient, the, Agni, 21, One, the One Being, 151, 152, 286.
Order, Cosmic Law, 28, 55,240, 265, 268; Queen
of, Aditi, 196; child of,
Prajapati or Vâk, 265; =sacrifice, 46, 59, 247, 250, 266. Orders, liturgical direc- tions, 175. Other Folk, Spirits of darkness, 222. Otter, 223. Overlord, Mind, 132,133. Owls, 221.
Oxen, draw the Soma cart, 13, 32; for the plough, 108, 109; twinkling stars, 44.
PADA, a verse-division,
quarter of a stanza, 175. Padapankti, the name of
a metre, 131, 137. Pakaru, some disease, 109, Palasa tree, Butea Fron-
dosa, 1, 2, 5, 9, 43, 81,
of a hymn, 128, 129. Pânini, the great gram.
marian, 305. Papis, demons of dark-
ness, 12, 160, 288. Pankti, a Vedic metre,
Rudra, 89, 143, 144, 302.
Path, the, Agni, 168;
Path, to Gods or Fathers, 179.
Pathway, the, sacrifice, 13, 63. Pâthya, a proper name, 92.
82, 122, 123, 137, 197, 213, 244, 245, 254. Paramâtma, the Supreme Patnî. Self, 231, 307.
Parameshithin, Supreme Patnis, Consorts of Gods Lord, 68, 125, 139. Parameṣvara, Supreme, Patnîșâlâ, the Matron's Ruler or Lord, 13, 151. Hall, 32. Parents, the, Heaven Patnisamyájas, 176. and Earth, 251; Speech and Mind, 138. Paridhis, sticks placed round the sacrificialfire, 9. See Enclosingsticks. Parîsâsa, sacrificial tongs, 297.
Parisrut, foaming liquor, a sort of beer, 16, 174, 188, 185. Parivatsara, a year of the
five-year cycle. 239,257 Parivrit, an enclosed shed, 294, Parjauya, the God of the
rain-cloud, 58, 134, 152, 168, 169, 208,291. Parna, the Palisa tree, 1, 94, 110, 288. Parrot, 222.
94, 98, 104, 105, 177, Parushni, a river, 282. Parvata, the Genius of
crested bricks, 133. Pañchadașa, the name of
a hymn, 100, 122, 128. 129, 133, 198, 254.
cloud and mountain,68. Passion, personified, 200,
203, 222, 302; name of the Dewy Season, 15.
Pâtnivata Graha, 61,164. Paulkasa, the son of a
Nishâda and a Ksha- triyâ, 258. Pavamâna, he who flows,
blows, or glows clear to purify, Soma or Vâyu, 41, 47, 178, 179, 207; Agni, 232. Paviru, the prince of the Rugamas, 277. Pavitram, a strainer, 2. Peacock, 221, 223. Peasantry, 129. Pebbles, 94. Peg, with which the press stones are beaten, 5; for stretching cloth, 37; for stitching mats or hurdles, 38. Penance, religious aus- terity, 255. People, the, 82, 187,299. Pestle, called wooden
stone as representing
a press-stone, 4;—and mortar, 118.
Peterson, Prof. P., 260, Potar, Cleansing Priest, Prana, Breath, the Genins 263. of Breath, 51, 65, 164,
Phalguna, Mid-February Potsherd, on which ob-
to mid-March, 56. Physician, 109, 110;
lations are cooked and offered, 5.
Rudra, 140; Varuna, Potters, 143.
204; Sarasvati, 174, Pragathas, combinations
199, 200; Tvashṭar, 241.
Physicians, the Asvins, 174, 183, 185, 192, 194 199, 200, 202, 203; the two celestial Ho- tars, 193, 197, 240; Lord of, Varuna, 201. Pigeons, 22. Pindapitriyajña, sacrifice to Ancestral Manes,15. Pious, the world of the,
Pisachas, a class of fiends,
105, 256, 286, 288. Pit, from which earth is dug to make the Altar, 41, 55; purification at the, 47. Pitriloka, the world of the Fathers, 307. Pitriyajña, Sacrifice to the Fathers, 288. Pîtudaru, Pinus Deodara, 37. Planets, five, 230. Plants, 93, 94, 117, 124, 292, 300; seeds of, sown round the altar, 109; eulogy of, 109— 112; Lord of. 111. Plenty, Cow of, 109. Pole-dancer, acrobat,258. Porcupine, 216, 222. Porous brick, 116, 126, 139, 149. Porpoise, 220. Post-offerings, 175.
supporting bricks,122, 125, 127.
Pranava, the exclamation OM, 175. Prânâyana, 122. Pranitâ, ceremonially brought forward, ap- plied to sacrificial water, 14. Prastara, a tied-up grass-
of verses, 175. Praise of Men, a title of Agui, See Narâsmsa. Praise-sung, stoma, 28; three-fold, fifteenfold, thirty-three fold, etc., 81, 82. Prajapati, Lord of Crea- tures, 3, 14, 31, 56, 62, 68, 71, 83, 92, 107,122 Prâtaranuvâka, morning 123, 125, 129, 150, 166, 176, 183, 186,205, Pratimâ, fanciful name 207, 210, 211, 214, of a metre, 127. 226, 237, 239, 248, Pratipad, 132. 354, 259, 263, 264,265 Pratiprasthâna 276, 288, 300, 301; 164.
bunch put on the Bar- his, 9, 10, 169, 302.
Thought, 26, 167; Praüga Uktha, 133. Mind, 51, 167; Genius Pravahlikâ, enigmatical of the Year, 74, 165, verse, 178. 239; Lord of Speech, Pravargya, a ceremony 71, 88, 167, 255; Crea- introductory to the tor, 116, 120; deliverer Soma sacrifice, 6, 160, from death and evil, 164, 291, 293, 301, 129; his dissolution, 303;man, 302. 125; Agui, the Fire- Pravrit, 132. altar, 150, 239; the Prayâja, fore-offering, Sacrificial Horse, 211. 175, 190, 244.
Prajapatis, Creative Pow- Prâyanîya, an introduc-
ers, Years 306; Lords of created beings, 286. Prakriti,Nature, 806,307. Pramâ, the fanciful name of a metre, 127. Pramlochanti, the name of an Apsaras, 134.
tory libation, 174. Prayer, for divine guid-
ance to righteousness, 31; for children, 93, 179; for wealth, 95; to Indra for victory in battle, 152-154; of a
king for blessings on his kingdom, 208; for freedom from sin, 187; good sons obtained by, 60, 179. Press-boards, 39. Pressing-skin, 4, 6. Press-stones, 6, 48, 49,51. Priesthood, 5, 54, 81,129,
Pâru, Pûrus, one of the Racing, 110.
five Âryan tribes, 104. Ragozin, Madame Zén- Purûravas, 34. aïde, 255, 274, 290. Purusha, Embodied Man,
Cosmic Man, 164, 171, 215,217,255,260—264;
Rains, Rain-time. 5, 15, 22, 82, 123, 126, 198,
262, 264; the Spirit that dwells in the Sun and in the body, 308. Purushamedha, Human Sacrifice, xix, 255, 260, 264.
166, 167, 298, 303; re- presented by Brihas- pati, 72, Priests, designations of eight, 228;-and nobles, Pûrvachitti, an Apsaras, 266. Prishtha, an arrangement Pûshan, a solar deity, 3, 6, 7, 68, 91, 155, 166, 186, 197, 224, 225,227, 228, 243, 253, 254, 273, 284, 285, 291, 297,299, 301; guards roads and
of Sâmans, 75,124,131.
Prishthya-shadaha,
period of aix sacrificial days, 65. Prisni, Speckled Cow, Cloud, mother of the Maruts, 53, 54, 227, 271; sons of, the Ma- ruts, 227; calves of, masses of mist, 53, 54. Prithivi, Broad One, Earth, 11, 27, 116, 164, 166, 231. Pulaha, a Rishi, 151. Pulastya, a Ṛishi, 151. Punjikasthala, allegorical name of an Apsaras, 133. Puñjishthas, fishers or fowlers, 143. Pure, the, Soma, 49. Purisha, 21, 37, 124. Purishya, epithet of Agni, 21, 88, 89, 91, 93, 97, 106.
123, 133, 199, 213,254. Râjanya, 73, 83, 208,255. See Kshatriya. Râjasûya, Inauguration of a King, 71, 77, 79. Rakshasas, a class of fiends, 14, 38, 39, 81, 114, 134, 136,201,283. Ram, sacred to Sarasvatî,
184, 199, 201, 202,204. Râmâyana, 212, 225,230, 289.
Rasâ, the distant river, 226.
oblations, 166. Rasmi Graha, 164. Rat, Rudra's victim, 24; sacrificed to Ground,
travellers, 29, 207,208. Rishṭrabhṛitas, certain Pushya, mid-December to mid-January, 56. Pûtabhṛit, a Soma trough, 56, 164, 176. Pûtîkâs, plants used as substitutes for Soma, 294.
QUAILS, 221. Quarters of the sky, 75, 101, 124, 126, 208, 221, 225, 247, 262, 265, 266, 289, 301. Queen, Chief, 211, 232; her part in the Horse Sacrifice, 213; Âditi, 124; the Eastern
Quarter, 126, 132. Question-Solver, 256.
Purohita, family or tribal Quiver, 252.
name of a Spring month, 133. Rathantara.an important Sâman, 81, 88, 100, 122,131, 132, 165, 198,
254. Rathaprota, fanciful name of a Rain month, 134. Rathasvana, fanciful name of a Summer month, 134. Rathavimochanîya Obla- tion, 84. Rathechitra,
name of a Summer
month, 134.
special rice cake, 296, 302.
Razor, 25, 26, 131. Real, the, Brahma, 308. Reed-mat, of the Soma cart shed, 39. Regional bricks, 126. Regions of the sky, 133,
164, 197, 200, 213,
239, 241, 248, 257, Rudrâ, female Rudra, 258, 260, 265, 274, the Soma cow, 30. 277, 284, 286, 288, 289, 296, 298, 303. See also Index I. Rik, Rich, verse of praise, 26, 27, 88, 123, 291. Ṛiksama, a certain kind of Sâman, 123.
consorts of Gods, 213; Rikshîkâs, a class of evil
84, 155, 208; seven, Rishis, ancient,
166; ten, 131; War- ders of the, 207. See Quarters of the sky. Render, of foes, Indra,68. Resolution, to sacrifice, 27.
Retaḥsich bricks, 117. Revatis, certain R. V. verses, 199, 213. Reward of pious actions, 138. Rhinoceros, 223. Ribhuksban, a title of Indra, 228.
Seven, 130, 151; crea- tive, 276; priests,138; Vital Airs, 132, 169. Rita, Right, Law, Saeri- fice. See Law, Order. Ritavyâ bricks, 117, 124,
Rudras, sons of Rudra, the Maruts, 24, 94; Bright Ones, the As- vins,195; the hundred forms and powers of Rudra, 140, 142, 146, 147, 201; a class of 11 or 33 deities, 10, 12, 77, 95, 105, 124, 125, 133, 198, 209, 211,225, 240, 242, 247, 273,285. Rusama(s), 277.
SACRED Books of the East, xviii, xx., 4, 6, 12, 28, 31, 50, 52, 68,
Ritu, Season, deified,233, 301.
Ritu Graha, 56- Ritus, Seasons, 234. Rivers, Lord of, Ocean,
222; Seven. See Seven
Rice, 3-6, 14,-cake, 3, Rope-maker, 256.
12, 14, 24, 77, 184, Richas, strophes from the Rigveda, XVIII, Royalty, 125. 261, 280. Rigveda, XVII, 1, 3, 4, 7, 9, 12, 14, 15, 18, 22, 24, 28, 29, 34, 40, 41,47 49, 52, 53, 57, 64, 68, 69, 76, 81, 91, 92, 95, 96, 100, 103, 105, 108, 134, 137, 148, 151,152, 157, 171, 174, 175,178, 180, 183, 190-192, 194, 199, 209, 212,213,
Roth, Prof. von, 154,270, 286.
Rudra. the Tempest-God, 24, 83, 140, 224, 284, 299, 302; in gentle mood, 24, 84, 140, 145, 146; husband-finder, 24; Lord of Cattle, 30, 59, 78, 83, 85, 89, 141, 201; his epithets and attributes, 140-146; rat or vole sacred to him, 24.
254, 291, 303. Sacred grass, 9, 85, 138, 149, 241, 250. See
Barhis. Sacrifice, embodied, 28, 63, 167; the underly- ing principle of, 23; soaring to heaven, 167; regarded as a ship, 196; Four-monthly, 22;
New and Full Moon, 1-15; Lord of the, the Sacrificer, 2, 4. Sacrificer, 2; called In- dra, 31; becomes Ag- ni, 11, 14, 42, 170; identified with Agni, Rudra, Brihaspati,
Yama, 59. Sacrificer's wife, associat- ed with him in reli- gious observances, 2,8, 22, 40, 46, 60; repre- sents Aditi, 8, 13; her
prayer for a son, 15; anoints the axle-pins of the Soma cart, 37. Sacrificial Session, 66, 68. Sadas, a shed for the of- ficiating prieste, 37, 39, 40, 41, 59, 69, 81, 242.
Samidh, brand or kind- ling-stick, 9. Samidhenî,
verse, 175. Samishṭayajus, final text and oulation, 62, 64, 169, 176.
Sadasaspati, Lord of the Sâmitra, slaughtering- Sadas or Assembly, place, 46.
Sadhyas, a class of ancient Sampad, 132.
Gods, 221, 248, 257, Samraj, the name of a
261, 262, 302.
Sahajanya, an Apsaras.
Sahas, strength, the name of a month, 56, 129, 209.
brick, 133; universal ruler, 301.
Goddess, 13, 27, 65,85. 86, 119, 166, 172-174 176, 177, 183-186, 190-195, 197, 199- 204, 208, 218, 224,225, 227, 237, 241, 242, 244 247, 251, 254, 297; her fountains, Mind and Speech, 119; name of the sacrificial cow, 66,
297; Consort of the Asvins, 185. Şaravyâ, the Arrow-God- dess, 223.
Samsa, Praise or Prayer Sarva, a name of Rudra, personified, 273.
Samsarpa, a name of the Sarvamedha, Universal intercalary month,209. Sacrifice, 264, 280. Şarvas, Rudras, 146. Saryata, Siryata, Şiryâti,
Sahasya, Strong, the name of a month, 56, Samзrip, Creeping Obla-
tion, 85. Samsthâ, Consummation, 176. Samvatsara, a year of the
five-year cycle, 239, 257. Samyu, the name of an
oblation, 176. Sanda, the name of an
Asura, 53. Sankara, Sri, 305, 306,
308-310. Sankarananda, 310. Sannyasa, Renunciation, 304.
names of kings, 57. Sashpa, husked rice, 172. Sastra, recitation, praise-
hymn, 175. Sistras, 304.
Sata, a sacrificial basket, 176. Satakratu. Lord of Hun- dred Powers, Indra, 23, 279. See Hundred Powers.
Șatânîka, an ancient King,
Saptadasa, a hymn, 123, Sitapatha-Brahmana,
128, 133, 193, 264. Sarabha, a mythical ani- mal, 121.
Sarama, 274.
Sambara, the name of a Saranyu. daughter of
Saras, Indian Crane 222.
Sambhûti, Brahmâ, 306, Sirasvata Graha, 164.
xix, xx, 12, 29, 52, 72, 157, 192, 286, 293. Şatarudriya, a litany to the hundred forms of Rudra, 140, 147, 148. Satobrihati, a Vedic me- tre, 125, 136.
Sattra, a sacrificial ses- sion, 66, 68.
Sarasvati, the river. 79, 192, 281, 282, 300; Sattrotthâna, rising from the Indus, 281; the a sacrificial session, 68.
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