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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