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Satyarâjan, ritual name
of an attendant at sacri
fice, 186.

Sautramani, 85, 172, 174,

285, 304, 307; the in- Sieve, 178.

dividual, 265, 304, 305. Silver, 35, 213, 214;
Self-existent, the Sun, castle of, 35; plate,

14;-Ruler, Yama, 181.

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with Some sacrifice, Serpent (s), 46, 63, 74,
174-176.

Savimsa, a hymn, 128.
Savitar, the Sun-God as

81, 134, 225; power-
ful superhuman beings,
114, 115, 227, 256.

Sattra,

Seven, Waters, 287; Ho-
tars, 216; metres, 160;
Sun-beams, 160; chief
priests, 48; commu.
nities, 231; domestic
animals, 76; Rishis,
87, 153, 286; organs of

the great vivifier and Session, Sacrificial. See
stimulator, 1-3, 6, 10
18, 21, 27, 31, 37, 44,
60-62, 72, 85, 87,
100, 155, 166, 178,183,
184, 186, 187, 194,198,
201, 202, 204, 206,
207, 212, 236, 254,255
269, 271, 273, 275,277,
282,283, 288, 293,295,
297, 298; protector,
11; purifier, 96; pun-
isher of the wicked, 7;
giver of immortality
to Gods, 274; Courser,
76, 88; Gandharva, 88.
Sâvitra Graha, 60, 61,
164, 269.
Sâvitri, the most holy
text, the Gayatri par
excellenco, 21, 206.
Savrit, 132.
Scabbard-maker, 257.
Scherman, Dr. J.,297,298.

295; disc, as a charm
against death, 186.
Sin, expiation of, 22, 23,

63; confession of, 22;
washed away by bap-
tism, 26; prayer for
removal of, 42, 58, 64,
108, 187, 230, 285;
against Gods, 63, 64,
against Fathers, 62;
against one's self, 62;
against men, 22, 64,
187; against wild ani-
mals, 22, 187; bonds
of, 101, 108; punish-
ment of, 63.
Sindhu, Indus or river,

perception, 231, 237;
vital aîrs, 287; ton- 69, 272, 283.
gues of Agni, 158;
rivers, 282, 300; priests 94, 281.
of Agni, 158; mansions
of Agni, 158; logs of
fuel, 158.
Seventeen,

Sinivâlî, a Lunar Goddess,

Prajâpati's
number, 73; chariots,
73; drums, 73.
Seventeenfold hymn, 254.
See Saptadașa.

Shattrimea, a hymn, 128.
Shaving, a sacrificial cere-
mony, 25, 26.

Science, knowledge of Sheep, 184, 199.

the Gods, 307.

Sea, the Sun, 156.
Season, deified, 233, 301;
-groups, 209,-lords,

130.

-

Ship sacrifice, 196.
Ships streams of water,
83.

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Shoḍași, sixteen-hymned

libation, 65; a title of
Seasons, 130, 148, 233, Indra, 65, 232; of Pra-
239; five, 100; six, jâpati, 264.
15, 76; personified, Sickle, 108.
107, 125, 166, 209, 235. Siddhis,

Sipivishţa, a name of

Vishnu, 69, 207, 208;
of Rudra, 143.
Sitaram Sastri, 308.
Sitikantha, White-throat-
ed, or Black-throated,
Rudra, 143.
Şiva, a later form of
Rudra, 24..
Şivasankalpa Upanishad,

280.
Sky, 214, 292, 301.
Slaughterer. See Immo-
lator.
Sleepless Gods, Inbreath,

and Outbreath, 287.
Sling for carrying Ukhya
Agni, 100, 101, 107.
Snake. See Serpent.
Snipe, 182.

supernatural Snowy Mountains, 121.
So-and-So,51,78-80,83,231.

Self, the Supreme, 61, powers, 306,

Sobha, the city of the
Gandharvas, 144.

Sobbya, a title of Rudra,

144.

Soma, the God, 74, 176,
202, 208, 225, 227, 243,
248, 254, 282, 284, 291;
Lord of the Forest, 84;
of plants, 111; of trees,
130; King of Bråh-
mans, 78.
Soma, the plant, grows
on mountains, 32; used
to curdle milk, 2; fit
parts picked out, 30;

Spade, 38, 44, 88-90, 92, Stallion, the, Dyans or

293; called woman,

88, 293.

Heaven, 216; the Pra

vargya Caldron, 300.

Speckled Cow, the Earth, Stars, 214, 226, 301.

60.

12; cloud, 54; mares of Stbålf, a Cooking-pot, 2,
the Maruts, 12.
Speech, 216, 291; perso

nified, 13. See Vik.
Speech, Goddess of, Saras-
vatf, 65, 192; Lord of,
Brihaspati or Prajapati,
26, 78; Prajapati, 71,
88, 255; Prâna the
Genius of Breath, 51;
Indra, 67.

purchase of, 29-31, Sphya, a sword-like sacri-
ficial instrument, 7, 36,

174; watering, 172;
pressing, 35-39; taken
from the cart, 48;
measured out, 50; God
connected with the

85.

Spirit, Lord of, said to be

the Moon or Parames-
vara, 13.

Stoma. See Praise-song.
Stoma-bhaga bricks,
132.

Stomas, enumerated, 165;
fauciful meanings of
names of, 128; bricks
representing, 128.
Strainer (s), 2, 4, 80, 85;
the wind, 4, 8, 26;
the lord of the, the
consecrated household-
er, 27.
Strength, 166; son of,
Agni, 97, 103, 113,
135-137, 238.

Fathers, 15, 24; sage, Spoons, sacrificial, 10. Strength-quickening ob-
19, 179; identified with See Ladles.

lations, 166.

name, 212.

woman's

the Sun; Lord of the Spotted Bull, the Sun, 17. Strophe, xviii, 175.
world, 32; Lord of Spring, 15, 22, 81, 117, Subhadra, a
Consecration, 35; im- 122, 133, 198.
mortal, 50; Brihaspati's Sprinkling with holy Success Libation, 165.
water, 4, 9, 36, 45, 46, Şuchi, mid-June to mid-
72, 82.

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Somavats, a class of Sravana, mid-July to Sukla (White) Yajurveda,

Fathers, 179, 220.
Soul, the Universal, 260,
264, 304; the indivi-
dual, 260,304. See Self.
Sound-holes for the press-
stones, 38, 39.

mid-August, 56.

Sri, Beauty, 263.
Srishtis, Creation bricks,
129.

Sruk, an offering-spoon,
8, 13, 158.

Southern Fire, 17, 206, Sruva, a dipping-spoon,

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xviii.

Sukra, Bright, the Sun,
53; mid-May to mid-

June, 54, 56, 124, 209.
Şukra Graha, 123, 164.
Sumangala, the ritual
name of a sacrificial
attendant, 186.

Sovran Lords, Mitra and Stake, sacrificial, 191. See Summer, 15, 82, 122,

Varuua, 82.

Yûpa.

124, 134, 198.

Sun, the, passim, eye of Sushena, a Winter month, Taittirfya-Sambitâ, xvii,

Agni, 32; of Varuna

134.

and Mitra, 33; of the Sutraman, Good Deliver-
Universe, 292; self- er, Indra, 85, 172.
existent, 14; the True, Sûtrâtman, Soul-Thread,
294; Son of Dyaus, 33; Hiranygarbha, 307.
All-embracer, 123; Şutudri, the Sutlej river,
represented by a co- 282.

26, 28, 140, 188, 254.
Tanûnapât, Son of Him-
self, Agni, 24,197, 199,
236, 240, 243, 250,
Tânûnaptra, 34, 190.
Tapa, Pain, the fanciful
name of a month, 139.

loured stone, 156; Svadhâ, food offered to Tapas, the same, 56, 209.
the Manes; also the Tapasya, Painful, the
accompanying sacrifi- same, 56, 139, 209.

Spirit in the, 308;
sprung from Purusha,
262. See Surya, Savitar.
Şuna Sira, two deities or
deified objects connect-
ed with agriculture,
109, 220.
Sûnṛitâ, Pleasantness,

278.

Supreme Lord, 13, 68,

151, 152, 304.

Supreme Self, 61, 231,
264, 304.

Suri, wine, spirituous
liquor, 71, 85, 172,174,
177, 183, 189,193, 194,
199, 200, 204 233,256;
preparer of, 256.

cial exclamation, 10,
15, 70, 177, 178, 181.
Svaga, Good Speed, a
sacrificial benediction,
164, 205.

Svâhâ, a sacrificial excla-
mation, 11, 12, 18, 191,
198, 201, 205, 298.

Târkshya, a personifica-

tion of the morning
Sun, 213, 227; the fan-
eiful name of an
Autumn month, 134.
Tegas, a word of unknown

meaning, 224.

Tempest, 224.

Svâhâkṛiti Goddesses. Termite(s), 98, 293.
Introductory Oblations That, the Supreme Self,
deified, 244.

264.

Rudra, 143.

Svâna, the name of one Thieves, 98; Lord of,
of the guards of the
celestial Soma, 31.
Svâra, a certain Saman,
122.

brick, 133.

Surabhi, the Cow of Svarâj, the name of a
Plenty, 289.
Surya, the Sun-God, 4, Svarga, heaven, 133, 257,
14, 18, 32, 33, 60, 290, 304.
82, 85, 118, 139, 160,
164, 167, 168, 214,216
232, 264, 271,272,291,
295, 295, 296, 300,301;
expeller of evil spirits,
10; frees from sin, 188;

eye of Mitra, Varuṇa,

Svayamâtṛinnâ, porous
brick, 116, 139.
Svishtakṛit, Fair-Offering
Maker, a title of Agni,
202, 204, 243.

Third height of heaven,

138, 265.
Thirty, indefinite

for

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Swan, 182, 222; the Sun, Thread, sacrifice, 191.

183.

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tres, 65, 264; sacrificial
elements, 200;-eyed,
Șiva, 24; three steps
or conditions, 265.
Thunder, 224.
Thunderbolt, 7, 25, 26,
86, 253; a chariot, 72.
Tokman, green barley,

172.
Tortoise, 222; buried in
the altar, 114, 118; in-
carnation of Vishņu,
118, 207; supports the
world, 118; represents
the Sun or Prajâpati,
111.

Tortoises, oblations to,
224.

Trades and occupations,

256-258,
Trayastrimsa, a hymn,
123, 128, 129, 133.
Trayovimsa, a hymn,128.
Treasure-guard, the, 62.
Trees, 180, 292.
Tretâ, a die.

Tribes, Celestial, 241.

ma, 76, 81, 100, 122,
129, 132, 198, 254.
True, the, the Sun, 294;

Brahma, 307, 308.
Truth, the, Agni, 93,102;
reality, godhead, 2 ;—
and falsehood, 183.
Tryambaka, a name of

Rudra, 24, 220.

Tutha,

the Brahman

priest, 40, 59.
Tvashtar, the divine arti-
ficer,shaper of theforms
of living beings, 14,
61, 62, 72, 85, 121,
176, 191, 193, 198,
200, 208, 225, 228, 230,

man, the Creator, 152;
the Sun, 286,
Universal Gods, 54, 57,
197. See Vigve Devas.
Universal Sacrifice, 265,
267. See Sarvamedha.
Unnetars, 8 class of

priests, 44.
Untruth, unreality, hu-
manity, 2.
Upabbrit, one of three of-

fering spoons, 10, 12,13.
Upâmsu, Graha, 51, 78,
122, 164; press-stone,
50; Savana, 51.
Upanishad, xx, 140, 264,
280, 304.

233, 234, 237, 238,241, Uparava, sound-hole, 38.
244, 248, 251, 263, Upasads, 35, 174.

296; creator and lord Upayâma, a sacrificial

of cattle, 45, 121.
Twain, the Righteous,
Mitra and Varuņa, 52.
Two Goddesses, Heaven
and Earth or Day and
Night, 210, 242,

Triņava, a hymn, 123, UDGâtar, Chanter of Så-

128, 129, 133, 254.
Triocular, a name of Șiva,

24.
Triple bond, 160; Praise-

Song, 81.
Trishṭup,one of the chief

ma hymns, xvii, 61,

215.
Udumbara tree, 28;-
wood, 39, 73, 75, 80, 83,
84. 97, 100, 116, 118,

157.

formula, 224.
Upayamanî,a large wood.

en spoon, 299.
Urj, Energy, the name

of a month, 56.
Úrja, an Autumn month,

127, 209.

Urdhvanabhas, probably
Vâyu, 47.
Urvast, a celebrated Ap

saras, 34, 134.
Ushas, 278. See Dawn.
Ushnih, a Vedic metre,
126, 136,243,245, 254.

Vedic metres, 7, 14, Ujjitis, Victory Formu Ushnihâ=Ushṇih, 197,

30, 34, 67, 82, 88, 95, las, 76.

213.

122, 197, 211, 213,244, Ukhâ, Fire-pan, 89, 94, Uttaravedi, the High

245, 254.
Trishtup bricks, 135.
Trita, or Trita, an anci-

ent Vedic deity, per-
haps Agni as Light-
ning which is his third
form, 6, 7, 248, 280.
Trivṛit, triple, 132; Sto-

117, 178.

Ukhya, of the Fire-pan,

Agni, 100-105, 107,
124, 156.
Uktha, hymn of praise,
55, 132, 175, 176,
Ukthya Graha, 55.
Unborn, the, Viṣvakar-

Altar, representing the
universe and identified
with Agni-Prajapati,87.

VÂCHASPATI, Lord of

Speech, 51; Indra,
67; Prâna the Genius
of Life, 51.

Vaikankata wood, 85,
97, 157.

Vairâja, a Sâman, 82,

123, 133, 198, 254.
Vairupa, ditto, ibid.
Vaisakha, mid-April to

mid-May, 56, 117.

46, 58, 76, 120, 129,
138, 166, 178, 192,
204, 231,265, 278, 300.
Vala, the rain-withhold-
ing cloud, personified,
a demon of drought,
194.

Vaiṣvadeva Graha, Liba- Valaga, a magic charm,
tion to the All-Gods, 38.

164;-Nivid, 267;- Vâlakhilyâs, bricks repre-
Uktha, 133.

Vaisvadevt bricks, 125,

126.

Vaisvânara, Common to

senting the vital
breathings, 127.
Valmiki, the poet of the
Râmîyaṇa, 225.

100.

100.

all men, a title of Ag- Vâmadeva, a Vedic Ṛishi,
ni, 29, 48, 55, 103,109,
118, 119, 125, 161,170, Vâmadevya, a Sâman,
188, 205, 225, 232, 254,
268, 275, 276, 278;- Vanaspati, Forest-lord,
rice cake, 158;-Graha,
the sacrificial stake,
164.
43, 191, 198, 200-204,
Vaisya, a man of the peo- 237, 241-244, 246,
ple, the third class, 83, 248.
Vanîvâhanam, Driving
hither and thither of
Agni, 103.

129, 168, 172, 231,255,

262.

186;

33; represents royalty,
made a path for
the Sun, 63; God of
night, 272; dwells in
the waters of the Air,
81; Lord of physicians,
201; physician, 244;
his noose for sinners,
42, 63, 101; his three
bonds, 248; the
Waters' Child, 81.
Varuna and Mitra=sky
and earth, 247.
Varûtris, Protecting God-
desses, 96.

Vasa, melted fat, gravy,

47.

Vașâ, a sacrificial cow, 64.
Vasativarî, waters used
in Soma-pressing, 48,
49.
Vashat, a sacrificial ex-
clamation, 55, 92, 175,
187, 203.
Vasishtha, a famous Ṛi-
shi, 122, 286.

of V.,

Vapaṣrapani, a stick on Vasishthas, descendants
which the omentum is
wrapped for roasting, Vasishtha-hanuḥ, a com-
unknown

Vaisya, a woman of the
third class, 205.
Vaja, Strength, 224; the
name of one of the
Ribhus, 298.
Vajapeya, Draught of Varsha, rain-year, 227.

46.

Strength, a Soma sa- Varuņa, the Encompas-
crifice, 71, 75, 231.
Vajaprasaviya oblations,
75, 166.

Vajasaneya, or Vâjasa-
neyi,a recension of the
Yajurveda Samhitâ,
xvii, xix.
Vâjins, Racers of the

Gods, 219, 223, 225.
Vajra, Indra's weapon,
thunderbolt, 25.
Våk, Speech, the Word,
personified, 13, 28, 29,

ser, originally the starry
heaven, the chief of the
Âdityas, 9, 10, 32, 48,
133, 154, 168, 183, 184,
194, 196, 202, 204, 205,
225, 227, 228, 231, 236,
242, 244, 248-250,
254, 266, 269, 271, 273,
274, 276, 285, 287,
291, 301; moral go-
vernor of the world,
78, 101, 186, 196; re-
presented by Soma, 32,

192.

pound of

meaning. 302.
Vasordhârâ, Stream of
Riches, a sort of Coa-
secration service for
Agni, 162.
Vasu, Good Lord, Agni,
84, 102, 209, 236, 239.
Vasu, sacrifice, 2.
Vasus, a class of deities,
10, 12, 13, 30, 77, 94,
95, 105, 124, 125, 169,
190, 198, 209, 211, 240,
247, 248, 250, 285, 297.
Vasvi, female Vasu, the
Soma Cow, 30.

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