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,
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.
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,
Ship sacrifice, 196. Ships streams of water, 83.
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,
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
Speckled Cow, the Earth, Stars, 214, 226, 301.
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
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.
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.
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,
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,
Sun, the, passim, eye of Sushena, a Winter month, Taittirfya-Sambitâ, xvii,
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,
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.
tion of the morning Sun, 213, 227; the fan- eiful name of an Autumn month, 134. Tegas, a word of unknown
meaning, 224.
Svâhâkṛiti Goddesses. Termite(s), 98, 293. Introductory Oblations That, the Supreme Self, deified, 244.
Svâna, the name of one Thieves, 98; Lord of, of the guards of the celestial Soma, 31. Svâra, a certain Saman, 122.
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;
Svayamâtṛinnâ, porous brick, 116, 139. Svishtakṛit, Fair-Offering Maker, a title of Agni, 202, 204, 243.
Third height of heaven,
138, 265. Thirty, indefinite
Swan, 182, 222; the Sun, Thread, sacrifice, 191.
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.
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,
formula, 224. Upayamanî,a large wood.
en spoon, 299. Urj, Energy, the name
of a month, 56. Úrja, an Autumn month,
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.
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-
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,
senting the vital breathings, 127. Valmiki, the poet of the Râmîyaṇa, 225.
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.
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,
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.
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.
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,
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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