Dyutina, son of the Ma- ruts, 40.
EAGLE, 221, 222; the Sun, 278;-shape, the altar, 87, 100, 239. Earth, 7, 11, 12, 112, 116, 208, 209, 211, 214, 271, 286, 290, 292, 294, 301; Consort of, 11; Mother,
Enclosing-sticks, 9, 12, Fervour, Austerity, Reli-
Encompasser, the, Varuna the Starry Heaven, 9; Vritra, the cloud-de- mon, 4.
gious Zeal, 26, 27, 31, 35, 42.
Ficus Indica, 83;-Reli-
giosa, 83, 288. Fig tree, Holy, 110.
Etasa, one of the Sun's Filter, 55. horses, 149. Eunuch, 81, 259. Evening Soma Pressing,
Dyaus, Heaven, Sky, 11, 74, 118, 179, 184,
37, 38, 40, 47, 50, 63, Father, the Universal, 67,80,81, 84, 85, 87, 97, 101, 108, 116, 124, 129, 138, 140, 141, 144, 145, 150, 155, 156, 166-168, 170, 171, 202, 302. Eight-footed, the ritual name of a cow in calf, 64.
Ekadhanas, pitchers used in sacrifice, 35. Ekadhanavid, a title of Indra, 35. Ekata, Primus, said to be a brother of Trita, 7. Ekatrimsa, name of a hymn, 128. Ekavimṣa, a hymn, 123, 128, 129, 198, 254. Elephant, 221;-keeper,
Embryo, development of, symbolized, 81.
Finisher, the, Death, 303. Fire, domestic, 5; sacri- ficial, 5; funeral, 5; Solar, identified with Brahma, 307; kindling of, 281;-kindling priest, 8, 59;-drill, 34, 282;-poker or shovel, 5.
Fire-altar, 97, 121, 239. See Altar. Fire-pan, 94-97, 101, 102,
104, 107, 119, 120 ;— making of the, 95; fumigating, 95; bak- ing, 96; represents Agui as the Sun, 100. Fires, 117.
217; the Primeval, 156; Firmament, 208, 209, the Creator, 152. 222, 231, 301. Fathers, Manes, Spirits First year of the five- of deceased ancestors, year Cycle, 257. 10, 15, 23, 39, 44, 70, Fish incarnation of Vish- 105, 130, 177, 182, 220, ņu, 207. 227, 253, 266, 276, 288, Fisherman, 256, 257. 290, 298, 299, 307; the Fish-vender, 257. friends, 23; grades of, 179, 181; give riches, 181; have power over seasons, 15; bestow children, 15; punish sin, 181; their raiment, 15. Favour, divine. See Anu-
Five, the, the fingers, 8;
races, 282; tribes, 103; -year cyde, 257. Five fold gift, 278; life,
227, 228; man, 170, 227, 228; river, 281. Flawless hand. See Hand. Strainer, the wind, 4, 8.
Fences enclosing sticks, Flies, oblation to, 224.
hair light, 94; used in sacrifice, 94; goat skin, 75; goats and Gâyatrî, one of the chief sheep, 22. Vedic metres, 7, 14, Goatherd, 256. 30, 34, 81, 95, 122,125, 183, 197, 211, 213,243, 245, 254, 299; connec- ted with cattle, 125; used at morning, 30;
Full Moon sacrifice,1,3,12.
Goddesses, 96, 234; sa-
crificial waters, 26. Gods, mind-born, 28; not originally immortal, 121; their number, 54, 267, 285; thirty-three, 187,190, 285; wives of the, see Consorts, Dames.
Gold, identified with
light. 29; symbol of the Sun, 100, 205; the Sun, 135; offering with, 29; amulet,236; disc with 21 knobs, 100, 101; chips of, 149,
altar, 139, 157; plate of, 100, 108, 114, 295; pieces, 31; discs, 84; chain, 205; castles 35; needles, 213, 214; given as fee, 59; put on the King's head and under his foot, 82; put in the track of the Soma cart, 37; charm against lightning, 186;
Savitar, 275; horns, Harisvâmin, a commen. Hiraṇyagarbha, the mane of the sacri- ficial horse, 249. Goldsmith, 258. Gomṛiga, a wild bull,211, 218.
Good, the, Vayu, 295. Good works, rewarded,
Gotama, a great Rishi,286. Grace, divine, 254. See
Hariyojana Graha, a liba- tion to Indra, 6, 164. Harlot, 258, 259. Hasta, one of the guards of the celestial Soma,
Germ, Source of Gold- en Light, the Sun iden tified with Prajapati 114, 210, 226, 264,
301, 306, 307. Hiraṇyavatî Âhuti, Ob- lation with Gold, 29.
Homicide, 255, Honey, 5, 148, 150, 170, 195;-lovers, the Aș- vins, 53,
31. Haug, Prof, M., 31, 123, Homer, 252. 267, 302, 303. Havirdhâna, the store where the sacrificial elements are kept, 32, 37, 66, 68, 242. Havis, sacrificial food,13, 34. or altar- Havishkṛit, oblation-pre- parer, 4, 5.
Anumati. Graha, a cup of Soma, 164, 176, 187. Grahagrahana, drawing of cups of Soma, 51. Grass, barhis
covering, 13, 202, 241, 242, 245, 247.
Horn of black-buck. See Black-buck. Horns of Agui, 160. Horse, used in battle, 251; present at sacri- fice, 88-90. 113; given as a fee, 59; sprung from the sea of air, as the Sun, 90, 212; sacrificial, 205-207, 211 seqq.; identified with the Sun, 212,248; eulogy of the, 228,229. Horses, of the Vajapeya
chariot, 72. Horse Sacrifice, 168, 205. See Aşvamedha.
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,
22. 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, 24.
Hyena, 223. Hypermeter brick, 137.
ICE, 226.
Ichneumon, 221.
Ida, Nourishment per- sonified, a Goddess of Sacrifice, 30, 109, 191, 193, 197, 200, 203, 237, 241, 242, 244, 247, 250, 281; symbo- lical name of the sacri- ficial cow, 20, 30, 66, 297; son of, Agni,281.
Invincible brick, the first laid, 96. Inviting-prayers, 190, 196, 206, 207, 226.
Immortal, originally ouly Intellect, the Moon, 123. Agui.and the other Gods through him, 265. Immortality, 307. Indra, 2, 6, 10, 11, 18, 133, 171, 175-177, 183, 189, 191, 192, 195, 197--204, 215, 221, 225; his mother, 275; King of Gods, 78; the 249; castle, 35. Sun, 270, 272; God of Îs, the Lord, the Su- Battles, 36, 152-154; preme Self, 304.
136, 161,169, 178, 182,
237, 247, 250, 269,281
Kapardin, having coiled Kirîta, a savage, who
and braided hair, a
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. Juhu, 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
Karali, a tongue or flame
of Agni, 158.
Knife, razor, 26; slaugh-
Kratu, one of the Seven
Rishis, 151. Kratusthalâ, the allego-
Karka, a Commentator,xix. rical name of an Ap- Karma, religious work,
304, 307-309. Kârshmarya tree, 115. Kârtika, mid-October to mid-November, 23,56.
Kâsî, 310. Kasyapa, an ancient Ri shi, 25, 254, 286. Katha Upanishad, 310.
Jyaishtha, May 15 to Katyayana, xix. June 15, 56.
Kavya, a class of Manes, and the offerings made to them, 181-vâha- na, Agni as carrier of
KA, Who? Prajapati, 3, 14, 56, 92, 112, 114, 186, 207, 210, 214, these oblations, 181. 220, 226, 237, 264. Kavya, name of a metre, Kakshîvân, a Rishi, 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, Kâlî, 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.
saras, 133. Kravyad, Raw-flesh-eater, Agui of the funeral pile, 290. Krimuka wood, 97. Krisânu, a guard of the
celestial Soma, 31,41. Krishna Yajurveda, xvii. Krita, the name of a die, 258.
Kshatra, royalty, the no-
bility, 73, 255. Kshatriya, a man of the princely order, 80, 99, 172.
Kshatriya, a woman of the same rank, 255, 258. Kshurabhraja, Bright Razor, the Sun, the fanciful name of a
a day of Brahma, Kindling-stick(s)9-11.17, Kurus, a northern people,
432000,000 years, 265.
Kama, the God of Love,
Kâmpila, a place in North
India, 212. Kanva, a famous Vedic Rishi, 157. Kânva, the name of a recension of the White Yajurveda Samhitâ,
78. Kusa grass, used for sa- crificial purposes, 2, 26, 34, 43, 45, 109, 114, 149, 150.
63, 61, 99. 240, 262;- verses, 175, 235. King, 75, 187; Soma,75, 177; Varuna, 63; In- anguration of a, 77; consecration of a, 79, Kûshmas, a word of un-
81, 84. Kingdom-supporting Li- bations, 166. Kingship, 82.
LADIES, celestial, deities of sacred metres, 96.
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