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Dyer, 257.

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-

262.

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,

60.

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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,

256.

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-

mati.

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.

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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.

Funeral ceremonies, for-

-the, par excellence,

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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,

157; a thousand chips

used at consecration of

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;

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tator.

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,

169.

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,

Gold

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.

Hawk, 173. See Falcon.

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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.

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Intelligence,

28.

divine,

175,

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.

Iron, 25, 108, 214, 234

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136, 161,169, 178, 182,

237, 247, 250, 269,281

290.

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

of Varuna, 226.

Jupiter, 11.

or francolin, 220, 223,

224.

Karali, a tongue or flame

of Agni, 158.

lives by hunting, 257,

258.

Knife, razor, 26; slaugh-

tering, 46.

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

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a day of Brahma, Kindling-stick(s)9-11.17, Kurus, a northern people,

432000,000 years, 265.

Kama, the God of Love,

223, 255.

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.

known meaning, 225.

LADIES, celestial, deities
of sacred metres, 96.

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