an ancient

Rishi, 254.
Âprî, Âpris, a class of

Ârjîkas, name of a people,

317.

Ârjîkîya, ≈ Ârjîka, 207,

490.

propitiatory hymns, 3, Arjuna, a man's name, 21.
272, 483, 553.
Arjuneya, Kutsa descen-
Apsaras, a celestial
nymph, 394, 528, 569.

Animals, tame and wild, crifice, 558.
horse,bull, cow, passim; Apna vâna,
goat, 19, 321,402, 416;
ass, 232, 266; dog, 53,
54, 101, 265, 368; lion
19, 361, 421, 422, 479;
elephant, 172, 190, 304;
buffalo, 119, 123, 176,
292; Gaura, 114, 191,
573; antelope, 114;
deer, 107, 291; ape,
507; wild-boar, 226,
421, 479; wolf, 174,

the, the chief, Ur-

vasi, 35, 36, 412.

dant of Arjuna, 21,

104.

Arjunîs, two lunar man-

sions, 502.

Apsarases, 335, 528, 529, Arka, the Sun, 549.

582.

names of six, 528.

209, 211, 261, 530, 573; Âptya, Âptyas, dwelling
jackal, 421; hyena,

487; fox, 421; serpent,

99, 471; eminet, 403;

in water, a class of

deities, 134, 197, 198,
390,-565.

vulture, 101, 355, 569; Apvà, colic personified,
owl, 100, 101; swan, 545.

176, 291; dove, 598, Arachosia, 175 note.

599; cuckoo, 101; Aradu, a kind of tree,
starling, 176; king-fish-
er, 534; blue jay, 534.
Auşa, one of the Âdityas,

382, 487 notes.
Ansu, a protégé of the

Aşvins, 118.
Anṣumatî, a mystical
river of air, 246, 463.

195.
Araḍva, said to be a man's

name. 195 note.
Aramati, the Goddess of

Devotion, 38, 41, 46,
68, 474, 522.

Anu, the eponymus of 426 notes.

Ârksha, patronymic, son

of Riksha, 213.
Armaiti, in the Avesta =
earth, 522 note.
Armour, 31, 119, 197,

343, 365, 368, 376, 494,
541.
Arrian, 148.

Arrow, the stroke of dis-
ease or death, 71, 143.
the thunderbolt,

226.

Ârshṭishena, son of Ṛish-

tishena, 536.

Artificer of Gods; see
Tvashtar.

Arushaḥ, the Red, Agni
or the thunderbolt,

443 note.

an Âryan tribe, 19, Aranyânî, Goddess of the Arushas, Agni's horses,
113, 131.

Wood, 589, 590.

Anumati, Divine Favour Araru, name of a fiend,
personified, 599, 600; 538.

a Lunar Goddess, 332. Arâyî, a witch or she-
Anushṭup, a Vedic and fiend, 594.

classical metre, 53, 571, Arbuda, name of a de-
577.

Anuyâja, after-sacrifice,
final sacrifice, 606.
Apâlâ, a girl healed by
Indra, 236.
Ape, 507.

Apnâna, the passage lead-
ing to the place of sa-

mon, 113, 169, 171, 479,
554.
Archan, said to be a Ri-
shi's name, 591 note.
Architect of the worlds,

46 note.

Arya, Aryan, Âryas, 8,

18, 72, 79, 91, 144, 153,
159, 256, 262, 352, 395,
436, 442, 451, 464, 473,
475, 482, 499, 509, 539,
584, 592.
Aryaman, one of the chief
Adityas, 38, 40, 43-45,
52, 58, 60-63, 65, 66,
78, 80, 89, 143, 146,
147, 160, 162, 164-166,

497 note.

Ârjîka, a district in N.-W.
India, 125, 381.

168, 193, 197, 210, 230,

243, 252, 263, 315, 338.

Asvya, a family name, Autumn, 518.
195, 196.
Autumns, 42, 61.
Atharvan, a fire-priest, Avabhṛitha, a bath for
129, 376, 410, 449, 511, cleansing Soma plants,
523, 565.
241.
Atharvans, 278, 399. Axe, 5, 79, 100, 221, 355,
Atharva-veda, The Hymns 456, 457, 541.
of the, 85, 166, 199, 387,
392, 400, 455, 456, 469,

Bradke, P. von, 64.

Bhalânas, a non-
on-Âryan Brahma, 391, 564 notes.

tribe, 18.
Bharadvaja, a great Ṛishi,
352, 577, 592, 606.
Bharata, Warrior; a name,
10.
Bharatas, 10, 35.

a Goddess of
Speech, 4, 273, 463,
484, 553.

Bheda, a non-Âryan king,

20, 80.

Bhrâja, a guard of Soma,
501 note.
Bhrigu, an ancient Rishi,
112, 186, 254, 482.
Bhrigus, 17, 112, 121, 175,
254, 369, 399, 419, 438,
446, 447, 523, 568.
Bhujyu, a protégé of the
Asvins, 68, 70, 113,
117, 171, 192, 223, 250

Beard, 171, 536; of Indra, 437, 439, 476, 587.

412, 413, 532.

Bee, 439, 548.
Benfey, Prof., 19, 277,

Bhûtânṣa, a Rishi, 549.
Bird, Soma, 341, 357;—
the, the Sun, 386, 459,
547,557, 569, 604, 608;
the Moon, 338.

Brahmâ, 466, 552, 556,

566 notes.
Brahmachârî, a religious

student, 552.
Brahman, 9, 25, 125, 140,

167, 173, 207, 239,355,
380, 384, 422, 454,469,
486, 492, 505, 515, 521,
549,552, 556, 558, 562,
572, 586.
Brahmans, 46, 65, 170,
225, 245, 448, 485,
501, 503.
Brahman, 98, 244, 267,
519, 535, 536.
Brâhmans, 96, 97, 191,
391, 403, 485.
Brahmanaspati, Lord of
Prayer, 45, 48, 91, 92,
163, 338, 456, 474,
486, 594, 598, 602,603.
Bridal, of Sûryâ, 501,502.
-ceremonies, 503-506.
Bride, benediction on a,
506.
Bridge, 296.

Brihaddiva, a Rishi, 565.

Birds, Agni and Soma, 358. Brihaddivâ, a Goddess

See Animals.

connected with Ilâ and

278, 288, 301, 366, 393.
Bergaigne, Prof. A., 95,
98, 205, 287, 292, 314,
331, 338, 367, 390, 400,
457, 462, 487, 507, 509,
514, 563, 571, 600.
Bhaga, an Âditya, God of Black skin, aborigines,296. chief, 451.
Good Fortune, 14, 15, Bloomfield, Prof. M,, 404. Brihaduktha,

38, 41-46, 48, 65, 143,
146, 265, 275, 298,306,
338, 364, 368, 377, 382,
425, 432, 471, 473, 477,
480, 487, 503, 505,522,
524, 525, 571, 586.
Bhagavata-Purâņa, 520.
Bhajeratha, a Proper

Black Drop, the darken-

ed Moon, 246.

Boar, 54, 226, 537; =

Soma, 358.
Boat, 64, 84, 245, 327,

354, 561. See Ship.
Body, parts of the, 613.
Boldness, personified, 38.
Bowls, the two, heaven
and earth, 444.

Sarasvati, 473.
Brihadratha, name of a

a Rishi,

458-460.
Brihaspati Brahmanas-
pati, 12, 91-93, 131,
246, 273, 336, 337,340,
355, 397, 398, 405,

432, 433, 442-444, 472,

474, 475, 478-481, 523,
534-536, 539, 544, 551,

Soma, 206, 270, 272- Chambers's Encyclopæ- Consumption, 505, 597,

offended, 253; type

362; Maruts, 125, 243. Dânastuti, eulogy of a

of munificence, 207; Creation myth, Scandi-
the priest's guerdon,
328; cloud, 446.

Cows, subject of hymns,

408, 600; Heaven &
Earth, 327; Waters of
heaven, 348; rays of
light, 376, 480, 550,
551, 603; the Maruts,
124, 150; streams of
rain, 192; hymns, 325;
raw, ripe milk set in,

navian, 519; creation
connected with sacri-
fice, 513, 576.
Creator, the, Soma, 362;
Vigvakarman, 497,498;
Dyaus, 149; Prajapati,
566, 567, 576; Tvash-
tar, 392; Dhâtar, 596,
609.

of Creators, Indra

or Savitar, 575.

171, 235; black and Cuckoo, 101.

white, white milk set Cucumber, 59.
in, 240.

Cowell, Prof. E. B., 92, DABHÎTI, a protégé of In-

97, 148, 186, 192, 200,
208, 212, 237, 241,
242, 245, 246, 249,251,
253, 256, 259,260,263,
264, 266-268, 276, 279,
285, 293, 294, 300, 305.
Creation, 375, 376, 591,

609.

dra, 21, 557.
Dadhigharma, an offering
of warm inspissated
milk, 605 note.
Dadhikrâs, a famous ra-
cer or war-horse; a
personification of the
Sun, 48, 540.

-origin unknown,576. Dadhikrâvan

=

Dadhi-

various accounts of,

krâs, 46, 48.

ascribed to Indra, 111, Dadhyach,

450.

prince's liberality, 20;
see Liberality to priests.
Dancer (in war), Indra,
157, 212, 237.
Dancers, the Maruts, 150.
Dancing, 406, 422, 486,
487, 526, 527.
Dânus, a class of fiends,
565,,594.
Darbha grass, 424 note.
Dark One, the, Night, 71.
Dark races, 7.

Dasa, hostile native, sa-

vage, demon, 21, 79, 94,
159, 169, 182, 196, 216,
221, 411, 413, 436, 451,
488, 499, 537, 564,
584, 590.
Dâsas, 118, 147, 246,
262, 457, 470, 482.
Dasagva, one of an anci-
ent priestly family,
132, 469.

Dasaṣipra, a Proper Name,
262.

Daśavraja, a Proper Name,

a son of 128, 260, 261.

Atharvan, 376, 449, Dagonya, a man's name,

138, 178, 235, 245,262,
263, 458; to Viṣva-
karman, 497, 498; Daksha, Creative Power,

Agni, 513; Varuņa,
183, 184; Hiranya-
garbha, 566; Brahma-
paspati, 486; the Un-
born, the Sun, 184;
the Asvins, 414; Tvash- Dame, wife of a God, 507.

Strength, 65, 160, 206,
232, 382, 387, 394,
473, 486.
Dakshinâ, priests' guer-
don, 180, 544, 549.

262.

Dasyave-vrika, Wolf-to-

the-Dasyu, name of a
man, 261, 265, 266.
Dasyu(s), savage foe(s),
demon(s), 8, 21, 120,
139, 153, 181, 216, 225,
249, 261, 265, 266, 296,

300, 352, 411, 448, 451,

459, 488, 499, 500, 529,

537, 538, 547, 548, 601.
Dasyu-slayer, the, Indra,
225.

Dawn, 11, 35, 45, 48, 71,

73-78, 81, 94, 101, 115,
116, 130, 159, 175-177,