Incantation, against an ill-omened bird, 598; against miscarriage, 612,613; against phthi- sis, 613; against poison, 51; against a rival wife, 588. Indigence, 3, 438. Indigenous races, see Dâ-
sas, Dasyus, Dark races. Indra, 4, 8, 12, 17-35,
37-40, 44, 47, 48, 50- 54, 56, 76, 78, 80, 81, 85-89, 91-94, 98-101, 103-115, 119-123, 125, 126, 130, 132-142, 146, 151, 152, 157-160, 164, 167-175, 178-180, 189- 196, 198, 199, 202-209, 211-216, 219, 220, 224, 231, 234-252, 259, 265, 269, 270, 273-275, 278, 279,281, 282, 286, 287, 292, 296, 297-299, 301- 308, 310-316, 318-321, 323, 325, 327, 329, 330, 333-335, 337, 339, 340, 342-346, 348, 350, 351, 355-363, 35-369, 371, 372,374, 375, 377-382, 388,390, 391, 398, 408, 411-413, 416, 417, 420, 423, 425, 427, 431-436, 441-444, 448-453, 457, 458, 460, 463, 464-467, 469,471, 474, 476, 478, 479,483, 484, 487, 489, 491,499, 500, 501, 504, 507-509, 515-517, 522, 527,531, 532,535, 537- 547, 550, 554-557, 560, 561, 563-565, 570, 571, 573-580, 583-586, 588, 590, 591, 593-597, 599, 601, 603, 605.
sha's mouth, 519; his Indrâņî, Indra's Consort, wife, 507-509; his 507-509, 588, 596. greatness, 120, 134, Indrota, a prince, 212, 213. 234, 249, 417, 423, 449, Indu, drop, = Soma, 198, 515, 516, 554, 590; his battles with demons, 120, 134, 138, 171,516, 517; Lord of Heaven, 248, 554; Chief of Gods, 134, 204; Ma- ker of all things, 452, 458; identified with Sun, 133, 240, 419, 422, 426, 451, 515, 516; Infinity, 470, 486. supersedes Varuna, Inspiration, 92, 231, 397. 570; punisher of sin, 516; Warrior God, 21, 22, 34, 103, 141, 190, 202, 203, 216, 237,
199, 213, 236, and Book IX. passim. Indus, the river, 90, 159,
160, 183, 491, 494, 550. Infant, the, Agni as
lightning, 95, 439; Agni, 386, 387, 468, 495; the young Sun,
Inspirer(s), 3, 13, 261, 298, 349, 354, 447. Instructress, the, Deshtri, 506.
250, 265, 417, 441,531, Invoker, 355, 395. 544; tutelary God of Invokers, Hotars, the two Aryans, 18, 144, 190; Celestial, 4, 574. his attributes and deeds, 120, 449-452; his love of Soma, 122, 202; his rapture after drinking, 132, 138, Îṣvara, Lord, Supreme 139, 171, 563, 564; Deity of post-Vedic aided by the Maruts, time, 377 note. 126, 245; priest, 140; Ita, a Rishi, 601. his chariot, 172, 413,
Iron, or other metal, 5, 15, 90, 244, 251, 269, 337,449, 510,531, 532, 537, 540.
423; his horses, see JACKAL, 421. Horses; his existence Jacobi, Dr. H., 502. doubted, 250. Jagati, a Vedic metre,
-and Agni, 38, 88, 89; 577.
-and Pûshan, 38; Jâhusha, a protégé of the -and Soma, 38, 98, Asvins, 71.
Vimada, 476. Kanîta, the name of a
Jamadagnis, 309,310,363. Kamadyû, the wife of Kine, rays of light, 74, 75, 208, 348, 376, 516, 583; heavens & earths, 216; waters, 449; milk, 284, 344, 359, 565; rain-clouds, 291, 452;
or savage, 1, 11, 496. Jâtavedas, the Omnis- cient, Agni, 5, 8, 11, 13, 16, 100, 132, 154- 156, 185, 187, 217, 218, 222, 322, 386, 388,,390, 401-403, 445, 453, 454, 467,482, 499, 510, 513, 521,553, 559, 585, 592, 604, 608.
Jhelum, the river, 490 note. Jñânam, knowledge, 484. Juhu, a sacrificial ladle;
possibly a ProperName, 552 note. Jumna, the modern name of the river Yamunâ, 20, 246, 490.
KA, Who?, the God Pra-
japati, 566 note. Kâbul, the river, 148
note. Kadrû, apparently a Ri- shi, 191; Queen of Ser- pents, 608 note.
Kaṇva, an ancient Rishi, 103, 110, 112, 117, 118, 120, 124, 127, 128, 130, 131, 174, 259, 261, 263, 266, 426, 466, 592. Kanvas, 108-110, 112, 114-116, 119-122, 126, 169, 172, 174, 265, 559. Kâņva, a descendant of Kaṇva, 103, 115, 125, 128, 129. Kâṇvâyanas, descendants of Kanva, 266. Kapardin, wearing braid- ed hair, 321 note. Kapi, an ape, 507 note. Kapila, a famous Rishi, 419.
Karali, name of a flame
of Agni, 387 note. Karanja, a demon, 450. Kasu, a prince, 119. Kasyapa, a famous Ṛishi, 22, 352, 382, 577.
Kadruka days,days of the Katha Upanishad, 581. Abhiplava festival, 400. Kaurayâṇa, patronymic
Kakshivân, an ancient of a prince, 113.
sacrificial waters, 371. King, benediction of a, 602,603;-Indra,31, 140, 229, 243, 248, 442, 443, 464, 468, 580; Agui, 10, 187, 383- 385, 445, 510, 512;- Soma, 198, 199, 228, Book IX. passim ;- the Sun, 467 ; - Va- ruņa, 37, 51, 82, 83, 184, 396, 545, 602 ;- -Ya- ma, 381, 398-400 ;·
of Kings, Varuņa, 37. Kings, the, Varuṇa, Arya- man, Mitra, 45, 66;- the Ten, 36, 79, 80;- Varuna, and Mitra, 63- 65, 167, 252, 468, 473; -Varuga, Mitra, Aryaman, 147, 573;
sage, 129, 333, 415, Kavasha, the name of a Kratu, one of the Seven
Kurira, a kind of metre,
502. Kuru-krivis, the name of
a tribe, 19 note. Kurukshetra, a district
in N.-W. India, 122, 207, 317, 381 notes. Kurung, a prince, 115. Kurusravana, a prince.
474-478, 494, 496, 522,
551, 560,563, 579, 583, 609.
—, sacrifice, 155, 225,
251,314, 331, 345, 373,
504, 539, 568, 570, 594,
Leader, Neshtar, one of the priests, 521. Leather, 63.
Rigveda, 5 Vols., and Ueber die neuesten Arbeiten im Gebiete der Rgveda-forschung, passim.
Lușa, a favourite of Indra, 436 note.
Lying, prayer for remov- al of sin of, 391.
country, 463 note. Maghâ, a lunar mansion, 502. Maghavan, Lord of Boun- ty, a title of Indra, passim. Maghavans, nobles, ins- titutors of sacrifice,21, 32, 125, 267, 524, 526, 549. Magic, personified, 504 note; of Gods, 183,224, 436,590, 604; of fiends, 1, 2, 93, 94, 101, 139, 184, 202, 554, 584; of meu, 155.
Man, the first, 576; per- sonified, the Soul of the universe, 517 note; son of Heaven and
Name, 20. Manyu, Passion personi-
fied, 488-500.
Mares, swift rivers, 83; waters of the firma- ment, 386. Marîchi, one of the Seven Rishis, 498.
Marriage and marriage
ceremonies, 501-506.
presiding deities of,
398. Mâtarişvan, Vâyu, or Ag- ni, or the bringer of Agni from heaven, 323, 447, 449, 506, 515, 547, 552, 557; the name of a Rishi, 262. Match-makers, 418, 502, 503 notes. Matrons, Heaven and Earth, 385.
Matsyas, fishes; said to be the name of a tribe,
Mârtânḍa, a name of the Mâyâ, Illusion, the cause Earth, 62; akin to Sun, 487. of material creation,
Gods, 71, 131, 144, Marudvṛidhâ, name or 164, 186, 206, 231,247, 264, 470, 474, 548, 607.
Mâna, said to be a name
of Agastya, 36. Manâ, two chains or rings?, 226 note. Manas, Spirit, 461. Manava, son of Manu, 469 note. Mandhâtar, Mândhâtar, names of a Rishi, 181, 183.
thers. Mansions of the Moon, 458 note.
epithet of a river, 490. Maruts, Storm-Gods, 11, 18, 21, 31, 32, 34, 37- 41, 44, 47, 52, 54-59, 78, 89, 91, 100, 110, 113, 123-126, 134, 135, 137, 139, 144, 148-150, 160, 163, 164, 166, 175, 176, 178, 183, 193, 194, 206, 214, 224, 225, 231, 234, 242, 243, 245, 246, 265, 268, 287, 292, 302, 307, 315-317, 320, 332, 337, 341, 345, 349, 351, 357, 362, 371, 374, 375, 377, 398, 411, 419, 421, 427, 432, 433, 435, 445,
Mâyâbheda, Discernment of Mâyâ or Illusion, 604. Mâyava, the name of a liberal noble, 525, 526. Medhâtithi, a Ṛishi, 103, 107, 128. Medhya, a Ṛishi, 262. Medhyâtithi, a Ṛishi, 103, 106, 107, 110, 172, 260, 261, 297. Medicine, Soma, 220; of the Maruts, 150, 583; of Rudra, 49, 167; of the Waters, 391, 583; of Wind, 583. Mehatnu, a river, 490.
Merit, rewarded in hea- Monotheism, 498.
Metal, see Gold, Iron. Metres, 558, 559; allot- ted to various Gods, 577. Milch-cow, Indra, 104; the type of beneficence, 153; Agni, 387. Milch-kine, clouds, 46; rivers, 326, 344.
Milk, rain, 149, 291,452;
Moon, Moon-God, 166, 199, 219, 230, 246, 269, 271,272, 279, 281, 282, 289, 306, 308,324, 325, 332,336,338, 341, 345, 347, 357, 359,382, 419, 423,450,458, 501, 503, 519,525, 569, 584, 591. the food of Gods, 501 note; sprung from Purusha's mind, 519.
sap, vigour, 105; of Moon and stars, 326.
heaven, Soma juice, Moons, two, New and
394, 557; white in coloured cows, 452. Milton, 366, 422. Mitra, 8, 13, 36, 38-40, 43-45. 47, 52, 60-66, 78-80, 88, 89, 139,143, 144, 146, 147, 156, 159- 162, 164-168, 176, 188, 193, 196, 197, 200, 210, 220, 222, 230, 243, 245, 252, 255, 257, 263, 270,
342, 349, 351, 362-364, 367, 371, 374, 377, 382, 384, 390, 393,396, 397, 411, 423, 426, 432-435, 453,467,468, 471, 473- 475, 487, 503, 516, 522- 524, 535,552,553, 556, 571-573,578, 590,607,
612. Mitra-Varuna, 51, 60-65, 159, 252, 275. Mitrâtithi, the name of a prince, 429. Moksha, final liberation, salvation, 518 note. Mole, 323.
Monarch, Indra, 78.
= months, 516. Morning, personified, 35, 45, 48, 67, 73-76, 86, 305, 384, 394, 431, 515, 580; see Dawn.
and Night, 4. Mornings, 11, 39, 46, 63, 72, 74, 77, 244, 339, 344, 432, 502.
and cloud, Genius
of, 42. Mountains, 38, 39, 175,
265, 433, 539. Mrigaya, a fiend or hos- tile savage, 113, 451. Mṛilika, the name of a
Rishi, 592. Mrityu, Death, 406. Mudgala, a Rishi, 542, 543. Mudgalânî,
wife, 542, 543. Muir, Dr. J., 22, 34, 36, 40, 41, 49, 81-83, 85, 94-98, 100, 142, 152, 161, 179, 192, 198,205, 244, 269, 307, 380, 382, 390, 392, 394, 400,402, 430, 439,462, 464, 470, 485,486, 490, 491, 497, 499,501,518, 520, 535, 536,538,550, 558, 562, 564,567,576, 577,582, 589, 594, 611.
Mother, Aditi, 4, 93, Mûjavan, a mountain fam-
159, 231; Dawn, 78, 418, 608; Earth, 96, 407, 469, 514, 527; of Floods, Sarasvatî, 41; of kine (rays of light), Dawn, 75. Mothers,
Rivers, 244, 345, 370, 405, 431, 473; the Waters, 235, 425; Heaven & Earth, 431, 463, 474, 565; Plants, 383, 533; of Law (Heaven & Earth), 463; of Agni (Dawns), 380.
ed for Soma plants, 429. Müller, Prof. F. Max, 6,
15, 31, 32, 34, 36, 46, 49, 54, 57, 74, 82, 85, 90, 96, 97, 100, 131,136,144, 152, 181, 184, 200, 226, 226,237, 245, 259,269,305,355, 382, 392, 404, 407,408, 443, 457, 460, 490-492, 494, 497,504, 516,520, 531,538, 567, 571, 572, 576, 593, 600. Mundane Egg, the, 518
midmost, clouds? Muni, Munis, inspired
Monogamy, indications Mountain, 38; cloud, of, 506.
Mûradevas, impious, men or demons, 101, 510.
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