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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.

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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,

419.

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.

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Jarûtha, name of a fiend

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.

chief, 195.

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;

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sage, 129, 333, 415, Kavasha, the name of a Kratu, one of the Seven

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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,

603.

Leader, Neshtar, one of
the priests, 521.
Leather, 63.

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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.

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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.

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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,

505, 506.

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,

17.

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.

Manes, 398, 401; see Fa-

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,

604 note.

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.

ven, 399.

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,

306, 315, 335, 337,340,

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.

Full, 472.

= 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.

147,
401,

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,

Mudgala's

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.

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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

note.

midmost, clouds? Muni, Munis, inspired

326.

Monogamy, indications Mountain, 38; cloud,
of, 506.

8, 77,123,125,328,362.

saint(s), 55, 142, 582.

Mûradevas, impious, men
or demons, 101, 510.

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