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HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA.
kitrakarma, a ceremony, 666. krisa, designation of a bird, 352. Krisânu, a heavenly archer, 401. kshatram, represents the Atharvan
and its practices (?), xxv. Kshetrapati, a divinity, 486. küdåkarana, a ceremony, 309, 574. Kumâra, a god, 326; cf. Skanda. kuntâpa-hymn, 197, 688. Kuru, a country, 198.
Kabava (demon ?), 67, 339-40. kairâta, designation of a serpent, 38,
427; cf. Kirâta-maiden. Kâla (time) personified, 224 ff., 629,
681, 687. kâlakanga, three (heavenly phenome
non), 13, 500. Kâma, love personified, 102, 175,
220 ff., 311, 359, 591, 629, 682;
myth of, 535. kanaknaka, designation of poison,
154, 608. Kanda, a demon, 66, 301. kânda-poison, 154, 608. Kandra, and Kandramas (moon-god),
10, 17, 85, 120, 128, 161. kankaparvan (scorpion), 29, 553. Kanva, demon of disease, 36, 302;
name of a sage, 23-4, 33, 71,
315, 318-9, 397. karavyâb, designation of certain
stanzas, 689 ff. karki, designation of a white calt
150, 413-4. karsapha (a demon ?), 67, 339. kasarnila (kasarnira), designation of
a serpent and serpent-rishi, 152,
607.
Kasyapa, a sage, 33, 45, 80, 107,
225, 255, 322, 577, 686; eye of (the sun), 68, 403 ; Kasyapas
(plur.), 210. katurihî-karma, a wedding-practice,
276, 546. Kaurama, a tribe, 197. Kesaraprabandha, a woman, 170,
432. Kesin, a divinity, 157, 620. kilala, a sweet drink, 206. Kimidin, a kind of demon, 64, 68,
205, 238, 403. king, practices pertaining to the, li,
In ff., 404, 477 (cf. sovereign power); consecration of (râgasûya), 111, 226, 239, 333, 346, 378, 405, 661, 663; election of, 113, 330; restoration of an exiled, 112, 327, 330; inarriage of, 498; charm to ensure him superiority, 115, 404; compared with Indra, 112; with a leopard, 112; with a lion and tiger, 115; and purohita, mutual rites be.
tween, lxi, 379. kinswoman, curse of, 14. Kirâta-maiden, 153; cf, kairata.
Lakshmi, 261, 565. Lalâmî (woman with spot on the
forehead), 109, 261-2. lash (whip), parts of, 231 ff., 591. lead, in sorcery, 65, 256 ff., 299. legends, 268 ff., 270 ff., 535, 537,
604, 629, 679. leopard, 112. licking the young, sign of affection,
101. licorice (imparts attractiveness, and
persuasiveness), 99, 101, 275–6, 311, 415, 552; cf. honey, and
sugar-cane. lightning, 193; charm to protect
grain from, 142, 543; cause of fever, &c., 7, 246; cures fever (attraction), 271; as 'honey
lash,' 588. lion, 112, 115-6, 139, 132, 205, 380,
477. liquor, 141, 144; cf. brandy, and
kilala. locust, 142. longevity, charms and prayers to
secure it, 49 ff., 52, 55-6, 58, 60, 114, 239 n, 306, 309, 321, 342, 418, 455, 551-2, 569 ff.,
573, 623, 668. lost property, charm to find it, 159,
542. lotus, lotus-root, 147, 236. love-charms, 99 ff., 103 ff., 274, 311,
358, 415, 459, 512, 534 ff., 539. lustre and strength, charms to secure
them, 116, 477, 642.
Madhubrahmana, 587 n. madhugraha, 589. madhusûkta, 589. Magadha, a country and tribe, 3,
446, 449. Maghavan (Indra), 94, 121, 151,
324.
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