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INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
701
magic identification of two persons, mourners, female, 55, 124-5, 127, 310.
156, 634, 638. Magundî, daughters of (demons), 66, mrigârasûktâni, designation of cer301.
tain hymns, 252, 298. Mahadeva (Rudra), 133.
Mrityu, death personified, 133. mahânâmni-verses, 226, 631.
Mügavant, a tribe, 1, 2, 446, 448. mahâsânti,' great consecration,' 393, mule, symbolic of sterility, 110, 446, 448, 474, 602, 669.
545 Mahâvrisha, a tribe, 1, 3.
Muñgavant, a mountain, 278. maiden, mythical first husbands of, mustard against ophthalmia, 464.
323. male child, rite for begetting one Nabhasaspati, a god, 142, 499.
(pumsavana), 97, 356, 460. nadi, river,' etymology of, 349. mania, charms to secure it, 32, 417, nakedness of man, 192. 518.
Nakiketas, 424. Manmatha, god of love, 311.
Naladî, name of an Apsaras, 33. Manu, 67, 96, 679.
name-giving (nâmakarana), cereManyu, wrath personified, 223, 594. mony of, 573. Maríki, an Apsaras, 414.
Namuki, a demon, liv, 256-7, 583. Marka, a demon, 301.
Nârada, a sage, 172, 175 ff., 435,658, marks of the body, good and evil: 660.
see bodily characteristics. nârâsannsí, designation of certain married couple, blessing for, 96, stanzas, 689 ff. 546.
Nardabuda, 634; cf. Nyarbudi. marrows, eight, 90.
Nârshada, a patronymic, 397; cf. Maruts, 48, 53,90,104,112-3,121-2,
Nrishad. 126, 132, 135, 140, 146, 151, new-moon, night of, fit for sorcery, 183-4, 188, 207, 230, 266, 328, 256, 408. 548, 663.
new-moon and full-moon sacrifices, Mâtali, 162, 629.
559. Mâtarisvan, 53, 205, 216, 219. Night, personified, 20. matrinâmâni and matrigana, desig- ninety-nine, 172, 433; cf. hundred
pation of certain mantras, 399, and one. 518-9; cf. mothers.
nirnayana-ceremony, 574. Mâtsya, a sage, 6, 681.
Nirriti, demon of destruction and messengers of death, two, 167; cf. misfortune, 14 ff., 36, 49, 52–3, dogs.
57, 82, 90, 92, 166 ff., 173, 183, metal-worker, 114.
187, 423, 474, 556-7, 564, 617. metres, 112, 186, 208-9, 327, 345, Nissâlâ, a female demon (), 66, 664.
300. micturation towards the sun, sinful, nîvid-formulas, 328. 314, 668.
Nrishad, a sage, 71; cf. Nârshada. miscarriage, charms to prevent it, Nyarbudi, a battle-god, 123 ff., 631 ff.; 97-8, 398, 302.
cf. Nardabuda, and Arbudi. misfortune, removal of, 364 ; cf. calamity.
Oceans, nine, 328; cf. heavens, Mitra, 10, 37, 39, 50-1,91, 102, 105,
nine. 109, 113, 16, 122, 126, 153, ominous birds, charms against, 166, 160, 172, 175, 195, 310-1, 216, 474 ff., 619; ominous sneezing,
331, 349, 436, 557. mixed grain, spell in, 76.
oracles, 243, 295, 303, 323, 491. mole, 142; mole-bill, earth from, ordeals, with fire, 294 ff.
ox (anadvân), apotheosized, 624. mosquitoes, buzzing of, 36. mothers,' divinities, 644 ; cf. ma- Paidva-practice, 357, 460, 605 ff.; trinâmâni,
cf. Pedu, and horse of Pedu.
82.
427.
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