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INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
salve (ângana), 61, 101, 311, 381, 401, 409, 415.
Sâman, 161, 204, 226-7, 229; singers of, eighty-three, 89. Sâmbu (Angiras), and Sâmbavya, 6, 678. samsrâvya (havis), 303. samsthitahomâb, final oblations, 496. samtânakarma, a certain rite, 259. sâmudra and sâmudrika (chiromancy), 260.
Saramâ, 404; cf. dogs of Yama. Sârameya, 636; cf. dogs of Yama. Saranyú, marriage of, 364. Sarasvati, 23, 32, 139, 173, 329, 389, 424, 454, 512, 581; Sarasvatis, three, 27, 512.
sâri-birds (sârikâ), 144, 266, 352. sarkota: see scorpion. sarpâhuti, a certain ceremony, 655. Sarva, a god, 56, 75, 119, 155 ff., 161, 175, 402, 406, 604, 618. sasayur mrigab, a wild animal (?),
368.
Satarudriya, a litany, 586. satra-offerings, 204, 207. sautrâmazi-sacrifice, 112, 328, 578,
591.
sava and savayagña (solemn bestowal of dakshina), 414, 528, 595, 610; cf. sâlâsava.
Savitar, a god, 32, 48-9, 54, 79, 80, 85, 95, 109, 111, 123, 140, 143, 149, 160, 168, 210, 212, 221, 403, 422, 503.
scorpion (sarkota), 29, 30, 153,
553.
sea-animals and monsters, 157, 621. seasons, five, 209; six, 203; and their lords, 162.
seduction of Indra by an Asurî, 103,
268, 547.
serpents (snakes), charms against, 151 ff., 425, 461, 487, 552 ff., 605; rites to on the full-moon day of the month Mârgasirsha, 640; names and varieties of, 27-9, 152-4, 192, 193, 425, 427, 488, 553, 608, 655; as gods, 43, 119, 126, 162 (cf. Takshaka); rope full of teeth, 147. sesamum, sesame-oil, as a remedy, and against demons, xlviii, 13, 64, 110, 238, 248, 258, 427, 540. seven priests, 204; seven Rishis: see constellations.
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shavings of wood, 236, 261. shepherd's charm against wild beasts and robbers, 147, 366.
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ship of fortune, 94; golden, 4, 6, 415, 680 (soma, the moon?). shouting, hostile, 408. sieve (scatters disease symbolically), 248, 473, 519. sîmantonnayana, a ceremony, 545. sin, expiation and prayer for remission of, 122, 163 ff., 165; 'deadly sins,' 521 ff., 545; mental, 163; 'original,' 293; sins of relatives, 59, 82; sins of the gods, 73, 363, 520 ff., 581, 604. Cf. evil.
Sindhu (Indus), a river, 12, 40, 62,
107.
Sinîvâlî, a goddess, 98, 143, 304, 461, 538.
Sipâla, a river, 29, 462. Siva, a god, 326, 506, 620. Skanda, a god, 326; cf. Kumâra. slave-girl, 2, 174, 186, 448, 647. sleeping-charm, 106, 372. sneezing, ominous, 82. soma, three daily pressings of, 590; midday-pressing of, 562; rape of, 241; king of the plants, 55. Cf. ship.
Soma, a god, 1, 5, 14, 30, 32, 53, 62, 65, 75, 79, 85, 90, 94, 103, 112,117, 122-3, 133, 135, 147-9, 154, 161, 170, 175, 183, 186, 188-9, 193-5, 216, 222, 250, 254, 312, 323, 329, 350, 431, 443, 503, 570.
sons, rite for begetting them: see male child (pumsavana). sorcerers and sorceries, charms and practices against, xxii, 13, 38, 42, 58-9, 61, 64-5, 82, 159, 237-8, 280, 285, 393 ff., 403, 475, 495, 592, 602; consecration for, 296.
soshyanti-karma, a ceremony, 243. sovereign power, prayer for, 207, 661; cf. king.
sowing of seed, blessing during, 141, 541.
speckled ghee, 129, 632, 639. spectres and spooks, 5, 6, 125-6. spells (kritya), charms to counteract
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them, 70 ff., 393, 429, 456, 556, 602, 604; objects living and lifeless into which they are put
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