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I. INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
Abhayagana, a list of hymns that
secure immunity from danger, pages 398, 486, 543, 571, 576,
663. abortion, and abortionist, 165, 521,
524, 527. adaptation of mantras, lxiii, 297, 365,
372, 380, 484,525 n, 541, 548-9,
563, 665. adhvaryu-priest, 184, 243; cf. ritvig. Aditi, 50-1, 97, 166, 179, 181, 183,
186, 206, 212, 502, 610, 613,
629, 647. Aditya, 126-7, 192, 499, 661 n. Adityas (plural), 6, 12, 55, 57, 89,
116, 119, 135, 161, 163, 191,
230, 443-4. adrishta, and drishta, designations of
worms, 315, 351. Aga Ekapad, and Ekapada, 208, 625,
664. Agastya, a sage, 23-4, 33. Agni, 1, 3, 12, 14, 18, 24, 32, 35-6,
40, 42-3, 47-9, 50, 52-3, 55-6, 58, 60, 64-5, 75, 77-81, 85, 90, 94, 104-5, 109-10,112-3, 116-7, 120–2, 126, 128, 134-5, 139, 141, 146-9,151, 154,160, 163-6, 170, 173, 175, 179-80, 182, 184-5, 188, 190, 192, 194-5, 201, 205, 208-11, 231-2, 326, 231, 241, 249, 254, 270-2, 308-9, 323, 325-6, 328, 342, 353, 359, 365, 373, 402, 408,432,443, 447, 449, 454, 475,478,485, 498, 501, 518, 525, 528, 533, 545 n, 552, 554, 580, 592, 600, 613 n, 620, 622, 627, 641, 645, 661, 664, 690, 691; Agnis, two, 216; cf. Gârbapatya, Gâtavedas, and Vaisvanara.
agnihotra-sacrifice, 84, 122, 145,
227. agnishtoma-sacrifice, 189, 236, 458,
589. âgrahầyani-ceremony, 365, 551, 639. Åkati, a goddess, 104, 535. algandu, designation of worms, 22,
314-5. âligi, designation of a serpent, 28;
cf. viligi. aliklava, designation of birds of prey,
124, 155. All gods (visve devah), 6, 33, 39, 103,
105, 113, 116, 119, 184. alliteration, 273, 345, 388, 576, 642,
646, 663; cf. puns, and double
meaning. amholingagana, designation of certain
lists of mantras, 321, 509, 600,
628. amrita (ambrosia), 4, 6, 10, 26, 43,
53, 86, 135, 141, 147, 163, 185,
190, 229. Amsa, a divinity, 160. amulet of the antelope's skin and · horn, 336; of aralu, 339; of the
asvattha-tree, 334 ; of barley, 285, 507, 541, 546; of a bracelet, 96; of darbha-grass, 480 ; defensive, 394, 576; of the hairs of a Brahman, 477; of the gangida-tree, 281,669; of gold, 63, 668; of herbs, 42; of karîragrass, 452; of khadira-wood in the shape of a ploughshare, 84 ff., 608; of krishnala-berries, 239; of licorice, 275, 276; of a lute-string, 561; to cause micturation, 236; of mud, 287; of mud sewn up in the skin of a newly-slain animal, 553; of
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