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INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
695
Sonage, xxx
Bhriel, Xxxiv.
trayi vidi, relation of wal
bhos Angiraca, veda, designation
sûtras, xliii ff. ; in the law-books, xlv ff.; in the Mahâbh., li ff.; in classical literature in general, liv ff. ; in Gaina and Bauddha- texts, lvi; in its own ritual literature, lvii ; relation of to the trayi vidyâ, xxxi, xxxv,
Ivi ff.; srauta-practices in, lxx. Atri, a sage, 23-4, 294, 319. Atrin, devouring dernon, 37, 62,
64-5. attractio similium, 241, 249, 270,
443, 468, 542, 561, 564; cf.
homoeopathy. auksha, a salve, 276, 324, 410; cf.
the next. Aukshagandhi, name of an Apsaras,
33, 324,4 rieste condemned. avarice against priests condemned,
423.
Balhikas, a people, 2, 446, 449. bali-offerings, 367, 473, 491. balsam, 94. barber, 57. barley, 13, 40, 43, 57, 87, 110, 162,
204, 219, 232, 540; as an amulet, 285; with water as
a universal remedy, 507. battle-charms (sâmgrâmikảni), xliiin,
xliv, 117 ff., 233, 262, 404, 510, 545, 582; addressed to Arbudi and Nyarbudi, 631 ff.; to Trishamdhi, 637; -fire 325 ;
-machines, 632-4. bdellium (guggulu), 94, 303, 321,324,
409, 548; healing properties of,
40, 675; cf. Guggulu. beans, 110, 536 n; inflammatory,
534 ; 'bean-loves,' 534. beasts of prey, 155-7, 161. Bhaga, a god, 33, 53, 94-5, 101, 135,
140, 160, 173, 204, 312-13, 324,
495. Bharadväga, a sage, 89, 295 ff.,
319; -pravraska, 'cleaver of Bharadvaga,' designation of a
staff used in witchcraft, 295. Bharatasvâmin, a scholar, 340. Bhârati, a female divinity, 512. Bhava, a god, 56, 75, 118-9, 155 ff.,
175, 402, 406, 585, 654, 618. Bheda, a royal sacrificer, 179. bhcshagani, designation of the au-
spicious parts of the Atharva- veda, xviii, xxi, xxxi if., 628.
Bhishag Atharvana in contrast with
Ghora Angirasa, xxi. Bhrigu, a mythic personage, xxx ff.,
xxxii, xxxiv, 171, 433. Bhrigvangirasab, designation of the
Atharva-veda, xxvi, 433,616; cf.
Angirasab and Atharvângirasab. bhusaniskara, a ceremony, 640. birds of prey, 124-9, 155, 157, 205 ;
nests, fire made of, 458; ominous and defiling, 82, 166 ff.,
186. Bishkalâ, 99, 345. biting rope' (serpent), 147, 368. "black food,' 536. blood, charms against the flow of, 22,
45, 174, 234, 257, 385, 483, 531. blue and red (threads), magic colours,
69, 120, 348, 395, 564, 566-7,
583, 587. boar (finds plants), 43, 77, 137, 306. bodily characteristics, auspicious and
evil, 109, 168, 260, 564. bracelet, as an amulet to secure
conception, 96, 501-2. brahma, spiritual exaltation (neut.),
87, 199, 202, 208, 211, 215-7,
220, 224-6, 623, 627-30, 686. brahma-graha and brahma-rakshasa,
designations of demons, 290-1. Brahmakârin (Brahmanic disciple),
deified and glorified, 214, 626. Brahman, the god, 94, 127, 592. Brâhmana, cosmic, 25. Brahmanaspati, a divinity: see Bri
haspati. brâhmanoktam (ceremony), 569,623. Brahman-priests, designated as gods,
529,616, 652,659; as thieves(?), 372; prayers in the interest of, 169 ff. ; invective against oppressors of, 169 ff., 430 ff., 522; inviolableness of their cows, 169 ff., 430 ff.; as fourth priests in the Vedic sacrifices, lviii, lxii,
Ixv, lxviii. brahmaudana (Brahman's porridge),
preparation of, 179 ff., 185 ff.,
528, 610, 645 ff., 653. Brahma-veda, designation of the
Atharva-veda, xxvii, xliii n, lix,
Ixii ff. brahmodya, Vedic charades, Ix, lxiv,
398, 625, 644, 667-8. brandy (sura), 84, 231, 362, 493,
534, 578, 591; cf. liquer.
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