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HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA.
Eagle, 16, 77, 132, 137, 146, 190,
306; finds healing plants, 306, 375; heavenly (lightning), 68,
241, 401, 581. ears of cattle, pierced, 174, 658. earth, mother of plants, 235; god
dess, 180, 199 ff., 639 ff.; lump of (curative), 234, 287, 475, 552; froin a bee-hive, 427; from a mole-hill, 427; -quake, 640; carths, three in number, 30, 68, 400, 471, 631, 686; earths, nine
in number, 228, 631. eclipse of moon, 533; of sun, 294,
662 n. effigy, human, in witchcraft, 72, 359,
534. Ekata, a water god, 521–2. elephant, 76, 116, 144, 195 (female),
202. enema, 236. enemies, charms against, 89, 92-3,
325, 334, 484, 544, 557. eunuch, 108, 130, 538. evil, charms against, 163, 509; eye,
61, 91, 285-6, 474 (cf. pâpmagana); deposited in a garment, 654 ; qualities, personified as divinities, 423; thoughts, elimination of, 594. Cf. sin.
sharma Agni, 66.19, 208; in
eun. charms 1285-6, 47 in a safied as
Gami, a goddess, 323. Gandhari, a people, 2, 446. Gandharvas, 31, 33-4, +3, 80, 119,
125-6, 160, 202, 205, 210, 214, 225, 229, 254, 323, 370, 408 ff., 413, 520-1, 534, 536 ; names of,
534; Gandharvi, 520-1. Gârhapatya (Agni), 165, 167. Garuda and Garutmant, 25, 268 ff.,
306, 401; cf. eagle, Gâtavedas (Agni), 18, 54, 57, 64-5,
83, 88, 98, 106, 110, 116, 121, 149, 168, 180, 183, 208, 541,
545 n ; (Aditya), 127. gathâ nârâsamsyab, a class of man
tras, 689. Gaya, a sage, 107, 255. gayatri, a metre, 112, 208; in relation
to Agni, 664. gharma, 119; three gharmas, 230,
590. Ghora Angirasa in contrast with
Bhishag Atharvana, xxi. gifts, prayer at the receipt of, 196;
praise of him that bustow's them (danastuti), 197, 688; three,
181, 613. glory, prayer for, 117, 478; cf. lustre. goat-footed woman, 109. godâna-ceremony, 307, 574, 665. gods, ageless, 365; sinful: see sin;
sleepless, 200. gold, 94, 116, 183, 192, 196, 264,
322, 348, 384, 477, 617, 65+,
668 ff.; as an amulet, 63. golden age, 198, 692. golden ship (soma, the moon?), 4,
6, 415, 680. Gotama, a sage, 319. gourd used in charm against ser
pents, +28. Grâhi (fit, seizure), a female demon,
15, 34, 49, 57, 165, 187, 525. grain, charm to produce increase
of, 141, 499; expiatory offering
of, 528. grâmayâgin, -yagaka, and pûgaya
gñiya, an inferior kind of priest,
xl n, li, 580. greed and worldliness, expiation of,
494. Guggulū, an Apsaras, 33; cf. bdellium.
27-4, 612, ourity agains; 25;
Fathers, 10, 54, 59, 60, 73, 87, 119,
126, 138, 161-2, 166, 170-1, 175, 180, 183-4, 186, 196, 223, 229, 254, 384, 456, 544, 585,
603-4, 612, 660. fire, charın for security against, 147,
514; battle-fire (senâgni), 325; in a battle-charm, 121; digestive (gatbarâgni), 242; forest-fire,
107, 443, 468; funeral-fire, 77. fish and fishermen, 154. five peoples (aces), 92, 201, 204. fork of the road, 163; cf. cross-roads. fortune, charm to procure it, 253. frog (symbol of water and coolness),
4, 348, 350, 514-5, 565.. funeral practices in sorcery and
imprecations, 254, 297, 435; funeral-fire, spell in, 77; funeral cow (anustarani), 253.
Gamadagni, a sage, 23-4, 31, 319. Gambling, gamester, and gambling.
place, 76, 88, 144, 149-50, 191, 391, 412, 544, 5+8; cf. dice.
Hair, charms to promote the growth
of, 30 ff., 470, 536.
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