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INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
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Brahmans, preparation of, 179ff., 185 ff., 610 ff., 645 ff.; porridge
man, 240 n. portentous occurrences, 262. post, sacrificial, 201, 203, 213. Pragâpati, 31, 55, 84, 97-8, 126, 138,
149, 161, 179, 194, 204, 206, 213-9, 224-8, 230-2, 461, 592,
627, 629, 686. Praketas (Angirasa), a divine per
sonification, 163, 484. Pramandanî, an Apsaras, 33, 410;
cf. pramanda, under plants. Prâna: see breath of life. Pratîkîna (Angirasa), a divine per
sonification, xxiv, 73, 603. pratyangirasa, counter-witchcraft,'
pratyang sxiv ; cf. angiras brother,
Prisni, a forth), personiforocure it,
thet, 399; millet : see durva; muñga-grass, 9,234-5, 242, 248, 278, 519, 523; mustard, 464: naghamâra and nagharisha, epithets of the kushtba-plant, 5, 41, 56, 677; nârâkî (?), 457; nikarâ (?), 470; nilâgalasala, 30; nirdahantî, xix; nitatni, 31, 346, 536; nyastikî (?), 539; palasatree, 295, 299, 356, 530, 584; parasu (tree, or plant ?), 295, 472; parivyâdha-plant, 369; parna-tree, 331 ff., 581; pâtâplant, 137, 305, 354; pâvika = ula, 236 n; pepper, 21, 516; plaksha-tree, 21; pramanda, 236, 253 n, 410; prisniparni, 36, 302; pûtika, 236; pûtudrutree, 58, 573; reeds (vetasa), various sorts of, 308, 348, 464 ; rice: see the word; rohani, 19, 385-6; sadampushpâ, 67, 399; sahadevi, 490 ; saivala, a water- plant, 245; saka-tree, 464; sami, a creeper, 97, 409, 460; sankhapushpî, 539 n; sara- punkhâ, 355 ; sesame : see the word; sigru-tree, 250, 453; silaki, 20-1, 385, 419 ff.; silângâlâ, 30, 420, 465-6; sims- apa, 299; soma, the plant, 6, 43-4; sraktya-tree, 79, 575; sûryavallî,539n; suvarkalâ, 539; syâmà (sâmâ), a black plant, 270; tâgadbhanga-tree, 118, 505, 582 ff.; târkba=palasa, 476 ; taudi (plant ?), 154, 608; tilaka-tree, 575; trisamdhyâ, 399, 539 n; udumbara-tree, 299; ukkbushmâ-plant, 369; ula, 205, 236 ; wsîra, 436, 453; utpala (?), 497 ; vadhaka-tree, 118,476, 505, 582, 584; varana- tree, 39, 81, 505; vibhîdaka- tree (vibhitaka), 470, 505; vibhindant, and vibhindati, 71; vidarî, 356; vihalha, 30, 465; vîrina, 561; vishậnaka (?), 10,
482 ff. plough and ploughshare, 84, 287 ff.,
356, 608-9. poison, charms against, 25 f
42, 154, 373 ff., 511. porcupine, hostile to serpents, 28,
428; cf. ichneumon. porridge (gruel), 36, 30; for the
precedence of younger brother,
expiation of, 164, 521. pridâku, a kind of serpent, 553. Prishâtaka, mixture of ghee and
milk, 385. Prisni, a goddess, 43, 132, 207. Prithivi (earth), personified, 8, 50. prosperity, charms to procure it,
140 ff., 332. protection from sorcery and hostility,
prayer for, 575. pügayag niya : see grâmayagin. puns, 95, 97, 116-8, 146, 153, 194,
205-6, 216, 218, 221, 225, 232, 243-4, 247 n, 249, 251-2, 266 n, 267, 280, 285, 287-8, 298, 322, 326, 336–7, 348 ff., 361, 370, 385, 393, 403, 408, 426 n, 427, 434, 446, 448, 480-1, 497, 505, 507, 518, 527, 551, 561 n, 575, 582-3, 594, 603, 609, 657, 661, 670, 673, 692 ; cf. alliteration,
and double meaning. purâna, ancient legends, 228. purification of the body, 642. purîkaya (with variants), a water
animal, 157, 621. purodása, sacrificial rice-cake, 120,
177. purohita (chaplain of the king), 128 ;
office and character of, lviii, Ixi, Ixii ff.; relation of to the Atharva-veda, lxvii; relation of to the Brahman (fourth priest),
Ixviii. Purûravas, a mythical king, 521,
564 n. Purusha, cosmic man, 186, 216, 629,
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