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list of p. and liturgies, 42, 226-8; by singing praises and sacrificing the gods do everything, 43, 73; p. and metres, 43, 330 sq.; hymn of praise is food for the gods, 44, 232 ; un- successful in the sacrifice is what is performed without a formula, 44, 276 ; praises and hymns necessary for final beatitude, 45, 159, 164; Agni invoked to announceto the gods 'this our newest efficient Gayatra song,' 46, 16; be magnified, 0 Agni, through this spell (brahman), which we have made for thee with our skill or with our knowledge, 46, 24; worshipper ex- pects reward for his p., 46, 46, 52, 327 ; the Angiras have broken even fortresses by their hymns, 46, 74; Agni invoked to prosper the p., 46, 108, 303; p. compared with horses, 46, 164 ; p. compared to a cow yielding milk, 46, 194, 197; in- crease, strengthen the god, 46, 228, 240, 259, 391, 413 ; Agni is like a worshipper bearing the lights of p., 46, 259 sq.; Agni invoked for assis- tance in spells and hymns, 46, 266, 281, 350, 352; Agni gives wealth for p., 46, 300; Agni is the first - born son of the sacred spell, 46, 304 ; Agni has laid the p., like a burden, on the worshipper, 46, 335; godless people called 'hymnless, 46, 366; the poet has fashioned his hymn like a workman a chariot, 46, 367; Agni led by p. and sacrifices, 46, 380; salvation (Sukhavatî) obtained by p., not by works, 49 (ii), 98 sq., 98 n., 102; Lord of P., see Brahmanaspati. (6) INDIAN P. FOR CERTAIN OCCASIONS.
P. to secure the life of sons, and at rites of conception, childbirth, &c., 1, 49 sq., 285-8, 286 n.; 14, 273 ; 15, 220-4; 29, 46-57, 180-6, 287, 290- 300, 394-9; 30, 52-63, 208-18; for a man when his end approaches, 1, 52 sq., 261, 313 sq., 313 n.; 15, 199 sq.; hymns to be recited at the Mahâvrata ceremony, 1, 157-72, 176-99, 202-4 ; at rites connected with the study of the Veda, 1, 246; 29,143-50, 218-22,322 sq., 325,368; 30,73-8,161,242 sq., 245 sq., recited by a man who, speaking in an
assembly, does not please, l, 264; to the Prânas, 1, 281 sqq.; 14, 262#; for travelling and returning home from a journey, 1, 288; 29, 96-8, 231; at expiatory rites, 2, 85 sq., 275 sq. and n.; 7, 153-5; 14, 2502; 15, 312; 25, 272, 272 n., 330 sq. and n.; 44, 179-81, 188 sq , 191-6, 206-11; addressed to Rudra and his hosts, 2, 96; 12, 440-3 ; 29, 255-9, 352-4; 30, 92 sq., 221-4 ; daily p., 2, 105; 25, 151 sq. ; 30, 19-22 ; at the Vaisvadeva ceremony, 2, 106-9, 106 sq. n., 109 n.; of a teacher, 2, 114; 15, 47 sq.; to the dead at funeral oblations and rites for the manes, 2, 138 n.; 7, 86, 86 n.; 11, xlii sq.; 12, 364-9, 426-36 ; 14, 267-70; 25, 123; 29, 103 sq., 107, 109-11, 206 sq., 239, 241-3, 246, 251-5, 355-7, 355 n., 421-4; 30, 106-13, 225-36; 44, 205, 430-4, +37-40; to be recited inaudibly by the hermit, 2, 157; twilight devotions (sandhya), inorning and evening p., 2, 187, 187 n.; 7, 116 sq., 229; 12, 344 n. ; 14, 126 sq., 163, 245-9, 246 n.; 25, 42, 44, 48 sq., 70, 70 n., 143, 252; 29, 74, 225 sq., 286 sq.; at penances, 2, 279, 287, 289-301, 289 n., 291 n., 295 1. ; 7, 88, 93, 97, 121, 149, 151, 161, 165, 175 sq., 178 sq., 181-6; 14, 102 sq., 110 sq. and n., 116 sq., 120, 122, 125-9, 132, 134 sq., 215-17, 222, 294-302, 304-6, 316-22, 327 sq., 330; 25, 44, 48 sq., 63, 439, 451, 457, 459, 459 n., 467, 470, 476, 476 n., 479-82; 29, 287 sq.; for bathing, 7, 205-7 ; at the worship of Vishnu, 7, 208-10; p. muttered at sacred places confer eternal bliss, 7, 256; at rites for the protection of cattle, 7, 261 sq. ; 29, 99-101, 215 sq., 258 sq., 35+; 30, 87 sq., 184-6; 42, 143-5, 150, 303 sq., 351 sq., 359-61, 412-14, 490, 493; in praise of Vishnu, Indra, and Brihaspati, 7, 266 ; at Soma sacrifices, 12, 11, &c.; 26, 5+, &c.; 12, 18, 562 ; at the preparation of the sacrificial fires, the Agnihotra libations and other rites of fire-worship, 12,2, 275, 293, 298, 298 n., 300-2, 307 n., 317– 22, 335-7, 346 n., 349-60,389 n.; 29, 133 sq.; 30, 201-3, 267 ; on taking tlie vow of abstinence, 12, 3 sq.; at
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