Book Title: General Index to Names and Subject Matter
Author(s): M Winternitz
Publisher: Oxford

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________________ 634 VOWS--VYAHRITIS 193, 193 n. ; the universal vow taken Vrishanasva, Indra became the at the Samâvartana, 29, 229; ob- wife of, 26, 81, 81n. servances for the Godana-vrata, 29, Vrishaparvan, dialogues between 403 sq.; see also Hair; one perform- the daughters of Usanas and, 14, ing a vow shall not be arrested, nor xli, 237, 237 sq. n. put under restraint, 33, 19, 288; Vrishni, Krishna, descendant of, 8, ordeals should not be administered 41, 56, 235; Krishna is Vasudeva to persons performing v., 33, 10; among the descendants of V.,8,91; eight v. taken by Milinda before Arishtanemi, the hero of the Vs., being instructed in the secret doc- 45, 114; the Vs. suffered destructrine, 35, 138 sq.; special v. taken tion, 49 (i), 116. by Bhikkhus, 36, 231 sq., 234 sq.; Vrishotsarga, see Bull. laymen, who attain to Nirvana, had Vritra, origin of, 12, 166; one should practised the thirtecn v.in a former enter the fast on the full moon birth, 36, 253-5, 268-71; similes thinking Now I will slay V.;' 12, showing that keeping the v. is a 172; full and new moon oblations condition of attaining to Nirvana, represent the slaying of V., 12, 180; 36, 255-61; punishments of those is the moon, 12, 180, 182; 41, 45, who, being unworthy, take the v., 45 n.; slain by the gods, 12, 40836, 261-4; he who, being worthy, 10, 417-20, 437, 444 sq., 149 ; 26, takes the v., is like a king, 36, 265, 271, 371; 41, 48; was Soma, 26, 7; list of the thirteen v. or Dhu- 100, 239, 265-9, 271, 314, 371; 44, tangas, 36, 268, 268 sq. n.; see also 437 11. ; slain by the waters, 26, 242 Bhikkhus (b); he who has practised sq., 247 ; trodden to pieces by the the thirteen v. is endowed with thirty Maruts, 32, 392; is evil or sin, 44, graces, 36, 272 sq.; the four rites 11, 351; of old everything (the three or vratas, the great vrata, 43, 333 Vedas) was in V., 41, 138 sq. ; Agni, sq., 342; the daily study of the Veda, the killer of V., 41, 218; 46, 51, 92, a vow, 44, IOI, 101 sq. n.; Lord of 102, 187; the waters loathing V., 41, the v., see Vratapati. See also Ab- 332, 332 n.; held fast the ever-flowstinence, Begging, Chastity, Fasting, ing waters, 42, 40; the cloud, 42, Holy persons, Mahâvrata, and 62, 384; Bhava and Sarva, slayers Mauna. of V., 42, 158; Varuna =V., 42, Vrata, vow, see Vow. 370; the butter-portions to Agni Vratapati, or Lord of the Vows: and Soma relate to the slaying of by offerings to Vaisvânara and V. V., 44, 189, 193 sq., 350 sq. and n., one sanctifies ten ancestors, 14, 117; 356. See also Indra (f). worshipped by the student, 30, Vrittikara, author of a Vritti,' 156. referred to by Sankara, 34, XX sq.; Vrâtya: reception of a V., or men- quoted, 48, 206, 261, 302, 337. dicant Brâhmana, 2, xxvii; men See also Bodhâyana. who have not been initiated at the Vulture, see Birds (b). proper time, called V., 7, 115 ; but Vulture's Peak, see Gridhrakûta. see Caste (e), and Initiation ; Prâna Vunda (or Kunda), a Yaksha, with is a V., 15, 276. whom Buddha dwells, 49 (i), 170. Vriddha, of the Gautama gotra, a Vyâghrâpatya gotra, Sthaviras of Sthavira, 22, 294. the, 22, 288, 292. Vrihaspati, see Brihaspati. Vyâhritis, the three holy words, Vrisa Gâna, author of Vedic hymns, Bhûh, Bhuvah, Svah, proceeded 46, 367; story of the Purohita V., from the threefold knowledge, 1, 46, 368. 35; the meanings of the V. esVrishâkapi, seer of a Vedic hymn, plained, 1, 49 sq.; mistakes happen14, 187. ing during a sacrifice are remedied Vrishala, see Caste (c). by the V., 1, 68 sq. n., 70–2; are the Vrishan, n.p., 32, 152 sq. ; 46, 32, essence of the three worlds, of the 35. deities, and of the threcfold know Digitized by Microsoft ®

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