Handbook of History of Religions

Author(s): Edward Washburn
Publisher: Sanmati Tirth Prakashan Pune

Page 667

vows, 293, 317, 378.
V[r][s.]abha, 482.
Vr[ra]tya-hymns, 179.
Vritra (V[r.]tra), 20, 120, 185, 357, 369.
Vy[=a]sa, 488, 495.
warriors, 28, 29, 419.
water (origin of all things), 48, 107, 141, 330, 362, 378.
waters, 99.
water-pot, 453.
water-worshippers, 480.
wealth (see Bhaga), 528.
White Island, 413, 426 ff:, 431, 545.
wife, see woman.
wild-tribes, 471, 490, 493, 534 ff., 569.
wind-god, 87 ff., 123, 165, 354, 460; worshippers, 480.
witchcraft, see magic.
witness (see oath), 250.
women (authors of Rig Veda), 27; burned, see suttee; as nuns, 291, 310; religion of, 370; use mantra, 440, 450, 453; price of wife, 270, 535.