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HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA.
(marmâni, 457), 69, 72, 74, 76-7; spell-figures of mud, wood, &c.,
671 n. spies of Varuna, 88, 391, 402; cf.
thousand-eyed spies. spikenard, 101, 415. splinters of wood, 292. spot on the forehead of a woman,
109. spring-water, cures excessive dis
charges (homoeopathy), 9, 12,
277, 471. sraddha, defined as faith and works,
424. srauta-practices in the Atharva-veda,
Ixx. Sriñgaya, a people, 171, 433 ff. stable, rites for prosperity in : see
cattle. staff for witchcraft, 295. stars, Varuna's spies, 391. sterile cows, necessity of giving
them to the Brahmans, 174 ff., 360, 656 ff.; varieties of, 178 ff.; sterility, charm to cause it, 98, 545; sterility of cattle obviated,
299. sthakara-powder (with variant forms).
311, 436. sthapati, derivation of, 319. storm, four component parts of, 2
623; charm against, 248 ff. streams, navigable, 74, 8o. strife, charms to allay it, 135
362. St. Vitus dance, 513. submission to one's will, charm to
bring it about, 138, 508. success, prayer and practice to obtain
it, 116, 239. Sudra, 68, 72, 402; -women, 2. sugar-cane, symbolic of attractive
ness, 100, 277; cf. honey, and
licorice. suitor, 94. sun, personified as aga ekapad, 625,
664; as an eagle, 652; as a hamsa-bird, 28, 462, 623-5; as a hermit, 403, 621, 626; as a Brahman disciple, 214, 403, 626 ff.; as Rohita (cf. the word), 661 ff.; as a tortoise, 403; sun and moon as two heavenly dogs (dogs of Yama), 13, 404, 500 ; related to time, 683, 686; to brahma, 628; sun-charades, 212,
220 (stanza 21; cf. brahmodya); sun's steed, personified as the
white horse of Pedu, 605. Sunabsepa, legend of, 241. Suparna: see Garuda and Garutmant. Sûrya, 10, 17, 31, 47, 53, 60, 85,
103, 116, 160, 203, 205, 21012, 214, 373,403, 620, 622, 668; sûrya-sûkta, 243 n; Surya, the sun-female (Savitri), 95,
202, 312, 503, 661, 666. Sashan (Sûsbana), a divinity of
parturition, 99, 243-5. svaga, designation of a serpent, 152. 3, 193. Svarbhânu, demon of eclipses, 294. svastyayanagana, a certain list of
mantras, 641. Svayambhû, the supreme being, 592,
686. syenayaga, or syenegyâ, a certain
rite, 343. syeneshu, a witchcraft practice,
577 n. symbolism, 236, 240-1, 243 n, 248
9, 261, 263, 277, 287, 311, 321, 324-5, 327 n, 355, 357 D, 367 n, 369, 371-2, 374, 407, 412, 425, 427, 443, 445, 457, 460, 467-8, 470, 473, 476, 479, 481, 497, 500 m, 501, 519, 537, 545, 548, 551, 558, 561, 564, 567, 583 n.
Tâbuva, a remedy against snake
poison, 28, 428; cf. tastuva. tagara: see sthakara. taimâta, designation of a serpent, 28,
169. takmanâsana and takmana sanagana,
a series of hymns against fever and kindred diseases, 247, 291, 293, 342, 406, 416, 418, 441, 443-4, 469, 474, 505, 507, 568,
676 ; cf. fever. Takshaka (Vaisaleya), a serpent-god,
374, 425, 462, 606. tapas (creative fervour), 199, 204,
208, 214-7, 224-5, 228, 686. tarda (tarda), an insect of the field,
142, 486. tastuva, a remedy against snake
poison, 38, 428; cf. tâbuva. Tauvilika, a certain female demon
of disease, 30, 466. teeth, diseases of, 24, 72, 454, 521;
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