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SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA.
the Atharvans the Veda of the
Gandharvas, V, 365. Atharvangiras, the study of their
texts, V, 97. &ti, an aquatic bird, V, 70. atigráhya-grahâb, III, 6. atikkbandas, comprises all metres,
III, 104; V, 497; the covering (including) metre in form of which the lions were produced, IV, 38; beyond all metres,
110, 385. Atiratra, ill, introd. xiii, xvii-xx,
xxiii; confusion of its såmans in session of a hundred Atirâtras, V, 92; two in the year's session, 147; Atirâtra with all the sto-
mas, 330, 333, 395. atirikta-stotra, III, introd. xx, xxii. âtithya (guest-offering), ends with
the Idà, IV, 259; is the head
of the (Soma-) sacrifice, V, 491. Atnara, Atnära. See Para. Atyagnishtoma, III, introd. xiji;
last day of Atirâtra, avivákya,
xvii. Audanya (son of Udanya). See
Mundibha. Audbhari. See Khandika. audgrabhana-oblations, III, 249; at
Asvamedha, V, 289 seq. Aupamanyava. See Mahâsåla. Aupavesi. See Aruna. Aupavi Gânasruteya, descends to
earth from upper region, III,
2, 3. ausana-sâman, how chanted, IV, 7. austerities. See tapas. autumn, produced from the ear, and
from it the anushrubh, IV, 10; consists of months Ísha and Urga, 49; rainy season and autumn are the air-world and the middle of the year, 49; in autumn creatures are brahman
vat (i rich in growth), 45. avabhritha, III, 185; at the animal
sacrifice, V, 121; at Sautramani,
264. avakà plants, placed below and above
tortoise, III, 392 ; means water, 393; IV, 49; below and above the lower ritavyå bricks of third layer, IV, 48; drawn across the altar to appease it, 174; etymology, 175; afford least
subsistence, 175; sepulchral mound covered therewith, V,
436. avakåsa, formulas, V, 469; are the
sital airs, 469, 492. avatána, "upstringing' formulas and
oblations, IV, 163. avi (ewe), is this earth, III, 156;
victim, 156; created from Pragapati's ear, 403 ; sacred to Varuna, 411; is the skin of (supplies a covering for) the two-footed and four-footed, 411; fashioned first of forms by
Tvashtri, 411. avid-formulas, III, 89. Avikshita. See Marutta. avis, III, 89. âvitta, III, 89. avivákya, III, introd. xvii. axle, demoniacal voice in, III, 291. Ayasthûna, a performer of a sattra,
V, 61. Ayavas,-Yavas and Ayavas the
former and latter fortnights, connected with creatures generally, and the katuskatvarimsastoma, IV, 69; the lords of
creatures, 76. Ayogava. See Marutta. Ayus, is Agni, III, 323. Åyushtoina, form of Agnishtoma,
IV, 287.
Bahishpavamâna, of Vågapeya, III,
8; of Abhishekaniya, 69; at Asvamedha, is heaven, V, 305, 306; when chanted outside,
305. bahvrika, theologians of the Rig
veda, V, 72. Bâlâki, V, 165. balance, the right edge of the vedi is
a balance in which the Sacrificer
is weighed, V, 45. Balbika, Prâtipiya, a Kauravya king,
V, 259. balvaga, grass used for winding round
throne-seat, V, 461. bamboo. See reed. barefooted, consecrated king never
stands barefooted on earth, 111,
129. Bårhaduktha, Apri-verses, V, 303. Barhaspatya pap, III, 21, 28, 36. barhis, is the sky, V, 248.
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