A General Index to the Names and Subject-Matter of the Sacred Books of the East — SBE Vol. 50 (compiled by M. Winternitz, 1910)

; is one of the eight Vasus, 15, 140 sq. ; 44, 1 16 ; quoted as a legal authority, 25, 334 ; called Ordhvanabhas, son of the Maruts, 26, 1 98, 1 98 n. ; finds out that Vritra is slain, 26, 265 ; leader of beasts, 26, 361 sq. ; 43, 75 ; lord or ruler of the air, Nabhasaspati, 26, 453 n. ;

29, 280 ; 42, 499 ; 43, xx, 43 sq., 44 n., 208, 382 ; dwells in the womb of the regions, 29, 45; 30, 199; aerial serpents belonging to V., 29, 328 sq. ; the swiftest god, the swiftest of all beings, exists in the three worlds, 29, 335 ; 43, 61 ; 44, 278 ; 48, 330; Ya^us, v., air, breath,

30, 152 sq,, 231 ; has made a fruit fall from a tree, 30, 180; is the surveyor of food offered to the ancestors, 30, 228 ; the lord of aerial beings, 30, 237 ; comes to the offering on quick racers, on his chariot, 32, 444 ; yokes the two ruddy horses to the chariot, 32, 444 ; father of the Maruts, 32, 444, 448 ; V. and Pra«a not to be identified, 34, Ixxiv ; 38,256-9; having become breath, V. entered into the nostrils, 38, 91 ; is the best among the Devas, 38, 256; created, 41, 148 ; V. and the Rudras, 41, 149 n., 150; identified with Pra^apati, Agni, and the Sacrificer, 41, 152, 284 ; 43, 57 sq., 363 ; V. and Ugra identical, 41, 160; V. Matarijvan is the wind, 41, 221 ; frees from misfortune, 42, 5 1 ; companion of cattle, 42, 142 sq., 304; Vijvakarman is V., 43, 6, 106 ; is all the light in the air-world, 43, 47 sq. ; the support of all beings, 43, 66 ; the second Vijva^yotis, 43, 130 ; V. or wind, and sky are close together, 43, 140 sq. ; is of trishmbh nature, 43, 142 ; is the self (body) of all the gods, 43, 179; 44, 505 ; deity of YikbandRS metre, 43, 331 ; the waters are his food, 43, 335 ; identified with the Ya^us, 43, 336 ; onethird of fire, 43, 402 ; is one and a half god, 44, 117, 1 17 n. ; heard, but not seen, 44, 130^; fight is Agni, might v., glory Aditya, 44, 173 ; Soma purified by V.*s purifier, 44, 225 sq. ; delivers from sin, 44, 265 ; gods of the air headed by V., 44, 291 n.; thesinger of praise, 44, 312 ; sacrificed as animal, 44, 319; the transformer of seeds, 44, 345 ; purifies the burial-ground, 44, 431 ; purifies by blowing, 44, 457 ; V. and the atmosphere are immortal, 48, 568 ; Agni,** V., and Aditya, see Agni (b) ; Indra and V., see Indra (e). See also Wind.

(b) Worship of V.

and the atmosphere are immortal,
48, 568 ; Agni,** V., and Aditya, see
Agni (b) ; Indra and V., see Indra (e).
See also Wind.

(b) Worship of V.

V. invoked for protection, &c., 2, 114; 7, 86 n. ; 15, 334; 29, 41, 44, 184, 210, 232, 280, 288, 301, 398; 30, 61, 188, 197; 32, 445; 42, 54, 128, 140; 43, 43 ; 44, 316; 46, 44 ; Agnihotra libation to V., 12, 327, 334; 44, 81, 81 n. ; offerings to v., 12, 446 ; 26, 195, 265-9, 277 sq. ; 29, 320 sq., 388 ; 30, 22, 51, T23 ; 44, 77, 77 n., 84, 209, 345, 347? 505 w« ; the warp of the Dikshita's cloth belongs to V., 26, 9 ; worshipped at the Tarpawa, 29, 121, 149 ; 30, 243 ; student worships V. as lord of the vow, 30, 156; invited to the Soma, 32, 440, 444 sq. ; Indra and V. invoked jointly, 32, 440 ; hymns to V., 32, 440-8 ; invoked as Vata, 32, 450 sq. ; an object of worship, 38, 19 ; animal sacrifice for V. Niyutvat, 41, 173-8, 184 ; V.'s layer of the fire-altar, 43, 81 ; he-goat killed at the building of the fire-altar for V., 44, xxxviii sq., 37 1 n. ; worshipped at the Ajvamedha, 44, 281, 300, 316 ; worshipped under the name of Ocean, 44, 479 ; offering of a white animal to v., 48, 626 sq.

Vayubhuti, n. of a Gaina monk, 22,
286.

Vayupufa;^a, to be recited at the
Ajvamedha, 44, 369 n.

Va^-aspa, n.p., 23, 206.

Vazi^ta or Vazijt fire, the lightning,
4, 223; 5, 28, 28 n. ; 24, 133,
1 3 3 n. ; opposes the demon Apaosh,
5,171.

VEBHARA— VEDA

P>1P>

Vebhara, mount at Ra^agaha, 11,

56 sq.
Veda, Vedas.

{a) Vedic Literature.

((5) The three Vedas.

{c) Study and knowledge of V.

{d) Prerogatives of those who know or study the V. (e) Sacredness and deification of the V. (y") Contents and authority of the V. {£■) Vedic schools {Karanas, ^akhas).

(/i) Vedic Literature.

Colebrooke on the translation of
the v., 1, xvii ; list of Vedic texts,
1, 109-11, 115; 14, 266 sq. ; 15,
III, 153, 184; 29, 218 sq. ; 42,
XXX n. ; 44, 98, 98 n., loi, loi n. ;
48, 527; Veda of the Vs., or
grammar, 1, 109-11, 115; fanciful
interpretations of Vedic hymns and
verses, 1, 163-5, 179 sq., 182, 196,
197-9, 202, 210, 213 sq., 227-9, 234,

; 15, III, 153, 184; 29, 218 sq. ; 42, XXX n. ; 44, 98, 98 n., loi, loi n. ; 48, 527; Veda of the Vs., or grammar, 1, 109-11, 115; fanciful interpretations of Vedic hymns and verses, 1, 163-5, 179 sq., 182, 196, 197-9, 202, 210, 213 sq., 227-9, 234,

244, 254-6, 259 sq. ; the Pra^apati- Sa;;^hita, 1, 256; Vedic texts quoted by Apastamba, 2, xxv-xxvii, xli sq. ; Vedic texts quoted in the Gautama Dharma-sutra, 2, li sq., Ixi ; definition of the term V., 2, 121, 121 n. ; 29,312; Zend-Avesta and v., Vedic religion and Zoroastrianism, 4, xxvii-xxxi, lii sq. ; 31 , xxix, xxxvi sq. ; attitude of Bhagavadgita towards the v., 8, 16-20, 25 ; Akhyanas as the fifth v., 8, 145 ; attitude of the Sanatsu^atiya towards the V., 8, 145-7; ^out* and three Vs., 8, 170 sq. ; phraseology of Vedic hymns and of Buddhist writings, 11, 141, 245; the jRishis of old, the authors of the v., 11, 172 sq. ; the Sawhitas of the v., and the four classes of priests, 12, xxi sq. ; 30, 320 sq. ; quotations of Vedic texts in the Vasish/M Dharmajastra, 14, xiii, xv-xvii, xix, xxvii, 7- 11, 7 n., 13, 25 sq., 30-4, 56, 61, 76, 84-8, 106, 109, 116 sq., 119, 119 n., 138 ; Vedic texts quoted by Baudhayana, 14, xxxix sq., 156-8 and notes, 162, 164, 164 n., 169, 172 sq., 174, 186, 191, 199, 209 sq., 215 sq., 224, 231,

245, 249-52 and n., 257 sq., 261 sq., 274-7, 280 sq., 302, 310 sq. ; the four Vs. and their Angas, Itihasa and Niggha«m, being the fifth and sixth v., 22, 221 ; riddles from the v., 25, 118, 118 n. ; Nigamas which explain the V., 25, 132, 132 n.; Rig-veda, Ya^nir-veda, Sama-veda, and Brahma-veda, 29, 41 sq. ; Naigamas, followers of the V., the rules of their orders to be maintained by the king, 33, 153-5 ; the Brahmawas concerned with the four Vs., 35, 247; the V. and Vedic religion, 42, Ixii sq.; epic germs in Vedic hymns, 42, 197 sq., 688-92 ; deva^anavidya (demonology), magic and the Purawa are the V., 44, 368 sq., 368 n. ; should be made to grow by Itihasa and Purawa, 48, 91 ; divided into Rik, Ya^us, Saman, and Atharvan, and difficult to fathom, 48, 528; arranged by Sarasvata, VajishifZ>a, and Vyasa, 49 (i), 9, 9 n. ; ' Sutra of the discourse of the V.,' 49 (ii), 163. See /^/jo Atharva-veda, Mantras, Rig-veda, Sacred Books, Saman, Sama-veda, Sciences, Upanishads, and Ya^ur-veda. (b) The three Vedas.