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arma, a wedding-practice, 276, 546.

Kaurama, a tribe, 197.

Kesaraprabandha, a woman, 170,
432.

Kejin, a divinity, 157, 620.

kilala, a sweet drink, 206.

Kimidin, a kind of demon, 64, 68,
205, 238, 403.

king, practices pertaining to the, li, in ff, 404, 477 (cf. sovereign power) ; consecration of (rag-asuya), in, 226, 239, 333, 346, 378, 405, 661, 663 ; election of, 11 3? 33° 5 restoration of an exiled, 112, 327, 330; marriage of, 498 ; charm to ensure him superiority, 115, 404; compared with Indra, 112; with a leopard, 112; with a lion and tiger, 115; and purohita, mutual rites between, lxi, 379, kinswoman, curse of, 14..

Kirata-maiden, 153 ; cf. kairata.

^itrakarma, a ceremony, 666. kraa, designation of a bird, 352. Kr/janu, a heavenly archer, 401. kshatram, represents the Atharvan and its practices (?), xxv. Kshetrapati, a divinity, 486. £uVakara«a, a ceremony, 309, 574. Kumara, a god, 326 ; cf. Skanda. kuntapa-hymn, 197, 688. Kuru, a country, 198.

Lakshmi, 261, 565.

Lalami (woman with spot on the forehead), 109, 261-2.

lash (whip), parts of, 231 ff., 591.

lead, in sorcery, 65, 256 ff., 299.

legends, 268 ff., 270 ff., 535, 537, 604, 629, 679.

leopard, 112.

licking the young, sign of affection, 101.

licorice (imparts attractiveness, and persuasiveness), 99, 10 1, 275-6, 311, 415, 552; cf. honey, and sugar-cane.

lightning, 193 ; charm to protect grain from, 142, 543 ; cause of fever, &c, 7, 246; cures fever (attraction), 271; as ' honeylash,' 588.

lion, 112, 115-6, 130, 132, 205, 380,

477- liquor, 141, 144; cf. brandy, and kilala. locust, 142. longevity, charms and prayers to secure it, 49 ff, 52, 55-6, 58,

60, 114, 239 n, 306, 309, 321,

342, 418, 455, 551-2, 569 ff.,

573,623,668. lost property, charm to find it, 159,

542. lotus, lotus-root, 147, 236. love-charms, 99 ff., 103 ff., 274, 311,

358,415,459, 512, 534 ff., 539- lustre and strength, charms to secure them, 116, 477, 642.

Madhubrahma«a, 587 n.

madhugraha, 589.

madhusukta, 589.

Magadha, a country and tribe, 2,

446, 449-
Maghavan (Indra), 94, 121, 151,

324.

INDEX OF SUBJECTS.

70I magic identification of two persons,

310.
Magundi, daughters of (demons), 66,

301. Mahadeva (Rudra), 133. mahanamni- verses, 226, 631. mahajanti, * great consecration/ 393,

446, 448, 474, 602, 669.
Mahavr/sha, a tribe, 1, 2.
maiden, mythical first husbands of,

323. male child, rite for begetting one

(puwsavana), 97, 356, 460. mania, charms to secure it, 32, 417,

518.
Manmatha, god of love, 311.
Manu, 67, 96, 679.
Manyu, wrath personified, 223, 594.
MarUi, an Apsaras, 414.
Marka, a demon, 301.

thical first husbands of,

323. male child, rite for begetting one

(puwsavana), 97, 356, 460. mania, charms to secure it, 32, 417,

518.
Manmatha, god of love, 311.
Manu, 67, 96, 679.
Manyu, wrath personified, 223, 594.
MarUi, an Apsaras, 414.
Marka, a demon, 301.
marks of the body, good and evil :

see bodily characteristics, married couple, blessing for, 96,

546.
marrows, eight, 90.
Maruts, 48, 53,90, 104,112-3,121-2,

126, 132, 135, 140, 146, 151,

183-4, l88> 207, 230, 266, 328,

548, 663. Matali, 162, 629. Matarijvan, 53, 205, 216, 219. matr/namani and matr/ga«a, designation of certain mantras, 399,

518-9; cf. mothers.
Matsya, a sage, 6, 681.
messengers of death, two, 167; cf.

dogs, metal-worker, 114. metres, 112, 186, 208-9, 227, 345,

664. micturation towards the sun, sinful,

214, 668. miscarriage, charms to prevent it,

97-8, 298, 302. misfortune, removal of, 364 ; cf.

calamity. Mitra, 10, 37, 39, 50-1, 91, 102, 105,

109, 113, 116, 122, 126, 153,

160, 172, 175, 195, 210-1, 216,

33i, 349, 436, 557- mixed grain, spell in, 76. mole, 142 ; mole-hill, earth from,

427. mosquitoes, buzzing of, 36. ( mothers/ divinities, 644 ; cf. matr/namani.

mourners, female, 55, 124-5, I27, 156,^634, 638.

mr/garasuktani, designation of certain hymns, 252, 298.

Mr/tyu, death personified, 133.

Mu^-avant, a tribe, 1, 2, 446, 448.

mule, symbolic of sterility, 120,

545.
Mu%avant, a mountain, 278.
mustard against ophthalmia, 464.

Nabhasaspati, a god, 142, 499.

nadi, 'river/ etymology of, 349.

nakedness of man, 192.

Na^iketas, 424.

Naladi, name of an Apsaras, 33.

name-giving (namakarawa), ceremony of, 573.

Namu^i, a demon, liv, 256-7, 583.

Narada, a sage, 172, 175 ff., 435, 658,
660.

narajawsi, designation of certain stanzas, 689 ff.

Nardabuda, 634 ; cf. Nyarbudi.

Narshada, a patronymic, 397 ; cf.
Nr/shad.

new-moon, night of, fit for sorcery, 256, 408.

new-moon and full- moon sacrifices,

559.
Night, personified, 20.
ninety-nine, 172, 433 ; cf. hundred

and one. nirwayana-ceremony, 574. Nirriti, demon of destruction and misfortune, 14 ff., 36, 49, 52-3,

57, 82, 90, 92, 166 ff, 173, 183,

187, 423, 474, 556-7, 564, 617.
Nissala, a female demon (?), 66,

300.
nivid-formulas, 228.
Nr/shad, a sage, 71; cf. Narshada.
Nyarbudi, a battle-god, 1 2 3 ff., 6 3 1 ff. ;

cf. Nardabuda, and Arbudi.

Oceans, nine, 228 ; cf. heavens, nine, ominous birds, charms against, 166,

474 ff, 619; ominous sneezing,

82. oracles, 243, 295, 303, 323, 491. ordeals, with fire, 294 ff. ox (ana^/van), apotheosized, 624.

Paidva-practice, 357, 460, 605 ff. ; cf. Pedu, and horse of Pedu.

228 ; cf. heavens, nine, ominous birds, charms against, 166,

474 ff, 619; ominous sneezing,

82. oracles, 243, 295, 303, 323, 491. ordeals, with fire, 294 ff. ox (ana^/van), apotheosized, 624.

Paidva-practice, 357, 460, 605 ff. ; cf. Pedu, and horse of Pedu.

p. 702

HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA.

panaceas, 40-1, 252, 302, 321. 406, 473? 507, 509, 53o, 578, 600.

pa«£akaipa, and -kalpin, a priest who practices Atharvan sorcery, xxviii, liii.

pahkti, a metre, 186, 209, 212.

pantheon,Vedic, addressed in prayer,

160, 628. panther, 116.

papmagawa, a certain list of mantras,

474-
Paramesh/yMn, the supreme god, 80,

84, 208-10, 215, 225, 629, 665,

686.
Par^anya, a rain-god, 8, 10, 43, 52,

116, 153, 161, 200, 204, 233-6,

588, 623-4. parigr/hya, designation of a fire-altar

(vedi), 379, 641.
Parikshit, a king (Agni), 197 ff.,

691 ff. parikshiti, designation of certain stanzas, 689 ff. parrots, 8, 144, 2*64 n. parturition, charm to make it easy,

99, 242.
Parushwi, a river, 29, 462.
Pajupati, a form of Rudra, 155 ff.,

161, 618.

Pathya Svasti, a divinity that protects travel, 331 ; cf. roads.

pea-hen (devours serpents), 30, 555.

pearl and its shell as an amulet, 62, 383 ff.

pebbles, 250.

Pedu, a king, 152 ff., 605, 607; cf. horse, and Paidva-ceremony.

physician, social position of, xxxix, xlviii, 1, liv; divine, 389, 454.

pigeon, bird of omen, 474.

Pila, name of an Apsaras, 33.

pWadana, a ceremony, 259.

Pija^as, a class of demons, 34-7,
57-8, 65, 68, 187, 190, 205,
281-2, 290, 302, 339, 407-9,
475 ; Pba^i, the female, 301.

plants and trees, in general, as healing agents, 41 ff., 44, 578 ; used in sorcery, xix ; against a rival woman, 107; to deprive of virility, 108 ; arouses love, 102-3 ; five kingdoms of, 162 ; names of their fathers and mothers, 419,421. Names and epithets : abayu (mustard ?), 30, 465 ; adhyaWa, 356 ; a^ajringi (meshajrmgi), 33, 408; ahva, 118; 582, 584; ala, 30, 236,^ 358; alaka,536; alasala, 30; amula(?), 457 ; apamarga, 69 ff., 305 n, 393 ff, 429, 487, 556; arafaki (a^ajr/ngi), 33 ; arka-tree, 250; arundhati, 19-21, 40-1, 144, 289, 305 n, 385, 419, 490-1, 579, 676-7 ; asuri-tree, 267 ; a s vat tha- tree, 4, 6, 21, 33, 43, 91, 97, ii7, 334 ff, 415-6, 46o, 496, 505, 582 ff., 585; avakareed, 33-4, 42, 349, 410, 462, 5r5, 579 5 bamboo (staff of), 248, 256-7 ; bawaparm, 355 ; banyan - tree (nyagrodha), 2 1 , 33, x47, 367; barley: see the word ; beans : see the word ; camphor, 236 n; curcuma, yellow (haridra), 374 ; darbhagrass, 43, 137, 152-3, 162, 241, 286, 317, 480, 519, 606, 615; dark plant, cures leprosy, 16, 267, 270;