Vasish/£a, a sage, 372 ; relation of to the Atharva-veda, lv fF., lxv.

Vastoshpati, genius of homestead, 135, 343 A7., 494-5, 640.

Vasu, a class of deities, 55, 89, 116,
119, 121, 135, 161, 230; cf.
Vasava.

Vata, god of wind, 85 fF., 89, 153, 161, 219 ; cf. Vayu.

Vayasa, a sage, 6, 681.

Vayu, personification of the wind,
51, 54, 128, 140, 142, 304, 402,
499, 620, 669 ; cf. Vata.

Veda, practices preparatory to the
study of, xliv, 233, 477, 487,
510, 543, 590, 606; relation of
the three Vedas to the Athar-
van, xxxi fF., xxxv fF., li fF., lv fF.,

Z Z 2

lxi ; Vedic literary categories,

xxxv ff. vedi, fire-altar, 200 ; cf. parigrihya. veins, 22, 259. vermin in the field, exorcism of,

142, 485 ; cf. worms,
vigriva, a demon, 70.
viligi, designation of a serpent, 28 ;

cf. aiigi.
village, the scene of Atharvan per-
formances : see gramaya^in.
Vira^g-, a female divinity, 80, 120,

647, 667. virility, charm to increase it, 31,

369 ; charm to deprive a man

of it, 108, 537.
vLrapha (a demon ?), 67, 339.
Vishwu, a god, 80, 89, 160, 193, 200,

221, 251, 342, 655.
vijikha, a demon, 70.
Vijvakarman, the supreme god, 206,

209, 592, 629, 686. Vijvarupa, son of Tvashfar, 318,

522.
Vijvavasu, a demon, 319.
Vitahavya, a people, 31; cf. Vaita-

havya. Vivasvant, a god, 57, 160, 366. vomiting as a cure for poison, 374. vnshakapi-Brahmans, 532 n. Vr/tra, a cloud-demon, 18, 40, 62-3,

158, 203, 310, 349, 370, 382,
384, 596 ; his eye becomes
mount Trikakud, 382.

Wagon, parts of, 587 ; cf. chariot.

washerman, 188.

waters (divine), 14-5, 161 ; water,
healing, 40-1, 48 ; produced by
ants, 27; as a remedy against
jealousy, 107; for the conse-
cration of a king, 1 1 1 ; -animals,
varieties of, 157, 621; -plants,
514, 579; -skin, 107; -sprites,
409.

weather-prophet, propitiation of,

wedding, charms used at, 502, 546 ;

ceremony at the consummation,

276, 546 ; of a royal personage,

498. weeds, charm to remove them, 465. wheel, parts of, 493. white-footed arrow, 633, 638; cow

or she-goat, ibid, wife, charm to obtain one, 95, 502 ff. ;

of the sacrificer, 180 ff., 185 ff.,

610 ff., 645 ff. ; wives of the

gods, 162, 167. wild beasts, charm against, 147, 366. will o* the wisp, 411. wishes, charm for obtaining one's,

xlvii, 605 ; three wishes, 181,

613. wolf and calves, 174; wolves and

sheep, 132, 151. woman, of the waters, 621 ; truant,

charm to bring her back, 106,

496 ; women with evil bodily

characteristics, 109, 260 ; fond

of the kush/£a-plant, 6, 680 ;

sleeping women, described, 105 ;

charms pertaining to women

(strikarmawi), 94 ff., 275, 311,

37i,479-8o. womb, performances for steadying

it, 284, 467. worms of all sorts, in human beings

and animals, 22-4, 223, 314 ff.,

Ya^us, 161, 204, 225-6, 229.

Yakshas, a kind of divinities, 161.

Yama, god of death, 37, 44, 52, 54,
57, 59, 60, 90, 107, no, 118,
161, 167, 177, 185-6, 192, 195,
318, 361, 404, 416, 422, 456,
500, 585, 655; horse of, 21;
cf. dogs of Yama.

Yamuna, a river, 62.

yatu, yatuvid, and yatudhana: see sorcerers and sorceries.

yellow birds and objects for the cure of jaundice, 264.

younger brother's precedence over an older, expiation of, 164, 523.

II. INDEX OF HYMNS IN THE ORDER OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA.

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Vi, 127

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IX,

13, 5oo

. no, 540

Vii, 9

XI,

. I55,6i8

XII,

• Il6> 550

XIII,

XIX,

XX,

Viii, 1

ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS.

Page 2, stanza 7 : For the Mu^-avants as the type of a distant people, see Sat. Br. II, 6, 2, 17.

P. 5, stanza 2 : rW ' na-gha-mara ' yor * na-gha-mara.'

P. 6, stanza 10 : insert the words ' that burns the head ' after 'takman.'

P. 16, hymns 1,23 and 24: for symbolic removal of leprosy by the sacrifice of a white cow, see Katy. Sr. XV, 3, 37.

P. 20, stanza 6 : read i felloe 'for ' feloe.'

P. 28, stanzas 10, 11 : cf. Weber, Proceedings of the Berlin Academy, 1896, pp. 681 ff., 873 ff.

P. 37, line 8 : read ' did 'for ' do.'

P. 44, bottom : read ' II, 33 'for ' II, 32/

P. 49, title : read ' aynshyawi 'for i ayushyani.'

P. 64, title : read ' abhUarika/zi 'for ' abhi^arikani.'

P. 70, stanza 1 : read l Light 'for * Night.'

P. 84, in the title of X, 6 : read ' of an amulet 'for i of amulet.'

P. 100, line 10 : insert the words ' woman, shalt love,' after ' thou.'

P. 136, hymns VI, 42 and 43 : cf. Sat. Br. XI, 6, 1, 13.

P. 173, line 2 : read ' dost 'for ' didst.'

P. 178, stanza 44 : insert i O Br/haspati' after ' vilipti.'

P. 190, line 6 : read ' stirring-stick '/or ' stirring stick.'

P. 238, stanza 2 : cf. Baudh.Dh. II, 8, 15,4; Vish»u-smr/ti LXXIII, 11.

P. 239, in the second line of the introduction to I, 9 : read i consecra- tion ' for i coronation.'

P. 253, note: * nishpramanda-dantadhavana ' may mean ' tooth- wash without the fragrant substance pramanda.' A symbolic interpreta- tion of nishpramanda, ' bereft of delight,' seems to be implied with double meaning.

P. 307, stanza 1 : cf. Sujruta I, 22, 10.

P. 531, stanza 1 : for vidradha cf. RV. IV, 32, 23 (Ludwig's commentary, vol. v, p. 93) ; AV. IX, 8, 20 ; Roth, Nirukta, Erlauterungen, p. 42 ff.

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