abortion, and abortionist, 165, 521,
524, 527. adaptation of mantras, lxiii, 297, 365,
563, 665.
adhvaryu-priest, 184, 243 ; cf. ritvi^-.
Aditi, 50-1, 97, 166, 179, 181, 183,
Aditya, 126-7, 192, 499, 661 n. Adityas (plural), 6, 12, 55, 57, 89,
adr/shfa, and dr/sh/a, designations of worms, 315, 351.
A^a Ekapad, and Ekapada, 208,625, 664.
Agastya, a sage, 23-4, 33.
Agni, i, 3, 12, 14, 18, 24, 32, 35-6,
40, 42-3, 47-9, 50, 52-3, 55-6,
58, 60, 64-5, 75, 77-81, 85, 90,
94, 104-5, 109-10, 1 12-3, 1 16-7,
120-2, 126, 128, 134-5, 139?
141,146-9,151,154,160,163-6,
170, 173, 175, i79-8o, 182,
184-5, 188, 190, 192, 194-5,
201, 205, 208-11, 221-2, 226,
231, 241,249, 254, 270-2, 308-9,
323, 325-6, 328, 342, 353, 359,
365, 373,402,408,422,443,447,
449, 454, 475,478,485, 498, 501,
518, 525, 528, 533, 545 n, 552,
554, 580, 592, 600, 612 n, 620,
622, 627, 641, 645, 661, 664,
690, 691 ; Agnis, two, 216 ; cf.
Garhapatya, Gatavedas, and
Vaijvanara.
agnihotra-sacrifice, 84, 122, 145,
227. agnish/oma-sacrifice, 189, 226, 458,
589. a
agrahayawi-ceremony, 365, 551, 639.
Akuti, a goddess, 104, 535.
alga»^/u, designation of worms, 22,
aligi, designation of a serpent, 28; cf. viligi.
aliklava, designation of birds of prey, 124, 155.
All gods (vijve deva^), 6, 33, 39, 103, 105, 113, 116, 119, 184.
alliteration, 273, 345, 388, 576, 642,
646, 663 ; cf. puns, and double
meaning.
awholihgaga«a, designation of certain
lists of mantras, 321, 509, 600,
628.
amrita (ambrosia), 4, 6, 10, 26, 43,
53, 86, 135, 141, 147, 162, 185,
190, 229.
Awsa, a divinity, 160.
amulet of the antelope's skin and
horn, 336; ofaralu, 339; of the
ajvattha-tree, 334; of barley,
285, 507, 541, 546; of a brace-
let, 96 ; of darbha-grass, 480 ;
defensive, 394, 576 ; of the hairs
of a Brahman, 477 ; of the
^angina-tree, 281,669; of gold,
63,668; of herbs, 4 2 ; of karira-
grass, 452 ; of khadira-wood in
the shape of a ploughshare,
84 ff., 608 ; of kr/'shwala-berries,
239; of licorice, 275, 276; of
a lute-string, 561 ; to cause
micturation, 236; of mud, 287 ;
of mud sewn up in the skin of
a newly-slain animal, 553 ; of
mu^a-grass, 234; ofthepanza-
tree, 114, 332; ofthepa7a-plant,
305 ; of pearl, 62, 383 ; of the
putudru-tree, 573 ; of the
sadawpushpa-plant, 339; of
salve, 381 ; of the skin of a bull
pierced by a peg (?) 263; of
the sraktya-tree, 79, 575 ; of
a spear, 506 ; of tarMa, 476 ;
of ten kinds of holy wood, 34,
291 ff., 477, 578; of a thread
that is red, 67 ; of the varawa-
tree, 81, 402, 505, 605-.
Andhaka (Ardhaka), 155, 619.
Ahgas, a people, 2, 446, 449.
anger, charms against, 136 ff.,
Ahgiras and Angirasa, mythic per-
sonages, xxx ff., 38, 43, 73, 80,
86, 89, 119, 127-8, 161, 163,
171, 191, 225, 280, 433, 484,
576, 673, 678; special meaning
in contrast with Atharvan and
Atharva«a, xviii ff., xxi ff., xxiii
ff., xxxi, 219, 576, 580, 603,
624.
Angirasa£,designation of the A tharva-
veda, xviii, xxxi ; cf. Atharvan-
girasa£, Bhr/gvaiigirasa£.
annapnuana, ceremony at the first feeding of a child, 575.
antelope, buck, 32 ; horn of, 15, 336 ; skin of, 132, 215, 336, 439.
ants (and earth from an ant-hill,
cure poison), 27, 234, 287, 511,
552 ff. ; produce water (' piss-
ant'), 9, 278 ; devour scorpions,
30.
Anumati, a female divinity, 98, 104, 109, 143, 173, 304, 461, 535-
Apaw napat, a divinity, 589.
aphrodisiaca, 370.
Apri-hymns, 228.
Apsaras and Apsara, 32, 80, 104, 119,
125-6, 149, 160, 202, 205, 225,
229, 324, 37o, 408 ff., 414? 425,
518, 520-1, 534-6 ; names of,
A 33, 409 ff., 534-
Aptyas, three water-divinities, 521 ff.
Apva, divinity of evacuation from
fright, 122, 325-7, 601 ; cf.
Sakawbhara.
Araru, a divinity, 167, 485.
Arati, demon of avarice and grudge,
15, 57, 82, 109, 172 ff., 187,
Araya and Arayi, male and female demons, 66, 69, 70, 162, 205.
Arbudi, name of a battle-divinity, 123 ff., 631 ff. ; cf. Nyarbudi.
Ardhaka (Andhaka), 155, 619.
arka and arka-songs, 112, 226.
arrow, of love, 102, 358 ; parts of,
432 ; poisoned, as a homoeopa-
thic cure for poison ; ( white-
footed, four-footed/ 127, 129;
-wounds, charm against, 120.
arteries, 11, 22, 259.
Arya, 68, 72, 402.
Aryaman, 20, 94-5, 99, 109, 143,
Asa and Ajapati, divinities, 486.
Asita, a sage, 31, 107, 255.
assembly and assembly-hall, 136,
138, 191-2, 206; charm to
obtain influence in, 134 ff, 138,
543; spell in, 76.
assignation, charm at, 105, 371.
astrologers and fortune-tellers, 1.
Asura (sing.), in, 241, 380 (Indra) ;
Asuri (fern.), 16, 103 (Siren),
268 ff. ; Asuras (plural), 9, n,
21, 27, 62, 67, 71, 79, 80, 82-3,
85-6, 127-8, 137, 199, 215,
222-3, 268, 279, 34i, 398, 500,
516, 572.
Ajvins, 48, 52,85, 95, 100-1, 112-13,
142, 160, 200, 229 ff., 310, 312,
329, 389, 486, 503, 512, 581,
587-9.
Atharvan and Atharvawa, mythic
sages, xxx ff., 148, 225, 588 n,
688 ; Atharvans (plural), 33, 86,
161 ; special meaning in contrast
with Angiras and Angirasa
xviii ff., xxiii ff., xxxi, 219,
603, 624; derivatives from the
stem atharvan, xxiv ; schools,
relation of to one another, lxi ;
teachers, xlii, lviii.
Atharvangirasa£, designation of the
AV., xvii, xxx, xxxii, xlvii, 433 ;
cf. Angirasa^, Bhr/gvahgirasa£.
Atharva-veda, names of and their
meanings, xvii; position of in
Hindu literature, xxviii ; in the
RV., xxx ff. ; in the Saunakiya-
sawhita, xxxi ff. ; in the jruti in
general, xxxiii ; in the Tait. S.,
xxxvi ; in the Sat. Br., xxxvi ;
in the Tait. Br., xxxvii ; in the
Upanishads, xl ff. ; in the Gr/hya-
sutras, xliii ff. ; in the law-books,
xlv ff. ; in the Mahabh., li ff. ; in
classical literature in general,
liv ff. ; in Gaina and Bauddha-
texts, lvi ; in its own ritual
literature, 1-vii ; relation of to
the trayi vidya, xxxi, xxxv,
lvi ff. ; jrauta-practices in, lxx.
Atri, a sage, 23-4, 294, 319.
Atrin, devouring demon, 37, 62, 64-5.
attractio similium, 241, 249, 270,
443, 468, 542, 56'1, 564 5 cf-
homoeopathy, auksha, a salve, 276, 324, 410; cf.
the next. Aukshagandhi, name of an Apsaras,
.33, 324, 4io- avarice against priests condemned,
Balhikas, a people, 2, 446, 449.
bali-offerings, 367, 473, 491.
balsam, 94.
barber, 57.
barley, 13, 40, 43, 57, 87, no, 162,
204, 219, 232, 540; as an
amulet, 285; with water as
a universal remedy, 507.
battle-charms (sawgramikawi), xliii n,
xliv, 117 ff., 233, 262, 404, 510,
545, 582; addressed to Arbudi
and Nyarbudi, 631 ff. ; to
Trishawdhi, 637 ; -fire 325 ;
-machines, 632-4.
bdellium (guggulu),94, 303,322,324,
409, 548; healing properties of,
40, 675 ; cf. Guggulu.
beans, no, 536 n; inflammatory, 534; ' bean-loves/ 534.
beasts of prey, 155-7, 161.
Bhaga, a god, 33, 53, 94-5, 101, 135, 140, 160, 173,204, 312-13, 324,
Bharadva^a, a sage, 89, 295 ff.,
319; -pravraska, 'cleaver of
Bharadvajg-a,' designation of a
staff used in witchcraft, 295.
Bharatasvamin, a scholar, 340.
Bharati, a female divinity, 512.
Bhava, a god, 56, 75, n 8-9, 155 ff., 175, 402, 406, 585, 604, 618.
Bheda, a royal sacrificer, 179.
bhesha^-ani, designation of the au-
spicious parts of the Atharva-
veda, xviii, xxi, xxxi ff., 628.
Bhisha^ Atharvana in contrast with Ghora Angirasa, xxi.
Bhr/gu, a mythic personage, xxx ff., xxxii, xxxiv, 171, 433.
Bhr/gvahgirasa^, designation of the
Atharva-veda, xxvi, 433,616; cf.
Angirasa^ and Atharvahgirasa£.
bhusawskara, a ceremony, 640.
birds of prey, 124-9, T55i J57, 205 ;
nests, fire made of, 458; omi-
nous and defiling, 82, 166 ff,
186.
Bishkala, 99, 245.
' biting rope' (serpent), 147, 368.
' black food/ 536.
blood, charms against the flow of, 22, 45,174,234, 257, 385, 483, 53 j.
blue and red (threads), magic colours, 69, 120, 348, 395, 564, 566-7,
boar (finds plants), 43, 77, 137, 306.
bodily characteristics, auspicious and evil, 109, 168, 260, 564.
bracelet, as an amulet to secure conception, 96, 501-2.
brahma, spiritual exaltation (neut.),
87, 199, 202, 208, 211, 215-7,
220, 224-6, 623, 627-30, 686.
brahma-graha and brahma-rakshasa, designations of demons, 290-1.
Brahma^arin (Brahmanic disciple), deified and glorified, 214, 626.
Brahman, the god, 94, 127, 592.
Brahma«a, cosmic, 25.
Brahmawaspati, a divinity: see Br/'- haspati.
brahmawoktam (ceremony), 569, 623.
Brahman-priests, designated as gods,
529, 616, 652, 659; asthieves(P),
372 ; prayers in the interest of,
169 ff. ; invective against op-
pressors of, 169 ff., 430 ff., 522 ;
inviolableness of their cows,
169 ff., 430 ff. ; as fourth priests
in the Vedic sacrifices, lviii, lxii,
lxv, lxviii.
brahmaudana (Brahman's porridge),
preparation of, 179 ff., 185 ff.,
528, 610, 645 ff., 653.
Brahma-veda, designation of the
Atharva-veda, xxvii, xliii n, lix,
lxii ff.
brahmodya, Vedic charades, lx, Ixiv, 398, 625, 644, 667-8.
brandy (sura), 84, 231, 362, 493, 534,578, 59i; cf. liquor.
breath of life, deified, 218 ff., 622 ff., 629 ; cf. Pr&va.
bridal couple, love charms spoken by, 96, 546 ; cf. wedding.
Br/haspati (Brahma/zaspati), a god,
xxiii, 29, 32, 44, 47, 49, 50, 52,
63, 65, 79, 85 ff., no, 119,
126-8, 135, 140, 143, 160, 163,
178, 193, 211, 213, 485, 541,
552, 554, 596> 610, 660.
Br/hatsaman, a Brahman, 171.
broom-straw (?), 26.
brotherless maidens, 22, 258.
bull's skin, 379 ff.
burial ground, practices at, 77, 431.
business, practices preparatory to, 148, 349 n, 352,490, 532, 619.
Calamity, protection against, 158,
406 ; charm against, addressed
to the Vedic pantheon, 160,
628 ; cf. misfortune.
calf: see cows.
calumny, charm against, 481.
castration, 406, 545.
cattle, charms for their prosperity,
142 ff., 303, 351, 412 ff., 490;
charm to restore strayed, 150,
496 ; marking of, 174, 658 ;
naming of, 317; sacrifice of,
226, 228; worms in, 317; cf.
cows.
cave of animals, 322.
chariot, divine, 120 ; -builder, 144 ; cf. wagon.
child-birth, ceremonies at (#ata- karma), 293.
chiromancy (samudrika), 260.
cleft ground, scene of witchcraft, 288 n.
conception, charm to secure it, 96, 501.
consecration : see king ; for the soma-sacrifice, 498.
1 consecration, great : ' see maha- janti.
constellation, lucky, no; unlucky,
io9> 5J7; charm for a child
born under an unlucky, 109,
517; male, 356; fading away
of (symbolic fading of disease;,
16. Names of: asha<tf£a£, 412 ;
^yesh^aghni, 109; mula and
mulabarhawi, 288, 517-8, 525;
viir/tau, 13, 15, 110,288,517-8;
saptars'.aya^, 52, 161, 179 ff., 39o, 563.
cosmogomc hymns, 199 ff.
couch, symbolic of possession, 327.
cows, charm to secure their return,
150, 414; of the Brahmans
inviolable, 169 ff., 430 ff. ; kick-
ing of sinful, 214; slain by
Rudra (ijanahata), 253 ; and
calves attached to each other,
108, 144, 190, 493 ; with a calf
of the same colour, 240, 303,
356, 367 ; cf. cattle.
creators, ten, 226.
creeper, symbol of a loving woman, 100.
cross-roads, 292, 448, 473, 519, 542; cf. fork of the road.
curses, charms to obviate them, 91, 93, 285, 556.
Daksha, 444.
Danavas, 85.
dancing sprites, 33, 149, 410, 413.
danger, protection from, 1556°., 160,
618 ff. dasi, non -Aryan servant- w oman :
see slave-girl.
Dasyus, 67, 83, 86, 203, 222.
death, from hunger and thirst, 69 ;
messengers of (cf. dogs of Yama),
118 ; of a teacher, expiation of,
528 ; personified as a teacher,
216; tracks of effaced, 436. debate, charm to secure success in,
137, 275, 304 ff., 644. debts, discharge of, 528. defilement by black birds, 167, 555. demons, charms to drive them away,
1 ff., 33-9, 64 ff., 66, 290, 298,
339, 407-8, 669 ff. ; female,
varieties of, 636, 638.
DeshM, a goddess that guides, 219.
desires, charms for their fulfilment :
see wishes. Dhatar, a god, 20, 54, 81, 86, 94-5,
126, 160, 324, 387, 389. dice, 88, 116, 144, 149-51, 169, 391,
470, 493 ; ill-luck at, 69 ; cf.
gambling, diksha, consecration for sacrifice,
227. directions, and regions of space, 14,
647, 650, 655; enumerated, 188,
192, 196; four, 120, 156, 199,
206, 216, 222, 367; five, 113,
162; six, 68, 207, 222; inter-
mediate, 120, 212, 223; distant
regions, 304 ; distances, three,
92 ; of heaven and earth, 99 ;
north-eastern direction (apara-
gitb), 305, 379, 644.
disaffected people, loyalty of re- stored, 240.
discord : see strife.
1 2 ; grahi (fit, seizure) : see the
word ; head-ache (jirshakti), 5,
7, 45-6, 248, 252, 415, 442,
657; heart-disease, 7, 12, 40,
264, 471 ; hemiplegia, 500 n ;
hereditary disease (kshetriya),
13 ff., 47, 67, 286 ff., 293, 302,
336; inflammation, 531 ; jaun- dice, 7, 8,46,61,263,442,445,
471, 566; leprosy (kilasa), 16,
266,415,441,450; mania: see
the word; of nails, 521; neu-
ralgia, 40, 45-7, 506 ; paman
(eruption), 2, 442, 450; para-
lysis, 13, 500; pr/shtyamaya,
280 ; ra^ayakshma, ' king's evil '
(syphilis ?), 342, 415, 561 ; rheu-
matism, 282, 506; sawskandha
(disease or demon), 38, 280,
283, 672; scrofula and scrofu-
lous sores (cf. apa^-it), 17 ff.,
472, 488 ff., 503 -ff-, 558-9;
spasm, 2; St. Vitus dance, 513;
transmission of, 47, 309 ; of
teeth, 24, 72, 454, 521 ; tu-
mours, 17, 19; udyuga, 450;
vatikara, vatikrita (inflation,
winds), 10, 22, 246, 483, 516,
602 ; venereal disease, 341 ; vi-
klindu, 174, 658 ; vilohita, 600,
657; vijara, vijarika, 280, 284,
673; visarpaka (visalpaka), 531,
601 ; vishkhanda (cf. sa#z-
skandha), 37-9, 61, 65, 67, 257,
280, 282, 339, 382,672 ; worms
in all parts of the body, 22-24,
313 ff. ; worms in children, 23,
452; wounds (cf. fractures),
20-1, 419, 516; yakshma, 247,
291,337,416,463,468,505,507.
dogs, 106 (watch-dog?); as beasts
of prey, 129; heavenly (sun and
moon), 13, 500 ; bitch, four-
eyed, 68; of Rudra, 158; of
Yama (messengers, four-eyed),
54, 59, 60, 167, 318, 404, 422,
500, 57i.
double meaning, 238, 250, 254, 259,
306, 313, 346, 381, 386, 544,
549, 645, 664; cf. alliteration
and puns.