dreams, evil, 12, 61, 69, 82, 167, 221, 394, 483 ff., 592, 605, 642.
dr/^ikarmawi, a ceremony, 640.
driveling woman, 109.
Druh, demon of deceit, 14-5.
drum (hymns to), 117, 130 ff., 204, 436 ff.; spell in, 77.
Dvita, a water-god, 521-2.
' dwelling, mistress of,' 140, 194-5, 346; cf. house.
Dyu, a sky-god, 50 ; female of Surya, 661, 665.
Eagle, 16, 77, 132, 137, 146, 190,
306 ; finds healing plants, 306,
375; heavenly (lightning), 68,
241, 401, 581.
ears of cattle, pierced, 174, 658.
earth, mother of plants, 235; god-
dess, 180, 199 ff., 639 ff.; lump of
(curative), 234, 287, 475, 552;
from a bee-hive, 427 ; from a
mole-hill, 427; -quake, 640;
earths, three in number, 30, 68,
400,471,631,686; earths, nine
in number, 228, 631.
eclipse of moon, 533 ; of sun, 294, 662 n.
effigy, human, in witchcraft, 72., 359,
534.
Ekata, a water god, 521-2.
elephant, 76, 116, 144, 195 (female),
202.
enema, 236.
enemies, charms against, 89, 92-3,
eunuch, 108, 130, 538.
evil, charms against, 163, 509; eye,
61, 91, 285-6, 474 (cf. papma-
ga^a) ; deposited in a garment,
654 ; qualities, personified as
divinities, 423 ; thoughts, elimi-
nation of, 594. Cf. sin.
Fathers, 10, 54, 59, 60, 73, 87, 119,
126, 138, 161-2, 166, 170-1,
175, 180, 183-4, 186, 196, 223,
229, 254, 384, 456, 544, 585,
603—4, 612, 660.
fire, charm for security against, 147,
514; battle-fire (senagni), 325;
in a battle-charm, 121; digestive
(^a^aragni), 242 ; forest-fire,
107, 443, 468 ; funeral-fire, 77.
fish and fishermen, 154.
five peoples (races), 92, 201, 204.
fork of the road, 163 ; cf. cross-roads.
fortune, charm to procure it, 253.
frog (symbol of water and coolness),
4, 348, 350, 5H-5, 565.
funeral practices in sorcery and
imprecations, 254, 297, 435 ;
funeral-fire, spell in, 77 ; funeral-
cow (anustara/zi), 253.
Gamadagni, a sage, 23-4, 31, 319.
Gambling, gamester, and gambling-
place, 76, 88, 144, 149-50, 191,
391, 412, 544, 548; cf. dice.
Garni, a goddess, 323.
Gandhari, a people, 2, 446.
Gandharvas, 31, 33-4, 43, 80, 119,
125-6, 160, 202, 205, 210, 214,
225, 229, 254, 323, 370, 408 ff.,
413, 520-1, 534, 536 ; namesof,
534; Gandharv?, 520-1.
Garhapatya (Agni), 165, 167.
GanWa and Garutmant, 25, 268 fF., 306, 401 ; cf. eagle.
Gatavedas (Agni), 18, 54, 57, 64-5,
83, 88, 98, 106, 110, 116, 121,
149, 168, 180, 183, 208, 541,
545^ n ; (Aditya), 127.
gatha narajawsya^, a class of man- tras, 689.
Gaya, a sage, 107., 255.
gayatri, a metre, 1 1 2 , 2 08 ; in relation to Agni, 664.
gharma, 119; three gharmas, 230, 59<\
Ghora Aiigirasa in contrast with Bhisha^ Atharvawa, xxi.
gifts, prayer at the receipt of, 196 ;
praise of him that bestows them
(danastuti), 197, 688 ; three,
181, 613.
glory, prayer for, 117,478; cf. lustre.
goat-footed woman, 109.
godana-cererr.ony, 307, 574, 665.
gods, ageless, 365 ; sinful : see sin ; sleepless, 200.
gold, 94, 116, 183, 192, 196, 264,
322, 348, 384, 477, 617, 654,
668 ff. ; as an amulet, 63.
golden age, 198, 692.
golden ship (soma, the moon?), 4, 6, 415, 680.
Gotama, a sage, 319.
gourd used in charm against ser- pents, 428.
Grahi (fit, seizure), a female demon, 15, 34, 49, 57, 165, 187, 525.
grain, charm to produce increase
of, 141, 499; expiatory offering
of, 528.
gramaya^in, -yagaka, and pugaya-
gniya, an inferior kind of priest,
xl n, li, 580.
greed and worldliness, expiation of, 494.
Guggulu,an Apsaras, 33 ; cf. bdellium.
Hair, charms to promote the growth of, 30 ff., 470, 536.
INDEX OF SUBJFXTS.
hawsa, a bird (the sun), 28, 462. haplology, 398. happy kingdom, 198, 692. haridrava, yellow wagtail, 8, 266. harmony, agreement, peace, charms
to secure them (sawmanasyani),
xxix, xliv n, 134 ff., 492, 494-5,
508, 550; between cow and
. calf, 493.
havis (technical), 479, 492, 496 n,
498, 500. health, charms to secure it, 44-5,
49 ff. heat, fever cured by (attraction),
270. heavens, three, 68, 400, 416, 631;
nine, 228, 631 ; cf. oceans,
nine, hell (nethermost darkness), 177, 191,
211, 221-3, 242, 301' hemp (fastens amulets), 37, 162, 281,
2B4, 582.
herald, 131.
hermit, personification of the sun,
Himavant-mountains (Himalaya), 4-6, 12, 61, 415, 679.
Hira/zyagarbha, the supreme god, 629, 686.
holiness and beneficence, female personifications of, 602.
holy work thwarted, 89 ; i holy water,' 379, 393, 504, 540.
homoeopathy, 264, 443, 481, 506, 566 ; cf. attractio similium.
honey, mixture of, for guests, 84 ;
symbol of agreeableness, 277
(cf. licorice, and sugar-cane) ;
honey-lash of the Ajvins, hymn
to, 229, 587.
hook, to rake in wealth with, 503.
horse, charm to endow it with
swiftness, 145, 507; of Pedu,
152 ff., 605, 607 (cf. Pedu, and
Paidva-ceremony) ; sacrifice of,
662, 666; of Yama, 21, 422.
hostile powers, charm for exposing hidden, 398.
house, prayers and practices at the
building of, 140, 343, 494;
parts of, 140, 193 ff., 243, 343,
497, 596-8; purification of the
entrance of, 298 ; presented as
a gift to Brahmans, 193, 595,
598; removal of, 193, 595;
varieties of, 597.
HruVu, designation of fever, 3, 273.
human sacrifice, ransomed, 360.
hundred and one, 50, 162, 168, 170, 3°7, 43 3, 565 ; cf. ninety-nine.
husband, charms to obtain one
(pativedanani), 94-5, 217, 322,
491.
hymns of the Atharva-veda, arrange- ment of, 247.
Ichneumon (and serpent), 43, 103, 540, 580 ; cf. porcupine.
Ida., a goddess, 512.
fkshvaku, a king, 6, 679-80.
indramaha and -mahotsava, a festival, 35a3, 405, 5io.
Indrawi, 105, 354, 536; indrawya arsham, and indrawy-upanishad,
ihgi^a,and ihgi*/a-oil,used in sorcery, 334, 476, 496, 582.
insects, in the field, 142, 485; poison- ous, 29.
intercalary month and year, 682-3.
inundation, charm to prevent it, 349 n.
investiture with the holy cord
(upanayana), 240, 364, 381, 383,
55i, 569, 574, 623.
Lana, a god, 253 n, 618.
ish^a-purtam, 297.
Jackal, 306.
jealousy, charms against, 18, 106 ff.,
467, 547, 559. 4 jewels ' of the king's court, 333.
Kabava (demon?), 67, 339-40. kairata, designation of a serpent, 28,
427 ; cf. Kirata-maiden. Kala (time) personified, 224 ff., 629,
681, 687.
kalaka^g-a, three (heavenly phenome-
non), 13, 500.
Kama, love personified, 102, 175,
220 ff., 311, 359, 591, 629, 682;
myth of, 535. kanaknaka, designation of poison,
154, 608. ^Tanda, a demon, 66, 301. kanda-poison, 154, 608. ATandra, and £andramas (moon-god),
10, 17, 85, 120, 128, 161.
kankaparvan (scorpion), 29, 553.
Ka/zva, demon of disease, 36, 302 ;
name of a sage, 23-4, 33, 71,
karavya£, designation of certain
karki, designation of a white calf, 150, 413-4.
karjapha (a demon ?), 67, 339.
kasar/nla (kasanzira), designation of
a serpent and serpent-r/shi, 152,
607.
Kajyapa, a sage, 33, 45, 80, 107,
225, 255, 322, 577, 686 ; eye of
(the sun), 68, 403 ; Kajyapas
(plur.), 210.
£aturthi-karma, 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-a-
suya), 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 be-
tween, 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 ' honey-
lash,' 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,
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,
INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
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. 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,
548, 663.
Matali, 162, 629.
Matarijvan, 53, 205, 216, 219.
matr/namani and matr/ga«a, desig-
nation 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,
33i, 349, 436, 557-
mixed grain, spell in, 76.
mole, 142 ; mole-hill, earth from,
427.
mosquitoes, buzzing of, 36.
( mothers/ divinities, 644 ; cf. ma-
tr/namani.
mourners, female, 55, 124-5, I27, 156,^634, 638.
mr/garasuktani, designation of cer- tain 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), cere- mony of, 573.
Namu^i, a demon, liv, 256-7, 583.
Narada, a sage, 172, 175 ff., 435, 658, 660.
narajawsi, designation of certain
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.
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,
686. Par^anya, a rain-god, 8, 10, 43, 52,
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
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.,
Pathya Svasti, a divinity that pro- tects 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 heal-
ing agents, 41 ff., 44, 578 ; used
in sorcery, xix ; against a rival
woman, 107; to deprive of vi-
rility, 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 (me-
374-5, 465 ; mawpajya, an epi-
INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
thet, 399 ; millet : see durva ;
mu%a-grass, 9, 234-5, 242,
248, 278, 519, 523 ; mustard,
464 ; naghamara and nagharisha,
epithets of the kush^a-plant,
5, 41, 56, 677 ; naratf (?), 457 ;
nika/a (?), 470 ; nilagalasala, 30 ;
nirdahanti, xix ; nitatni, 31, 346,
536 ; nyastika (?), 539 ; palaja-
tree, 295, 299, 356, 530, 584;
paraju (tree, or plant ?), 295,
472 ; parivyadha-plant, 3,69 ;
par«a-tree, 331 ff., 581; pa*a-
plant, 137, 305, 354; pavika =
ula, 236 n; pepper, 21, 516;
plaksha-tree, 21 ; pramanda,
236, 253 n, 410; pr/jnipar/zi,
36, 302 ; putika, 236 ; putudru-
tree, 58, 573 ; reeds (vetasa),
various sorts of, 308, 348, 464 ;
rice : see the word ; roha«i, 19,
385-6 ; sadawpushpa, 67, 399 •
sahadevi, 490 ; jaivala, a water-
plant, 245 ; jaka-treer 464 ;
jami, a creeper, 97, 409, 460 ;
jankhapushpi, 539 n ; jara-
puhkha, 355 ; sesame ; see the
word; jigru-tree, 250, 453;
sila^i, 20-1, 385, 419 ff. ; si-
langala., 30,. 420, 465-6 ; Ams-
apa, 299 ; soma, the plant, 6,
43-4 ; sraktya-tree, 79, 575 ;
suryavalli, 5 39 n ; suvar^ala, 539;
jyama (jam a), a black plant,
270; tagadbhanga-tree, 118,
505, 582 ff. • tar^>6a=palajar
476; taudi (plant?), 154, 608;
tilaka-tree, 575 ; trisawdhya,
399, 539 n ; udumbara-tree,
299 ; u&££ushma-plant, 369 ;
ula, 205, 236 ; ujira, 436, 453 ;
utpala (?), 497 ; vadhaka-tree,
118, 476, 505, 582, 584 ; vara#a-
tree, 39, 81, 505; vibhidaka-
tree (vibhitaka), 470, 505 ; vi-
bhindant, and vibhindati, 71 ;
vidari, 356; vihalha, 30, 465;
viri«a, 561 ; visha»aka (?), io,
482 ff.