brahmodya, Vedic charades, Ix, Ixiv, 398, 625, 644, 667-8.
brandy (sura), 84, 231, 362, 493, 534, 578, 591; cf. liqucr.
696 Hymns of the
breath of life, deified, 218 ff., 622 ff., 6293 cf. Prama.
bridal couple, love charms spoken
by, 96, 546; cf. wedding.
Brihaspati (Brahmamaspati), a god,
XXlll, 29, 32, 44, 47) 49) 50, 52,
635: O60: 70; 385 Sl PIG 115,
126-8, 135, 140, 143, 160, 163,
178, 193, 211%, 213, 485, 541,
552, 554, 596, 610, 660.
Brihatsaman, 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,
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 Hh, 490;
charm. to restore strayed, 150,
496; marking of, 174, 658;
naming of, 3173 sacrifice of,
226, 228; worms in, 317; cf,
cows,
cave of animals, 322.
chariot, divine, 120; cf, wagon.
child-birth, ceremonies at (gata- karma), 293.
chiromancy (sdmudrika), 260.
cleft ground, scene of witchcraft, 288 n.
conception, charm to secure it, 94, 501.
consecration: see king; soma-sacrifice, 498.
‘consecration, great :’ santi.
constellation, lucky, 110; unlucky,
109, 517; charm for a child
born under an unlucky, 109,
517; male, 356; fading away
of (symbolic fading of disease ),
16. Names‘of: ashadbab, roe a
gyeshthaghni, 109; milla and
mfilabarhani, 288, 517-8, 525;
vikritau, 13,15, 110, 288, 517-83
-builder, 144;
for the
see maha-
saptarshayah, 52, 161, 179 ff., 390, 563.
cosmogonic 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 (isdnahat3 ), 2533 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, gr,
Daksha, 444.
Danavas, 85.
dancing sprites, 33, 149, 410, 413-
danger, protection from, 155 ff., 160, 618 ff.
dasi, non-Aryan servant-woman: see slave-girl.
Dasyus, 67, 83, 86, 203, 222.
death, from hunger and thirst, 69 ;
messengers of (cf.dogsof Yama),
118; of a teacher, expiation of,
528; personified as a teacher,
2163 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 fi, 33-9, 64 ff., 66, 290, 298,
339, 407-8, 669 ff. : female,
varieties of, "63 36, 638.
Deshiri, 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,
39, 86, 161, 203, 223, 225, 380,
647, 650, 655; enumerated, 188,
Index of Subjects. 697
192, 196; four, 120, 156, 199,
206, 216, 222, 367; five, 113,
162; six, 68, 207, 222; inter-
mediate, 1:0, 212, 223; distant
regions, 304; distances, three,
g2; of heaven and earth, 99;
north-eastern direction (apara-
gita), 305, 379, 644.
disaffected people, loyalty of re-
stored, 240.
discord : see strife, diseases, charms against, 1 ff. Enu-
meration of: abscess (vidradha),
40, 47,531,602; ag#atayakshma,
‘unknown disease,’ 40, 342,531;
ague, 448; akshata (tumour),
488, 562; alagi, 602; apakit
(scrofula), 17 ff., 472 ff, 503,
558-9; arishta, 513; aAsarika,
280, 637; asrava (excessive dis-
charges), 483; balasa, 2, 8, 39,
40, 42, 46, 57, 61, 280, 383,
442, 450, 463, 531, 575, 601,
674; blood, flow of, 40, 531,
657; ‘breaking disease,’ 38;
of children, 341, 3433 colic, 11,
283, 506; constipation, 10, 233,
2353 consumption, 49, 247, 415,
442 DN, 450, 463; convulsions,
37, 55, 283, 467; cough, 2, 7,
8, 247-8, 442, 513; deformity,
72; demons of disease, 33-9,
339; diarrhoea, 46, 233, 325,
327, 445, 483, 601; discharges,
excessive, 8 ff., 277, 481, 672;
dropsy, 11 ff., 42, 89, 241, 450,
471, 509, 530, 562; ear-ache,
40, 44-5; epilepsy, 264, 513;
of the eye, 5, 12, 24, 30, 40,
47; 415, 454, 464; fever (tak-
man; cf. takmandsana), of all
sorts, 1 ff., 39, 46, 60, 157, 218,
233, 246, 270, 273 ff., 280, 415,
441-2, 445, 451, 468, 470, 569,
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, 5003; prishtyamaya,
280; ragayakshma, ‘ 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. apadit), 17 ff,
472, 488 ff, 503 ff., 558-9;
spasm, 2; St. Vitus dance, 513;
transmission of, 47, 309; of
teeth, faa; 92; 464,:. 521-3. f0-:
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; visara, visarika, 280, 284,
673; visarpaka ({visalpaka), 531,
601; vishkhanda (cf. sam-
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),
34, 59, 60, 167, 318, 404, 422,
500, 571.
double meaning, 238, 250, 254, 259,
306, 313, 346, 381, 386, 544,
549, 645, 664; cf. alliteration
and puns,
676, 681; fractures(ct.wounds), dreams, evil, 12, 61, 69, 82, 167, 19, 384; galunta (swelling), 17, 221, 394, 483 ff., 592, 605, 642. 505; gambha, 280, 283, 467, dridbikarmani, a ceremony, 640. 572; gayanya (tumour), 17, driveling woman, 109.
560-1; gout (in heels andtces), Druh, demon of deceit, 14-5.
42; grahi (fit, seizure): see the drum (hymns to), 117, 130 ff., 204, word; head-ache (sirshakti), 5, 436 ff.; spell in, 77.
7, 45-6, 248, 252, 415, 442, Dvita, a water-god, 521-2.
657; heart-disease, 7, 12, 40, ‘dwelling, mistress ot,’ 140, 194-5, 264, 471; hemiplegia, 500 n; 346; cf. house.
hereditary disease (kshetriya), Dyu,asky-god, 50; female of Sarya, 13 f1., 47, 67, 286 ff., 293, 302, 661, 665.
HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA.
Eagle, 165 9.75-4:32,0137, 3aO; 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, 5523
tron 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,
Ekata, a water god, 521-2.
elephant, 76, 116, 144, 195 (female), 200:
enema, 236.
enemies, charms against, 89, 92-3, 325, 334, 484, 544, 557-
eunuch, 108, 130, 538.
evil, charms against, 163, 509; eye,
61, 91, 285-6, 474 (cf. papma-
gaza); deposited in a garment,
6543 qualities, personified as
divinities, 423 ; thoughts, elimi-
nation of, 594. Cf. sin.
Fathers, ¥o,°54,°59,-63)°-93;°8 7; 119,
F26,°238; 161+, 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
(gatharagni), 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, 514-5, 565.
funeral practices in sorcery and
imprecations, 254, 297, 435;
funeral-fire, spell in, 77; funeral-
cow (anustarani), 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.
GAmi, a goddess, 323.
Gandhiri, 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; namesol,
534; Gandharv', 520-1.
Garhapatya (Agni), 165, 167.
Garuda and Garutmant, 25, 268 ff., 306, 401; cf. eagle.
Gatavedas (Agni), 18, 54, 57, 64-5. 83, 88,-98,-166) 410, PIO. ater. 149, 168, 180, 183, 208, 541, 545 n; (Aditya), 127.
gatha narasamsyad, a class of man- tras, 689.
Gaya, a sage, 107, 255.
gayatri,a metre, 112, 208; in relation to Agni, 664.
gharma, 119; three gharmas, 230, 590.
Ghora Angirasa in contrast with Bhishag Atharvama, xxi.
gifts, prayer at the receipt of, 196;
praise of him that bestows them
(danastuti), 197, 688; three,
183, 613;
glory, prayer for, 117, 478; cf. lustre.
goat-footed woman, ro9.
goddna-ceremony, 307, 574, 665.
gods, ageless, 3653; 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.
gramayagin, -yagaka, and pfigaya-
ghiya, an inferior kind of priest,
xl n, li, 580.
greed and worldliness, expiation of,
494. Gugguli, an Apsaras, 33; cf. bdellium.
Hair, charms to promote the growth of, 30 ff., 470, 536.
Index of
hassa, a bird (the sun), 28, 462.
haplology, 398.
happy kingdom, 198, 692.
haridrava, yellow wagtail, 8, 266.
harmony, agreement, peace, charms
to secure them (sammanasyAni),
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, 284, 582.
herald, 131. :
hermit, personification of the sun, 403.
Himavant-mountains (Himéalaya), 4-6, 12, 61, 415, 679.
Hiranyagarbha, the supreme god, 629, 686.
holiness and beneficence, female personifications of, 602.
holy work thwarted, 89; ‘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 Asvins, 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, 4943
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, 5955
varieties of, 597.
Subjects. 699
Hriidu, designation of fever, 3, 273.
human sacrifice, ransomed, 360.
hundred and one, 50, 162, 168, 170,
397, 433, 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), 42, 103, 540, 580; cf. porcupine.
Ida, a goddess, 512.
fkshviku, a king, 6, 679-80.
Indra, 18, 22, 24, 32-4, 38-9, 48-9,
UPI mee Soest Pen fen Py
77-81, 85, 89-92, 95,103, 105-6,
108, 112-17, 14Q-—23,. 125-33;
136-40, 143, 145-6, 148-9,
151-3, 160, 162-3, 169-70, 173,
179, 183, 188, 192-3, 195-6,
198, 200-1, 203-4, 207, 210,
S13-16, 317, 221=3,. 226,. 2:31;
241, 256-7, 268, 280, 294, 311,
315, 324, 328-9, 331, 342, 349-
50, 353, 367, 370, 380, 402,
433, 44°, 454, 476, 478, 500,
503, 522, 547-9, 551, 554, 583,
596, 627, 633, 655, 663; Indra
Brahmanaspati, 163; seduced
by an Asuri, 103, 268, 547; his
mother, 116, 478. Cf. Magha-
van, and Sakra.
indramaha and -mahotsava, a festival, 353, 405, 510.
Indrani, 105, 354, 536; indranya drsham, and indrazy-upanishad,
ingida, and ingida-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 ne
investiture with the holy cord
(upanayana), 240, 364, 381, 383,
551, 569, 574, 623.
fsana, a god, 253 n, 618.
isht4-pfirtam, 297.
Jackal, 306. jealousy, charms against, 18, 106 ff.,
467, 547, 559- ‘jewels’ of the king’s court, 333.
700 Hymns of the
Kabava (demon ?), 67, 339-40.
kairata, designation of a serpent, 28, 427; cf. Kirdta-maiden.
Kala (time) personified, 224 ff.,°629, 681, 687.
kAlakafga, 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.
Kanda, a demon, 66, 301.
kanda-poison, 154, 608.
Kandra, and Kandramas (moon-god), 16,17; 85,120, 129, 167.
kankaparvan (scorpion), 29, 553.
Kanva, demon of disease, 36, 3023
name of a sage, 23-4, 33, 71;
315, 318-9, 397.
kdravyah, designation of certain