karki, designation of a white calf, 150, 413-4.
karsapha (a demon ?), 67, 339.
kasarvila (kasarvira), designation of
a serpent and serpent-vvshi, 152,
607.
Kasyapa, a sage, 33, 45, 80, 107,
225, 255, 322, 577, 686; eye of
(the sun), 68, 403; Kasyapas
(plur.), 210.
katurthi-karma, a wedding-practice, 276, 546.
Kaurama, a tribe, 197.
Kesaraprabandha, a woman, 170
Ep
Kesin, 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,
111 ff., 404, 477 (cf. sovereign
power) ; consecration of (raga-
sflya), 111, 226, 239, 333, 346,
378, 405, 661, 663; election of,
Pris:
restoration of an
exiled, 112, 327, 330; marriage
of, 498; charm to ensure him
superiority, 115, 404; compared
with Indra, 112; with a leopard,
1123; with alion and tiger, 115;
and purohita, mutual rites be-
tween, Ixi, 379.
kinswoman, curse of, 14.
Kirata-maiden, 153; cf. kairata.
kitrakarma, a ceremony, 666.
krisa, designation of a bird, 352.
Krisanu, a heavenly archer, 4o1.
kshatram, represents the Atharvan and its practices (?), xxv.
Kshetrapati, a divinity, 486.
Atidakarana, a ceremony, 309, 574.
Kumira, 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., 2704., 525. sees 604, 629, 679.
leopard, 112.
licking the young, sign of affection, {ois
licorice (imparts attractiveness, and
persuasiveness), 99, rol, 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), 2713; as ‘honey-
lash,’ 588.
lion, 112, 115-6, 139, 132, 205, 380, 477+
liquor, 141, 1443; 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, 633,
Madhubrahmaza, 587 n.
madhugraha, 589.
madhusiikta, 589.
Magadha, a country and tribe, 2, 446, 449.
Maghavan (Indra), 94, 121, 151, 324.
Index of
Subjects. 701
magic identification of two persons,
310. Magundi, daughters of (demons), 66,
Mahadeva (Rudra), 133.
mahanamni-verscs, 226, 631.
mahasanti,‘ great consecration,’ 393, 446, 448, 474, 602, 669.
Mahavrisha, a tribe, 1, 2.
maiden, mythical first husbancs of,
male child, rite for begetting one (pussavana), 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.
Mari4i, 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, go.
Maruts, 48, 53,90, 104,112-3,121-2,
126, 132, 135, 140, 146, 151,
183-4, 188, 207, 230, 266, 328,
548, 663.
Matali, 162, 629.
Matarisvan, 53, 205, 216, 219.
matrinamani and matrigana, 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,
10g, 113, 116, 122, 126, 153,
160, 172, 175, 195, 210-1, 216,
331, 349, 439, 557-
mixed grain, spell in, 76.
mole, 142; mole-hill, earth from, 427.
mosquitoes, buzzing of, 36.
‘ mothers,’ divinities, 644; cf. ma- trimamani.
mourners, female, 55, 124-5, 127, 156, 634, 638.
mrigarastiktani, designation of cer- tain hymns, 252, 298.
Mrityu, death personified, 133.
Miigavant, a tribe, 1, 2, 446, 448.
mule, symbolic of sterility, 120, 545.
Mufgavant, a mountain, 278.
mustard against ophthalmia, 464.
Nabhasaspati, a god, 142, 499.
nadi, ‘river,’ etymology of, 349.
nakedness of man, 192.
Nakiketas, 424.
Naladi, name of an Apsaras, 33.
name-giving (ndmakaraza), cere- mony of, 573.
Namua&i, a demon, liv, 256-7, 583.
Narada, a sage, 172,175 ff., 435, 658, 660.
narasamsi, designation of certain
Nardabuda, 634; cf. Nyarbudi.
N§arshada, a patronymic, 397; cf. Nrishad.
new-moon, night of, fit for sorcery, 256, 408.
new-moon and full-moon sacrifices,
Night, personified, 20.
ninety-nine, 172, 433; cf. hundred and one.
nirzayana-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-formuias, 228. Nrishad, a sage, 71; cf. Narshada. Nyarbudi, a battle-god, 123 ff., 631 ff.; cf, Nardabuda, and Arbudi. Occans, nine, cf. heavens, nine.
ominous birds, charms against, 166,
474 ff., 619; ominous sneezing,
§2.
oracles, 243, 295, 303, 323, 491.
ordeals, with fire, 294 ff.
ox (anadvan), apotheosized, 624.
Paidva-practice, 357, 460, 605 ff. ; cf. Pedu, and horse of Pedu.
702 Hymns of the
panaceas, 40-1, 252, 302, 321, 406,
473, 597, 509, 530, 578, 600.
pazkakalpa, and -kalpin, a priest
who practices Atharvan sorcery,
XXVili, lili.
pankti, a metre, 186, 209, 212.
pantheon, Vedic, addressed in prayer, 160, 628.
panther, 116.
papmagaza, a certain list of mantras,
Paramesh¢hin, the supreme god, 80,
84, 208-I0, 215, 225, 629, 665,
686.
Parganya, a rain-god, 8, 10, 43, 52,
116, 153, 161, 200, 204, 233-6,
588, 623-4.
parigrzhya, designation of a fire-altar (vedi), 379, 641.
Parikshit, a king (Agni), 197 ff,
691 ff.
parikshiti, designation of certain
parrots, 8, 144, 264 n.
parturition, charm to make it easy, 99, 242.
Parushzi, a river, 29, 442.
Pasupati, a form of Rudra, 155 ff.,
161, 618.
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.
pizdadana, a ceremony, 259.
Pisakas, a class of demons, 34-7,
57-8, 65, 68, 187, 190, 205,
281-2, 290, 302, 339, 407-9,
4753 Pisaki, 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;
adhyanda, 356; agasringi (me-
shasringi), 33, 408; ahva, 118;
582, 584; dla, 30, 236, 358;
4laki, 536; alasala, 30; amfila(?),
457; apamarga, 69 ff., 305 n,
393 ff., 429, 487, 556; arazaki
(agasringi), 33; arka-tree, 250;
arundhati, 19-21, 40-1, 144,
289, 305 Nn, 385, 4195: 49085
579, 676-75; asuri-tree, 267;
asvattha-tree, 4, 6, 21, 33, 43,
91,97, 117, 334 ite 415-6, 460,
496, 505, 582 ff., 585; avaka-
reed, 33-4, 42, 349, 410, 462,
515, 579; bamboo (staff of),
248, 256-7; banaparnt, 355;
banyan-tree (nyagrodha), 21,
33, 147, 367; barley: see the
word; beans: see the word;
camphor, 236 n3; curcuma,
yellow (haridra), 374; darbha-
Brass, 43, 137, 152-3, 162, 241,
286, 317, 480, 519, 606, 615;
dark plant, cures leprosy,
16, 267, 270; dhava-tree, 21;
‘displacer’ (vaibadha), epithet
of the asvattha-tree, 91-2,
335; dividhuvaka (reed), 348;
diirva-plant (millet); 147, 258,
515; ‘even-colour,’ epithet of
a plant to cure leprosy, 16;
gangida-tree, 37-9, 280 ff., 403,
443, 670 ff.; gayanti, 420;
ghritaéi (?), 154, 608; givala, 5,
thet, 399; millet: see dfirva;
mus#ga-grass, 9, 234-5, 242,
248, 278, 519, 5233; mustard,
464; naghamara and nagharisha,
epithets of the kusht/a-plant,
5, 41, 56, 677; naraki (?), 457;
nikaga (?), 470; ntlagalasala, 30;
nirdahanti, xix; nitatni, 31, 346,
536; nyastika (?), 5393; palasa-
tree, 295, 299, 356, 530, 584;
parasu (tree, or plant?), 295,
4723 parivyadha-plant, 369;
parva-tree, 331 ff., 581; para-
plant, 137, 3¢5, 354; pavika =
ula, 236 n; pepper, 21, 516;
plaksha-tree, 21; pramanda,
226, 253 0, 410; prisniparzi,
36, 302; piitika, 236; pitudru-
tree, 58, 573; reeds (vetasa),
various sorts of, 308, 348, 464;
rice: see the word ; rohami, 19,
385-6; sadampushpa, 67, 399;
sahadevi, 490; saivala, a water-
plant, 245; saka-tree, 464;
sami, a creeper, 67, 409, 460;
sankhapushpi, 539 n3;_ sara-
punkha, 3554 sesame: see the
word; sigru-tree, 250, 453;
silaki, 20-1, 385, 419 ff.; si-
lavigala, 30, 420, 465-63; sims-
apa, 299; soma, the plant, 6,
43-4; sraktya-tree, 79, 575;
sfiryavalli,539n; suvaréala, 539;
syama (sama), a black plant,
270; tagadbhafiga-tree, 118,
505, 582 ff.; tarksa=palasa,
476; taudi (plant ?), 154, 608;
tilaka-tree, 5753; trisasmdhya,
399, 539 0; udumbara-tree,
299; ukkhushma-plant, 369;
ula, 205, 236; usira, 436, 453;
utpala (?), 497; vadhaka-tree,
118, 476, 505, 582, 584; varana-
tree, 39, 81, 505; vibhidaka-
tree (vibhitaka), 470, 505; vi-
bhindant, and vibhindati, 71 ;
vidari, 356; vihalha, 30, 4655
virina, 561; vishanaka (?), 10,
482 ff.
plough and ploughshare, 84, 287 ff, 356, 608-9.
poison, charms against, 25 ff., 27 ff., 42, 154, 373 ff, 511.
porcupine, hostile to serpents, 28, 428; cf. ichneumon.
porridge (gruel), 26, 30; for the
Brahmans, preparation of,179 ff.,
185 ff., 610 ff., 645 ff.; porridge-
man, 240 n.
portentous occurrences, 262.
post, sacrificial, 201, 203, 213.
Pragapati, 31, 55, 84, 97-8, 126, 138,
149, 161, 179, 194, 204, 206,
215-9, 224-8, 230-2, 461, 592,
627, 629, 686.
Pragetas (Angirasa), a divine per- sonification, 163, 484.
Pramandani, an Apsaras, 33, 4103 cf. pramanda, under plants.
Praza: see breath of life. Pratif#ina (Angirasa), a divine per- sonification, xxiv, 73, 603. pratyangirasa, ‘ counter-witchcratt,’ X1x, xxiv; cf. angiras. precedence of younger brother, - expiation of, 164, 521. pridaku, a kind of serpent, 553. prishataka, mixture of ghee milk, 385.
Prisni, a goddess, 43, 132, 207.
Prithivi (earth), personified, 8, 50.
prosperity, charms to procure it, PP elie eee
protection from sorcery and hostility, prayer for, 575.
piigayag#iya : see gramayagin.
puns, 95, 97, 116-8, 146, 153, 194,
205-6, 216, 318, 221, 225, 232,
243-4, 247 N, 249, 251-2, 266 n,
267, 280, 285, 287-8, 298, 322,
326, 336-7, 348 ff., 361, 370,
385, 393, 403, 408, 426 n, 427,
434, 446, 448, 480-1, 497, 505,
507, 518, 527, 551, 561 n, 575,
582-3, 594, 603, 609, 657, 661,
670, 673, 6923 cf. alliteration,
and double meaning.
puraza, ancient legends, 228.
purification of the body, 642.
purikaya (with variants), a water- animal, 157, 621.
purodasa, sacrificial rice-cake, 120, 177.
purohita (chaplain of the king), 128 ;
office and character of, lviii,
Ixi, lxii ff.; relation of to the
Atharva-veda, lIxvii; relation of
to the Brahman (fourth priest),
Ixviil.
Purfiravas, a mythical 564 Nn.
Purusha, cosmic man, 186, 216, 629,
and
king, 521,
704 Hymns of the
646-7; hymn to (purushasikta), Xxx, 682.
Piishan, 99, 116, 135, 143, 159-60,
165, 198, 243-4, 331, 421, 495,
526-8, 542.
Races of men (peoples), five, 92, 20%, 204.
ragasa (a water-animal?), 157, 621.
raghat (falcon ?), 43, 580.
raibhi, designation of certain stanzas, 689 ff.; cf. Rebha.
rain-charm, addressed to the Maruts, 267.
Rakshas (demons), 9, 32-4, 36-8,
42, 57, 62, 66, 69, 71, 80, go,
96, 125-6, 162, 187, 190, 205,
282-3, 315, 408, 442, 458, 557,
572.
ratna, ‘jewels of the king’s court,’ 333:
raudragava, designation of certain mantras, 367, 619, 643.
Ravana, a demon, 374.
raw meat, eaten by demons, 395; spell in, 76.
razor and strop (kshuro bhrigvan), 197, 691.
Rebha (Agni), 690.
rectum, 47, 234.
red colour, cures jaundice, 263.
revati-stanzas, 208.
Ribhus, a kind of divinities, 20, 73,
riC€, 43, 57, 87, 110, 204, 219, 232, 540.
Rik, 161, 204, 225-6, 229.
rishihasta, a certain ceremony, 569, 623.
Rishis, personifications of qualities, 5713; seven: see constellations.
rita, order of the universe, 15, 228.
ritvig, a priest, 204; ct. adhvaryu.
rival, woman’s incantation against, 107, 253, 355.
river, charm for conducting it into
a new channel, 146, 3483 navi-
gable, 74, 80.
roads, divinities of, 113; cf. Pathya Svasti.
robbers, charm against, 147.
Rohini, designation of female divi-
nities, 7, 207, 210, 265, 661 ff.,
665-6.
Rohita, a sun-god, 207 ff., 265, 661 ff, 683.
rohitani (sc. siktani), designation of the hymns to Rohita, 662.
roots, practices with, xliii n, 1, liv, 407, 458.
ropamaka, thrush, 8, 264 n, 266.
rope full of teeth (serpent), 368.
rotten fish, cures certain diseases, 342.
rotten grain, 345.
rotten rope in battle-practices, 117, 582.
Rudra, 3, 10, 11, 19, 37, 66, 80, 120,
138, 144, 155 ff, 161; 179, 253,
302, 326, 389-90, 402, 406, 422,
446 n, 488-9, 495, 506, 581,
586, 604, 618-9, 621, 637; Ru-
dras (plural), 119, 135, 161.
runaway woman, charm to capture her, 106, 496.
Riipakas, certain phantoms, 125, 636.
rara, epithet of takman (fever), 273,
449, 568. Rusamas, a people, 197, 690.
Sacrifice, of an enemy frustrated,
90, 5573 expiation of imper-
fections in, 164, 528; human
(ransomed), 3603; leavings of
(uk&hishra) apotheosized, 226 ff.,
588, 629 ff.; sacrifices and litur-
gical terms catalogued, 226 ff,
631; sacrificial post (yfipa), 201,
203, 213; sacrificial seat (sadas),
203, 210.
Sadanvas, demons, 62, 66-7, 301, 384.
Sadhyas, certain divine beings, 119, 585.
Sahasraksha,a god, 473; cf.thousand- eyed.
saka-bird, 143, 351 ff.
Sakadhfima (weather- prophet), 160, 532.
Sakambhara, personification of ab-
normal evacuation, 1, 445; cf.
Apva.