Digitized by
Adityas, by fifteen syllables gain
pa^i^adaja-stoma, III, 40; ani-
mal offering to (instead of to
Aditi), 126; twelve, bom from
VsiAy 149; placed with Aditya
in the sky, 150; fashioned
the sky by means of Gagati,
234; pap at diksh^ of Agni-
ifeyana, 247; — produced, IV, 33;
Adityas and Maruts, connected
with embryos and the pa^>(a-
vi/nja- stoma, 68 ; Vasiis, Rudras,
and Adityas separated and were
the lords when heaven and
earth separated, 75 ; lords of
the western region, loi ; con-
nected with Vanma, saptada/a-
stoma, &c., loi ; Vasus, Rudras,
Adityas, Maruts, Vijve Dev^
build on different sides of altar
(E. S. W. N. Upper), 1 18 ;— the
twelve Adityas enumerated, V,
116; Adityas and Ahgiras con-
tending for getting first to
heaven, 152; arise by per-
formance of third pressing, 173;
the sacrificial horse to go the
way of the Adityas, 288 ; con-
secrate king by the Gagatf, 3x3;
obtain the part of Vishwu, the
sacrifice, corresponding to the
evening-pressing, 443; Indra,
with Vasus, Rudras, and Adityas,
receives offering of gharma,
479-80.
A^atajatrava. See Bhadrasena.
A^itajatru, king of Kaji, III, 141.
age-grades (vayimsi), oblations re-
lating thereto, forming part of
VasordhSrl, IV, 218.
ighara (libation of ghee). III, 172.
Aj?tgarta| father of ^unai&jepha,
HI, 95.
A g n i,by one syllable gains the breath,
III, 40; is all deities, 44 ; the
lower end, 44 ; the sacrifice, 45 ;
gold his seed, and the fee for his
oblations, 45, 59; is fiery spirit or
brightness (te^s), 46, 82 ; with
Indra smites the Rakshas, 51;
is Varuna and Rudra, 51; the
giver, 54; Vaijvanara, twelve-
kapala cake to, 57 ; Anikavat,
eight-kapala cake to, 58 ; Agni
Gr/hapati, eight-kapala cake
of quick-grown rice, 69, 89;
pirtha-oblation to, 82 ; to him
belong shoulder-pieces of yoke,
loi ; rathavimoianiya-oblation
to, I o I ; Agni Dharma;iaspati, 112;
assists Varu^za, 113; at upasad
eight-kapala cake to, 118; pa^ia-
bila ditto on east part of vedi, 1 20,
I2X ; fee is gold, 121 ; prayu^m
havis, eight-kapala cake, 125 ;
Pn\g-lpati- Agni,thePurusha, 144;
the Brahman (triple science) in
Agni's mouth, 146; etymology
(agri), 146 ; is trivr/t, the altar
consisting of nine substances,
147; glyatra,T48,i6i; union with
earth, 148 ; with Agni the Vasus
placed on earth, 150; restores
Pra^ipatl, hence Pra^apati cal-
led Agni, 151, 152 ; Agni ^tya,
151 seq.; is the sun (as an
Aditya), 752 ; Pra^pati's son
and father, 154; is speech, 1 54 ;
becomes a bird to bear sacrifice
to sky, 157; his eight or nine
forms (Rudra, Sarva, Parupati,
Ugra, Ajani, Bhava, Mahan
devai&, tjina, Kumara), 159,
160; is all bright (^itra) things,
161, 369 ; his forms coveted by
Pra^lpati, 161 ; he-goat slain
for him, 162 ; home prepared
for him by slaying animals (and
preparing food), 165 ; five Agnis
(layers), 165 ; is this earth, 169;
is the (ten) regions, 183; is
Savitr/, 191; VirS^, 196; Agni
the cattle, went away from the
gods, and is searched for, 196
seq.; is cattle (animals), 197;
is threefold, 197; enters seed,
198 ; regent of earth, 204, 286 ;
Agni, Vlyu, and Aditya are all
the light, 210; (the fire) belongs
to Indra and Agni, 212, 253;
is Aditya, 216; the child of the
two worlds, 224 ; the sea-
bom child of the waters, 226 ;
a conqueror, overpowering in
battle, 259 ; burns up the evil
(enemies) of the gods, 259;
is the brahman and kshatra,
260 ; born from Dyaus, 272 ;
nourished by day (dawn) and
night, 273 ; shining moves be-
tween heaven and earth, 273 ; is
sap and substance in this world,
Digitized by
^atapatha-brAhma-ya.
J78; golden-handed (?), 283;
distributed in many ways, 284 ;
overthrows Pflru, the Asura, in
battle, 29a ; his splendour in
the heavens is Aditya, 304 ; that
on earth this fire^ 304 ; that in
the air the wind, 304; Agni
Purishya, the son of the earth,
311 ; Agni the mouth of the
gods, 312; his glory (/ravas)
and vigour is the smoke which
announces him in yonder world,
349 ; son of heaven and earth,
350; leading forward of Agni,
356 seq.; went away from the
gods and entered the water,
360; Agni found by a white
horse (Pra^apati) on a lotus-
leaf, 360 ; A^ni scorches him,
360 ; Agni the repeller of all
evil, 360 ; taken up by Agni^^it
into his own self, 362; is the
rakshas- killing light, 372 ; takes
away Pra^pati's fiery spirit
(te^as) to the south, 374; be-
comes Pra^apati*s right arm,
374 ; Agni Vaijvlnara, Aditya,
creeps as a tortoise over the
three worlds, 392; Agni yavi-
sh/i&a, 413;— is Pra^apati, IV,
introd. xvii seq.; the divine
Sacrificer, and priest of the
sacrifice, xix ; the child of the
universe, xx ; Agni, Aditya, and
Viyu his three forms, xx ; Agni
the altar, a bird carrying the
sacrifice to heaven, xxi; is
attended to in front (of the
altar), 3; is the existent (bhuva),
4 ; through Agni everything
exists, 4 ; becomes the breath,
4; from fire breath fashioned,
4 ; Agni Vaijv^nara is the year,
33; connected with priesthood
and trivrft-stoma, 67 ; is Virl^,
regions and vital airs, 70 ; is the
Brahman (deity), 85; Agni,Vayii,
and Aditya move hitherwards
and thitherwards, 90: connected
with Vasus, trivrit, a^a-jastra,
rathantara, 100; protector of
the east, loi, (105); his rays
like those of the sun, 105; has
distinction (jri) bestowed upon
him by the gods, 113; lord of
the good, 123 ; his paths lead to
the gods, 1 2 3 ; his path becomes
black, when fanned by the wind,
141, 142 ; in his immortal form
is Rudra, 156; Agni, V^yu, and
Aditya are the hearts of the
gods, 162 ; nothing greater than
Agni, the fire-altar, 163; the
Rudras invoked in the ^atani-
driya are Agnis, 1 67; the fire-altar
is speech , 1 7 3 ; is the head of Agni-
Pn^patijthe altar and universe,
i78y 179; is ofispring and the
lord of offspring, 181; injures by
his heat, fire, and flame (haras,
jOi^is, SLTikis), 182 ; in men, water,
plant&trees, 1 8 3, 1 84 ; Agni,Vayu,
and Aditya are the Pravargya
(vessels), 187; leading forward
of Agni, X 88 seq. ; regaling him
with food (sixteen ladlings of
ghee), 189 ; Agni isVijvakarman,
189, 190; is the eye of gods
and men, 200 ; created as the hun-
dred-headed Rudra, 201 ; is thou-
sand eyed, 201 ; is a well- winged
bird, aoi ; seated on the back of
the earth he fills the air with his
shine, props the sky with his
light, and upholds the quarters
by his lustre, 202 ; the fire-altar
his seat, 202 ; oblation to (Agni)
Vijvakarman, 204; taken by
Pr^gipati to his bosom as his
own son, 206 ; Agni, the fire-
altar, is the Purusha, made up
of seven purushas, the fire
being his head, 206, 207 ; Agni
the man (nara) of the earth as
(part of) the All (vijva), 208 ;
is speech, 208 ; Agni's universal
sovereignty, 228; Agni asGan-
dharva, with the plants as Ap-
saras his mates, 231; lord of
the world and lord of creatures
whose dwellings are on high and
here below, and who is both
brahman and kshatra, 234, 235;
Agni, when completed and con-
secrated, becomes a deity,
Vanuia, 238; Agni, the fire-
altar, is a heavenly bird, 250 ;
one potent drop (indu), the
faithful eagle, the golden- winged
bird, 251 ; Agni Vairvakarmaira,
268 ; name to be given to the
fire on the altar, 269 ; the
Digitized by
kya, Mahad uktham, 172 ; Agni,
Viyu,and Aditya are light,might,
glory (fame), 173; Agni Viviii,
expiatory eight-kap^la cake at
Agnihotra, 192 ; Agni Sajnvarga,
ditto cake, 193 ; Agni Apsumat,
ditto, 193; Agni Suii ditto,
194 ; the first of the ten deities
('all the gods') receiving oblations
of drops, 280 ; Agni the dark-
necked, 316 ; Agni sacrificed as
animal victim, 319 ; Agni as the
chamberlain of king Marutta,
397 ; oblation to Agni Ayush-
mat, 439; is the good abode,
457 ; is the self of all the gods
(and regent of the earth), 505.
Agnidh, ox his fee at'Dajapeya, III,
119; gold for pa^/^abila oblation,
121; bullock for Sautrlma;ii,
142 ;— sprinkles fire-altar with
water to appease it, IV, 169 ; is
Agni, 169 ; follows the fire with
the single sword (-line), 192.
Agnidhra (= Agnidh), same as Agni,
III, 122; is the spring season, V, 44 ; is under the Brahman, 137.
Agnidhra, n. (fire-shed), is the air,
IV, 196 ; associated with Trish-
/ubh, V, 495; between it and
iatvala is the gate of sacrifice,
Agntdhriya, III, 97; taken out of
Garhapatya, 265 ; is the wind
in the air, 3 15, 3 1 7 ; the through-
breathing, 317; prepared first
of dhish^iya hearths, IV, 242;
at Agni^ayana built of eight
bricks, 243.
Agnihotra, both oblations offered
with the same formula, IV,
297 ; the offerer of the Agni-
hotra, in the other world, eats
food in the morning and even-
ing, 299, 325 ; to be oflfered by
the Sacrificer himself on new
and full moon, V, 21 ; the
four oblations are what, in
the Ajvamedha, are those to
the horse's feet, 34, 35 ;
esoteric theories on Agnihotra,
46 seq.; how performed when
staying abroad, 47; six couples
in Agnihotra, 48; disputation
about Agnihotra, 79 seq., iia
seq. ; speculations on the effect
Digitized by
i^ATAPATHA-BRAHMAJVA.
of the two oblations, 114; ex-
piations of mishaps, 178 seq. ;
Agnihotra a long sattra ter-
minating with death or old age,
178; Agnihotra cow and calf
are speech and mind, 46 ; the
sky and wind, 183; Agnihotra
cow is Aditi, the earth, 181 ;
Agnihotra is conducive to
heaven, 190 ; directions in case
of Agnihotrin dying whilst from
home, 197 seq. ; is the mouth
of sacrifices, 50a.
Agniifayana, III, introd. xxvi,
xxvii, 143 seq.; is a uni-
form (comprehensive) cere-
mony, 343 ; IV, introd. xiii
seq.; includes all sacrificial
rites, IV, a66 ; shown in detail,
296 seq. ; not to be performed
for another, 379.
Agniitit, is born in the other world
as one made of gold, IV, 295 ;
must not eat of the flesh of any
bird (say some), 296; he becomes
of Agni's form and all food be-
longs to him, 296 ; he becomes
the deity Agni, and hence im-
mortal, 296 ; in the other world
eats food every hundred years
or not at all, 299.
Agni>(ityl, a supernumerary (special) rite, III, 246.
agnikshetra, preparation of (plough- ing, &c.), Ill, 325 seq.
ignimaruta-jastra, connected with
Br/haspati, the Vi/ve Dev^,
the upper region, &c., IV, 103 ;
on second day of Ajvamedha,
V 382.
ignimaruta-stotra ( *= y^iy^f ^y a) , IV, 252 n.
Agni-nimini (parthini). III, 82.
Agninetrai& (dev^), seated in east, III, 148.
Agni-POshan, eleven-kapila cake to,
III 55.
Agnirahasya, IV, 281 seq.
Agnisava, IV, 298.
Agnishomiya, animal offering, IV,
245 ; is without Samish/ay^us,
260 ; twenty-one at Ajvamedha,
372, 375 ; eleven at Purusha-
medha, 404.
Agnish/oma, III, introd. xii seq.; victim of, 11; the stomas used,
127; three different modes of
its performance, IV, 287 ; V,
140 ; the stotras and jastras of
Gyotish/oma Agnish/oma form a
bird, hence equal to Mah^vrata-
s^man and Mahad uktham, IV,
287, 289 ; a hundred and six or
a hundred and twelve in the
year's session, V, 147.
Agnish/oma-saman, III, introd. xiii
seq., 12 ; IV, 252 ; on first day
of Ajvamedha, V, 376.
Agnish/ut Agnish/oma, V, 418.
Agni-Soma, eleven-kapala cake to,
m^ 45> 5^) 69 ; animal offering
to, 68 ; cake at Full moon, V, 6.
Agni-Vish«u, eleven-kapila cake to,
III, 44, 54; ditto at diksha of Agnii^ayana, 247.
agniyo^na (yoking of fire-altar),
IV, 249 seq.
Agnyadhana, not to be performed
under special nakshatras; but
at new moon (of Vaijikha or
other), V, i, 2.
igraya^a-graha, III, 6 ; produced
from nidhanavat-saman, and
from it the tri;iava and trayas-
trimja, IV, ir.
igraya^esh/i, offering of first-fruits, instituted by the gods. III, 46.
Sgur, formulas, V, 32, 157.
agfirtin, V, 32; 33 n.
^yabhiga, at animal sacrifice, V, 124.
^a-jastra, connected with Agni,
the Vasus, the east, trivrft, and
rathantara, IV, 100.
Ahavaniya ; (jilldvarya) set up on
cart. III, 104 ; head of sacrifice,
233 ; (in ukhi) sacrificer's
divine body, 262 ; if it goes out,
is again taken out of GIrhapatya,
265 ; is the sun (or heavenly
Agni), 309; its hearth is the
sky, its fire the sun and moon,
315; is the world of the gods,
344; the sky, IV, 196; V, 178;
or fire-altar, is the Sacrificer's
divine body, IV, 226 ; place for,
307 ; atonement for Ahavaniya
going out, lest the eldest son
die, V, 82 ; ditto for Agnihotra
fire going out, 187 seq. ; is the
(immortal) womb of the gods,
271.
Digitized by
INDEX TO PARTS III, IV, AND V.
ahtna, III, in trod, xix, xx.
Shuti, oblation, etymology, V, 37.
Aibhivata. See Pratidarja.
ai</a-siman, producedfrom the anush-
tubh, and from it the manthin
(graha), IV, 10; how chanted, ib.
Aikshvika. See Purukut«ia.
Aindrav^yava-graba, III, 6.
air (antariksha), its union with Vayu,
III, 148 ; connected with Indri-
gni, Vijvakarman, and V^yu,
188 ; heals what is injured and
torn in the earth, 221; air-
world fashioned by Rudras by
means of trish/ubh, 234; the
home of the waters, 416 ; sup-
ported by the sun, I V, 28 ; is of
trish/ubh nature, 57 ; is the
expanse (varivas), 88 ; is the
lower abode, 203 ; three obla-
tions of air (or wind, vRta) on
chariot, thereby yoking it, 235 ;
air, space, invisible, V, 17 ;
steadied by birds and sun-motes
(? sunbeams), 126; connected
with Sarasvati, 241 ; is a place
of abode for all the gods, 505.
airs, vital. See prana.
Aishavira, a family of priests, V, 45.
A^^i&avlka, cart laden with barley
and yoked with ox his fee at
Dajapeya, III, 119; is under
Hotri, V, 137.
akshara, III, 158; part of speech,
203 ; (the imperishable) is the
one brick constituting Agni,
the great Brahman into which
all beings pass, IV, 343.
aksharapankti metre, is the hea-
venly world, IV, 88.
akshivipa (keeper of dice) one of
