Ajvapati Kaikeya, a king and theolo- gian, IV, 393.
Ajva S^mudri, V, 302.
ajvastomiyi, oblations, V, 337, 341.
Ajvatardjvi. See BuJila.
ajvattha (ficus religiosa), leaves used
for salt-bags, III, 33 ; tree on
which the Maruts stayed, 34,
84 ; branch broken off by itself
used for making a bowl, 67 ;
consecration vessel, for a Vaijya
to sprinkle with, made thereof,
84 ; originates from Indra's skin,
(and honour), V, 215; means
honour, 220 ; not to stand near
a grave, 427 ; is the abode (of plants?), 433.
Irvina-graha, III, 6.
Ijvina-jastra, III, introd. xviii, xx.
A J V i n au, by two syllables gain two-
footed men. III, 40; two-
kap^la cake to, 62 ; are twins,
62 ; reddish-white he-goat their
victim at SautrimajiT, 129 ; cure
Indra from the effects of over-
draught of Soma, 132; drink
Soma with NamuJ^i, 135; two-
kap^la cake at Sautr^ant for
healing, 137; lay down the
second layer of altar, as physic-
ians and Brahmanas, IV, 23, 30;
are the Adhvaryus of the Agni-
^ity^ and the gods, 23; took
the part of Pra^apati below
waist and above feet which is
sacred to them, 38 ; became
everything here, 30 ; (with the
help of Sarasvatt) they heal
Indra, when his vital energy is
taken from him by Namu>(i, V,
a 1 6, 223; the he-goat their
guerdon, 216; are the physicians
of the gods, 217; he-goat im-
molated to them, 217; are
the eyesight, and fiery spirit,
217, 218; she-goats sacred to
them, 218; bring the Soma
(plant) from Namuii which
Sarasvati then distils, 232; con-
nected with the earth (and the
morning-pressing), 241, 247;
possess healing-power (bhaisha-
^a), 243; are the Adhvaryus
ot the gods, 245 ; connected
with spring and summer, 247 ;
together with Sarasvat! they
prepare the Sautrama/i! to heal
Indra, 349; Ajvinau, Sarasvati,
and Indra are everything here,
353 ; and have a share in the
gharma, 475; two he-goats
black (? white) on lower part
of the body their victims at
Ajvamedha, 300; restore Da-
dhysJIA Atharva^^a's head after
becoming his pupils, 444, 445 ;
475. irvini, regional bricks, IV, 23 seq.;
what part of the body they
represent, 28. Atharvan, is the breath. III, 217;
Digitized by
^ATAPATHA-BRAHMAJ^A,
the Atharvans the Veda of the
Gandharvas, V, 365. Atharvingiras, the study of their
texts, V, 97. Iti, an aquatic bird, V, 70. atigrihya-grahifr, III, 6. atii^^ibandas, comprises all metres,
III, 104; V, 497; the covering
(including) metre in form of
which the lions were produced,
IV, 38; beyond all metres, no, 385.
Atiratra, III, introd. xiii, xvii-xx,
xxiii ; confusion of itssimans in
session of a hundred Atiratras,
V, 93 ; two in the year's session,
T47 ; Atiritra with all the sto-
mas, 330, 333, 395.
atirikta-stotra, III, introd. xx, xxii. atithya (guest-offering), ends with
the I^i, IV, 259; is the head
of the (Soma-) sacrifice, V, 491.
Atnira, Atndra. See Para.
Atyagnish/oma, III, introd. xiii;
last day of Atiratra, aviv^ya,
xvii. Audanya (son of Udanya). See
Mundibha.
Audbhari. See Kha»i/ika.
audgrabhaxra-oblations, 111,249; at
Ajvamedha, V, 289 sea. Aupamanyava. See Mahirala. Aupaveji. See Aruna. Aupivi Ginajruteya, descends to
earth from upper region, III,
aujana-saman, how chanted, IV, 7.
austerities. See tapas.
autumn, produced from the ear, and
from it the anushfubh, IV, lo ;
consists of months Isha and
^r^ 49 ; rainy season and
autumn are the air-world and
the middle of the year, 49; in
autumn creatures are brahman-
vat (? rich in growth), 45.
avabhr/tha, III, 185; at the animal
sacrifice, V, 121 ; at Sautr^mani,
264.
avaki plants, placed below and above
tortoise. III, 392 ; means water,
393 > IV, 49; below and above
the lower r/tavyi bricks of third
layer, IV, 48 ; drawn across
the altar to appease it, 174 ;
etymology, 175 ; afford least
subsistence, 175 ; sepulchral
mound covered therewith, V,
436.
avakira, formulas, V, 469 ; are the vital airs, 469, 492.
avatina, ' unstringing * formulas and oblations, IV, 163.
avi (ewe), is this earth, III, 156;
victim, 156; created from
Pra^pati's ear, 402 ; sacred to
Varu/ra, 411; is the skin of
(supplies a covering for) the
two-footed and four-footed, 411;
fashioned first of forms by
Tvash/r/, 411.
ivid-formulas. III, 89.
Avikshita. See Marutta.
ivis. III, 89.
avitta, III, 89.
avivikya. III, introd. xvii.
axle, demoniacal voice in, III, 291.
AyasthOna, a performer of a sattra, V, 61.
Ayavas, — Yavas and Ayavas the
former and latter fortnights,
connected with creatures gener-
ally, and the ^atujiatvarimia-
stoma, IV, 69; the lords of
creatures, 76.
Ayogava. See Marutta.
Ayus, is Agni, III, 323.
Ayush/oma, form of Agnish/oma,
IV, 287.
Bahishpavamlna. of Va^apeya, III,
8 ; of Abhishe^aniya, 69 ; at
Ajvamedha, is heaven, V, 305,
306; when chanted 'outside,*
305. bahvr/i^a, theologians of the Rig-
veda, V, 72.
Bilaki, V, 165.
balance, the right edge of the vedi is
a balance in which the Sacrificer
is weighed, V, 45. Balhika, Prltipiya,a Kauravya king,
balva^, grass used for winding round
throne-seat, V, 461.
bamboo. See reed,
barefooted, consecrated king never
stands barefooted on earth, 1 1 1,
129. Birhaduktha, Apri-verses, V, 302. Birhaspatya pap. III, 21, 28, 36. barhis, is the sky, V, 248.
Digitized by
INDEX TO PARTS HI, IV, AND V.
barley-corn, V, 405.
barren, wife possessed with Nirriti,
111,65.
bath, purificatory, V, 438.
beasts, wild (jvapada, tiger, &c.),
spring from Soma flowing from
lower opening, III, 131. bee, wounds the horse's thigh, V,
330. Belief and Unbelief, as two women
with a man (Wrath) between
them, V, III, iia. belly, gets and eats the food, IV,
115; food of all kind meets
together there, V, 37. Bhadrasena A^taratrava, bewitched
by Anini, III, 141.
Bhaga, partha-oblations to, III, 8a.
bhagadugha, carver or tax-gatherer,
111,63; one of the ratninai&, 63. Bhallaveya, V, 354, 393; cf. Indra-
dyumna. Bharadva^a, r/shi. III, introd. xiv;
is the mind, 107; etymology,
107.
Bh^radvi^ a teacher, IV, 35a.
Bharata, is Pra^pati, III, apa ; —
Bharata Dauishanti, son of
5akuntala, performed the
Ajvamedha, V, 399 ; seizes the
sacrificial horse of the Satvats,
401. Bhiratas, the throne of. III, 105;
Bharatas, V, 399, 401.
Bhauvana. See Vijvakarman.
Bhava, a form and name of Agni, is
the rain-cloud (par^nya). III,
160. Bhesha^, (medicine) a work of the
AtharvanikSifr, V, 365 n. Bhimasena, performs Ajvamedha, V,
396. Bhr/gu Vslrwfi, sent out by his father
Vanuia to gain knowledge, V,
108 seq. BhWgus, one is to sacrifice along with
them, IV, a 00; sacrifice was
offered by them, a6a.
'bhrQ;7ahaty^ V, 341.
bh(L&, bhuvai, svar,— sSman on, IV,
145 ; are the three worlds, 145 ;
the first words spoken by Pra^i-
pati,V, I a ; the five syllables made
by Pra^pati the five seasons,
13 ; luminous essences evolved
from triple science, 103 ; expi-
atory oblations to be made
therewith, 103, 104 ; are all-
expiatory, 180; some perform
the sprinkling of the Sacrificer
with these at Sautramajif, 353.
bhfita, living being, existing thing
(? spirit) — fr^d from death
through trayastrim/a - stoma,
connected with i^ibhus and
Vijve Devair, IV, 70; the
bhiitlnim patii& their lord, 73;
Prapipati Paramesh/i&in their
lord, 76, 350, 354 ; daily offer-
ings to them, V, 95.
bhfitinlm pztih (Pra^pati, the
year), husband of Ushas, III,
158; IV, 73.
Bhiitavira, a family of priests, IV, 345 n.
Bhiiti, goddess of prosperity, homage paid to her. Ill, 334.
bhuvaifr. See bh(L&.
bifurcate. See forking.
bilva (Aegle Marmelos), V, 374.
birds,— how created, III, 148; when
born, body produced first, IV,
'3^> *39 > flesh not to be eaten
by Agniiit (say some), 396 ;
contract and expand their wings
and tail, 300 seq.; the little
bird which bustles with 'aha-
lak,' V, 335; birds the people
of TIrkshya Vaiparyata, the
Purana their Veda, 369.
bird-like body, is the fire-altar, IV,
385 ; takes Pn^apati to heaven,
300.
black, is sickly, IV, 137.
blood, oblations of, V, 394.
boar, produced from ghee, III, 102;
boar and cow friendly together,
103 ; shoes of boar's skin, 103 ;
viciousboar (durvaraha) unclean,
V, 178 ; earth torn up by boar,
used for Pravargya vessels, 451.
body, founded on the mind. III,
370 ; linked to food by the
(channels of the) vital airs, 370;
is kindled by the sun, and hence
warm, IV, 135 ; produced be-
fore wings and tail, 136 ; has
thirty limbs, 167, 333 ; is
twenty-five-fold, 168, 322 ; if
immortal, is boneless, 178 ; the
fire-altar,Mahavrata,and Mahad
uktham are the Sacrificer's
Digitized by
iSatapatha-brAhma;va.
divine, immortal body, 279 ;
consists of couples, 384 ; con-
sists of five mortal parts (bair,
skin, flesh, bone, marrow) and
five immortal parts (mind,
voice, breath, eye, ear), 290 ;
the immortal parts are the vital
airs, 292 ; body (fifteenfold,
309 ; fivefold, 309) ; consists of
1 01 parts and has as many
vital airs, 325, 326 ; parts con-
stituting (Pra^ipati*s)body, 347;
of thirty parts, 383, 387 ; body
of dead man how to be treated,
V, 201 seq. ; body of man is of
three parts, 261.
bone, — bricks are Agni's bones, IV,
20 ; bones run both lengthwise
and crosswise in the body, 135;
in wings and tail of birds no
transverse bone, 135 ; is one of
the mortal parts of the body,
178; bones are the * jr! ' (? good-
ness, strength) of men, 326 ;
are the enclosing-stones, hence
360 of them, 387; V, 169;
bones of fat and lean persons
are alike, V, 20 ; bones of dead
man are collected, 117, 443 n.;
brought home, arranged on black
antelope skin and burnt, 200;
buried, 433; arranged like bird's
body, 435.
boon, choosing of. III, 105.
bow, strung, 1 1 1, 87 ; is the Kenya's
strength (virya), 89 ; with three
arrows given as sacrificial fee,
V, 1 1 ; Vishffu's bow and three
arrows, 442.
brahmahatya, redeemed by Ajva-
medha, V, 328 ; atonement for
it, 340>34i.
Brahnia>hirin,not delivered to Death,
V, 48 ; cuts off a night from his
life by not bringing firewood,48,
49 ; his life a sacrificial session,
49 ; begging alms, 49, 50 ; brings
firewood to teacher, 53, 54,
85 ; initiation of Brahma^^lrin,
86 seq. ; teacher, by laying his
right hand on him, becomes preg-
nant with him, and in the third
night he is bom as a Br^hmana
with the Savitrt, 88 ; whether
allowed to eat honey or not, 90 ;
may initiate the Unnetri, 137.
brahmaiarya, religious studentship, V, 86 seq.
Brahman (n.), is Br/haspati, III, 3,
21 ; IV, 192; (prayer). Ill, 21;
(priesthood) connected with
the east, Gayatr!, Rathantara,
Trivr/t, spring-season, 91 ; the
Brahman (tray! vidyi) first
created, 145, 146; is the foun-
dation of everything, 145; is
Agni's mouth, 146; Pra^pati
is the whole Brahman, 353;
constitutes the fourth layer of
altar, IV, 59 ; (priesthood) de-
livered from death through the
trivr/t-stoma, 67 ; Brahmajias-
pati its lord, 7 3 ; is Agni, 85 ; Agni
created as the Brahman, 342 ; the
firstborn Brahman, the J^ishis,
100; the Brahman, theYa^s, its
power in the other world, 173 ;
(holy writ) seven-syllables (r/i,
ya^us, saman, brahman), 314;
(mystic science) the greatest,
338; established as the vir,
V, 41 ;— is the highest of gods,
IV, 59 ; upholds heaven and
earth, 59 ; is the vital airs, 59 ;
is Praippatl, 59, 60; is the
Giyatrf, and the sun*s disk, 94 ;
is the universe, 315 ; the (im-
perishable) akshara, the one
brick (of) Agni into which all
beings pass, 343 ; the true
Brahman is the Purusha, 400 ;
the universe in the beginning
was the Brahman who created
the gods, V, 27 ; the Brahman,
having placed the deities in the
three worlds and in the higher
worlds, went to the sphere be-
yond these, whence it descended
again by means of its manifesta-
tions Form and Name, 27 ; only
on being possessed of the
Brahman the gods became im-
mortal, 28 ; delivers creatures
to Death, except the Brahma-
i^rin, 48 ; six doors to the
Brahman, 66 seq. ; sacrifice to
Brahman (study of the Veda),
95 seq. ; is a light equal to the
sun, 388 ; the ultimate thing of
the universe, 409 ; Brahman Sva-
yambhu, performs austerities,
417 ; offers himself up in the
Digitized by
creatures, and the creatures in
his own self, 418 ; is the first-
bom, yonder sun, 459.
Brahman (m.), priest, mounts cart-
wheel, III, 22 ; beats the drum,
24 ; presented with gold honey-
cup, 29 ; gets gold jataminas
as fee for protecting sacrifice in
south, 108; (V, 211); his fee
at Dajapeya twelve heifers with
first calf, III, 119; bull his fee
for pa^iabila-oblation to Indra,
or brown ox for ditto to Soma,
122; white-backed bullock for
Br/haspati's ditto pap, 122;
neither performs, nor chants,
nor recites; yet gets gold
jatamana, 141 ; is the entire
sacrifice, 185 ; as representative
of Brihaspati mutters Aprati-
ratha hymn whilst Agni is led
forward, IV, 192 ; is the
autumn, V, 45 ; uses the whole
tray! vidyi, 104 ; initiated for
sattra (as moon and plants), 135;
if he does not know certain
rites he may allow another to
act for him, 211,212; formerly
they had to be of the Vasish/i&a
family, 212 ; is the heart of the
sacrifice, 245 ; one fettering the
sacrificial horse without an-
nouncing it to Brahman is liable
to incur injury, 277 ; the spotless
Brahman, is the moon, 3 1 7, 3 1 8 ;
(? Pn^pati), is the horse, 318 ;
boon granted to him, 350 ; is
the highest seat of speech, 391 ;
the guardian of the sacrifice,
459 ; the best physician amongst
priests, 483 ; is seated, 503.
Br&hmana (m.), not tobe fed upon,
having Soma for his king. III,
72, 95 ; IV, 249 ; sprinkling of
king from pal^a vessel. III,
83 ; sprinkles him in front, 94 ;
comes after king, 96 ; is stronger
than king, 1 10 ; is followed by
the three other castes, 227 ;
Brahmana and Kshatriya never
go behind Valrya and 5(idra,
227 ; into him, as the represent-
ative of the Brahman, all beings
pass and are reproduced there-
from, V, 85 ; eflfect of the study
of the Veda on him, 99 seq.;
not to engage with Ri^nya in
disputation, 1x4 ; as the scape-
goat receives the Sacrificer's
pain and evil, 181; the Brahmana
descended from iSishis, repre-
sents all deities, 195, 196; Brlh-
ma^a, if going away offended,
is presented with a cow longing
for a bull, 195 ; Brihmaiza ac-
cepting earthen vessels of dead
man, is a remover of corpses,
205 ; the Soma his drink,
217 ; not to drink raw spirituous
liquor, 260 ; is a form of the
priestly office, 286; king can
oppress him, but fares the worse
for it, 286 ; to the Brihma/ia
belongs the fulfilment of wishes,
287 ; was of old born endowed
with spiritual lustre, 294 ; every
Sacri6cer becomes a BriLhma^ia,
348 ; Brsthmana knowing noth-
ing of the Ajvamedha, may be
despoiled, 360.
brihrna^a (n.), mystic sense, or dog-
matic explanation of an oblation,
^ IV, 240.
BrahmsM^kifSimsin, — bull his dak-
shii7^ at Darapeya, III, 119; is
under the Brahman priest, V,
136.
