firebrand, belongs to Rudra, V, 201.
fire-pan. See ukhl.
firmament (nika), is the heavenly
world above the Virl^ (layer),
IV, 93, 100; is the regions, 100;
in the world of righteousness
(sukrita) above the third lu-
minous back of the sky, 122;
the heavenly world, the back of
the sky, 198; the heavenly world
beyond the highest fire-altar,
250, 304.
first-fruits, offering of. See Agraya- neshti,
fivefold, is the animal sacrifice, V, 125; the A^vamedha becomes so, 308.
flax, forms amnion of Agni's womb, III, 252 ; foul smell of, 252.
flesh,notto be eaten during initiation,
III, 185 ; of fat person fat, of
lean lean, V, 20; is the best
kind of food, 119.
foam, produced from water, III,
147, 157. food, kinds of, given to Sacrificer,
III, 36 ; one kind to be re-
nounced by him, 37 ; satisfies if
proportionate to body, 260, 330;
IV, 189; to food the body is
bound by the vital airs. III,
270 ; is taken in from the front
(mouth) backward, 402; the
resort of the waters, 416 ; the
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^ATAPATHA-BRAHMAJVA.
purfsha is Agni's food, IV, ao ;
is seventeenfold, 79 ; whilst
eating food one drives away
evil that is above him, 87 ; is
asked for by sick man when he
gets better, 87 ; is of three
kinds, 93; its essence is invisible,
95 ; threefold (ploughing, rain,
seed), no; benefits the body
only if put in the body, 135;
put in (a channel of) the vital air
benefits the whole body, 139;
are sustained by food, 139 ; they
close up if food is not eaten,
139; is the arrow of the Rudras
of the earth, 165 ; sour curds,
honey, and ghee are every kind,
or the best kinds, of food, 184,
185 ; is variegated (varied), 196;
is served from the right side,
226 ; is of two kinds, immortal
and mortal, 285 ; food taken by
the arm at a cubit's distance,
306 ; food, when enclosed in the
body, becomes the body itself,
341; the food consumed by man
in this world consumes him in
the other, V, 260.
food-brick, III, 155, 166.
foot, is a support, IV, 137.
foot-print of the horse, offered upon, V,363.
forest-fires, take place in spring,
V,45. forking, (bifurcated) branches, of
udumbara samidh, IV, 203 ;
mean cattle, 203. form, — hair and form, IV, 295 ; form
and name, the two forces of the
Brahman (the former being the
stronger), V, 27, 28 ; oblation to
Forms, see prakrama. fortnight (paksha), the former and
latter, called Yavas and Ayavas,
IV, 69, 76. forty-four-fold, is the trish/ubh and
thunderbolt, IV, 85. frog, drawn across the altar, to
appease it, IV, 174 ; arose from
the water dripping off the altar,
174. Full and New-moon sacrifice. See
Darjapiiriiamisa. fumigation, of pan. III, 240; of
Pravargya vessels, V, 455, 456. funeral ceremonies, V, 421 seq.
funeral pile, V, 201, 202, 203.
furrow, what it yields. III, 329 ; are
the vital airs, their meeting-
place speech (voice), 332.
Olbila. See Mahirlla, Satyakima.
^gata, of Gagat! nature, cattle (ani- mals), V, 252, 284,313.
Gagatt, gained by Vijve Devai&, III,
40 ; connected with Vijve Devai&
&c., 91 ; of twelve syllables,
169 ; of forty-eight, 183 ; is the
earth, 169, 183 ; V, 245 ; all the
metres, III, 169, 183 ; the triple
science, 193; gains these worlds
from above hit her wards, 281 ;
produced from rainy season,
and from it the Wksama-slman,
IV, 8 ; in the shape of it milch
cows were produced, 39 ; is the
western region, 45 ; cattle, 52 ;
V, 3 1 3 ; is £he Brahman, and the
sun's disk, I V, 94 ; is the down-
ward breathing (of Pra^pati),
327-329 ; a i6'bhu of the Ga-
gat metre (the arbhava-pava-
mina) bearing the Sacrificer
to bliss, V, 173; thereby the
Adityas consecrate the king,
Gimadagna, ^prt-verses, V, 302.
Gamadagni, rishi, is the eye, IV, 9 ; is Pr^^pati, V, 302.
Ganaka, of Videha, questions Y^a-
valkya as to Agnihotra, V, 46 ;
obtains Mitravind^ sacrifice
from Yi^iSfavalkya, 66 ; questions
Brahma^as regarding Agni-
hotra, 112 seq.; teaches Y^-
^avalkya, 114; becomes Brah-
man, Z15; has a sacrifice per-
formed with 1,000 cows as
dakshi;zl, 115.
Ganame^ya PIrikshita, IV, 345 n.;
cups of fiery liquor poured out
in his palace, V, 95 ; performs
Ajvamedha, 396.
Gana ^rkarlkshya (Slyavasa), a teacher, IV, 393, 396.
^inajruteya. See Aupavi.
Gindhara (Nagna^it), IV, 21.
Gandharva, the heavenly, thought -
cleansing, 111,5; ^s yonder sun,
Savitr/, 195; — twenty-seven of
them, 19 ; were the first to voke
the horse, 20 ; from Pra^pati
Digitized by
INDEX TO PARTS III, IV, AND V.
couples issue in the form of
Gan dharva and Apsaras, I V, a a 9 ;
Gandharva and Apsaras made
offering to in rishftabhr/t obla-
tions, 230 seq.; Gandharva and
Apsaras affect sweet scent (gan-
dha) and beauteous form (rQpa
=apsas), 230; and worship the
divine Purusha under those
forms, 373 ; carried by horse
Vi^in, 401; three Gandharvas
( Yavamat,Uddilamat, Antarvat)
point out to the i^'shis imperfec-
tions in their sacrifice, V, 29, 30 ;
get the Apsaras Urvaj! back from
PurOravaS; 69 ; produce a flash
of lightning, 70; teach FurQ-
ravas how to produce a sacred
fire, to become one of them-
selves, 73 ; the people of king
Vanwa Aditya, the Atharvans
their Veda, 365.
garbha, of prxsh/M - siman, III, introd. xx seq.
Garhapatya, thence fire of ukhl is
taken, III, 263 ; if it goes out,
is produced by churning, 264 ;
building of, 298 seq.; outlines
of hearth, 302 ; is Agni him-
self, 309 ; is the earth, 309 ; IV,
196; V, 178; the world of
men. III, 344 ; ascended by the
gods, 319 ; on the fifth layer of
the fire-altar, IV, 99, 117 seq.;
is food, 118; GIrhapatya hearth
is a womb, 119; is the vedi,
12 1, 307; the original Ahava-
niya (of the hall) is the womb
in which the gods begat the
Girhapatyaof Agni>kiyana, 308 ;
from it the Ahavaniya is born,
308 ; atonement for Garhapatya
going out, lest master of the
house die, V, 83 ; ditto forgoing
out at Agnihotra, 188 seq.
garment, made to float away, in
avabhritha, V, 267 ; a hundred
garments the priests' fee, 353 ;
garments man's outward appear-
ance, 353-
Garutmat. See suparxia.
Oitavedas, etymology, IV, 274.
gathi, V, 101, 326 seq.;— cf. NSri- jamsi-gathl/r.
^tru, V, 163 n.
gaura, III, 410.
Gauriviti iSaktya, V, 250.
Gautama. See Kujri, and Anina.
GaVclm ayanam, asattra, V, 139 seq.;
deities of, 140 seq. ; the three
great rites of it (^aturviiTija,
Vishavat, MahEvrata), 144.
gavaya, V, 338.
gavedhuki seed (coix barbata), is
refuse. III, 51, 71; used for
oblation to Rudra, 51,63, 71,
158 ; — grass used for smoothing
newly-made vessel, V, 455.
gEyatra, Agni, III, 148, 161 ; IV,
277, 300 ; (AhSLTidas) is Agni, IV,
178.
g^yatra-saman, produced from G%-
yatrt, and from it the upimsu-
graha, IV, 4 ; when used in
stotras, 4 ; sung over completed
and appeased altar, is Agni, 178.
Gayatrt, is Agni's metre, III, 31;
Brihaspati's, 40 ; connected with
the brahman, &c., 91 ; is the
earth, 148 ; how produced, 158 ;
of twenty-four syllables, 167;
IV, 300; is the vital air. III, 167,
218, 253 ; produced from spring
season, and from it the gayatra-
stoma, IV, 4 ; in the shape of it
two and a half year old kine
were produced, 39 ; is the
eastern region, 45 ; the breath
(of Pn^gapati), 327; Giyatrt
tripada, 385 ; the golden, bril-
liant-winged GEyatri who bears
the Sacrificer to heaven, V,
53 ; is the vedi, 56 ; Giyatri
in bird's shape fetches Soma
from heaven, 122 ; a falcon of
the Gayatri metre (the bahish-
pavamana)bearing the Sacrificer
to bliss, 173 ; thereby the Vasus
consecrate the king, 312 ; is
fiery mettle, 312.
generation, threefold (father,mother,
son), III, 240 ; only takes place
above the earth, IV, 128; is
stationary, on the other side of
the sky and sun, 128 ; only on
this side of the sky, 130.
generative power, is immortal. III,
354 ; is only on this side of the
sky and sun, IV, T28.
gharma, hot draught of milk and
ghee, V, 442 ; is the sun, 463,
481 ; revered as the lord of all
Digitized by
^-atapatha-brAhmajva.
worlds, and of thought and
speech, 471, 489 ; is co>\'s milk
(and ghee), 475-
gharmadugha (samra^-cow), is Ida,,
Aditi, Sarasvati, V, 474 ; is
bound by its horns, 474 ; is given
to Adhvaryu, 503.
ghee, in consecration water, III,
79 ; is seed, an &c. ; the life-
sap of the universe, of waters
and plants, 333 ; a form, or the
life-sap, of the air, 390; with
gold chips in it offered on com-
pleted fire-altar, IV, 182 ; mixed
with sour curds and honey for
sprinkling on ditto, 182 seq. ;
belongs to Agni, 189 ; is fiery
mettle, V, 274, 396, 312 ; is the
gods* favourite resource, 296,
410.
Ghora, a work of the Atharvans, V, 366 n.
ghosha (roar), p^rtha-oblation to, 111,82.
ghritlit, the apsaras, is an inter-
mediate region (? N.W.), or
the oflfering-spoon, IV, 107.
girdle, sign of initiation, III, 185.
go, ox. III, 119.
goat, (he-), means Pra^pati, III,
35 ; brings forth thrice a year,
35; (a^) how created, 147,
173; he-goat sacrificial animal,
162, 165 seq. ; slaughtered for
Agni, 162; for Prs^^pati, 171 ;
searches for Agni, 204, 205 ;
addressed, 225 ; represents
Brlhmana, 227 ; is the form of
all cattle, 230; sprung from
Pra^ipati's head, 245 ; from his
voice, 402 ; eats all kinds of
herbs, 245 ; produced in form
of ekapadi metre, IV, 38 ; the
grey (smoke-coloured) animal
originates from Indra's eyes, V,
214; hornless he-goat one of
the three chief victims in Ajva-
medha, 298 ; produced from the
heat in Makha's head, 452.
goat's hair, cut off, HI, 229; mixed with clay, 230.
goat's milk. Ill, 245 ; used for cool- ing Pravargya vessels, V, 452,
457, 477.
goat's skin, of he-goat. III, 35.
gods, offer to one another. III, i ;
are thirty-three (or four), 9, 79 ;
V, 258; slay Vr/tra, III, 48;
smite the Rakshas and gain
universal conquest, 49; sweep
away the Rakshas, 52 ; obtained
possession of man by trisham-
yukta, 54 ; love the mystic
(mysterious), 144 seq.; created
from (Pra^apati's) upper vital
airs, 150; saw second layer of
altar, 189, 190; were produced
from out of these worlds, 239 ;
are threefold, 239; wives of
gods placed fire-pan in lap of
the earth, 24a ; wives of gods
are the plants, 242 ; gods make
food of whoever hates them
and give it to Agni, 259 ; Aha-
van!ya is the world of the gods,
344 ; their life is longer than
man's, 344; one must do as
the gods did, 357 ; become the
truth, 363 ; have their birth-
place in the east (the Ahava-
niya), 389 ; order : Agni (and
DikshI), Indra and Vishjiu,
gods generally and creator, Mi-
tra and Varu«a, Vasus and
Rudras, Adityas and Maruts,
Aditi and PQshan, Savitri and
Br/haspati, Yavas and Ayavas,
Ribhus and Vi/ve De\U, IV,
67-69 ; gods generally (man-
viewers) connected with the
creator (DhStr/) and the Vij,
68 ; become complete through
offspring (or subjects) and
mates, seat themselves on the
firmament, in heaven, 108 ; en-
tered heaven from below, 109;
draw together round Indra,
127 ; are just as many now as
there were of old, 128; Agni,
Vayu, Aditya, the hearts of the
gods, 162 ; gods holding to
truth, and Asuras to untruth,
257 ; created from the breath
(pri«a), 289; seven worlds of
the gods, 277 ; (the three
worlds and four quarters),
314; are of joyful soul, 339;
the true knowledge belongs to
them alone, and he who knows
it is not a man, but one of the
gods, 339 ; were first mortal,
and only after gaining the year,
Digitized by
INDEX TO PARTS III, IV, AND V.
became immortal, V, 5 ; created
from Pra^Epati's breath of the
mouth, 13; the tales of their
fights with the Asuras not true,
1 4 ; created by the Brahman, and
placed in the three worlds and
those above them, 27 ; were
mortal, and only on being pos-
sessed of the Brahman, became
immortal, 28 : daily offering to
them with svaha, 96; contend
with the Asuras for Pn^pati,
the sacrifice, 105; number of
gods (8 Vasus, 11 Rudras, 12
Adityas, Indra, Pnu^pati), 115
seq. ; the one god, Pi^na, 117;
the world of the gods in the
north, 225; the path of the
Fathers, and that of the gods,
by one of which all living crea-
tures have to pass, 237, 238;
'all the gods' enumerated as
ten, 280, 281 ; are of three
orders, 291 ; did not know the
way to heaven, 320 ; Dharma
Indra their king, the Siman
their Veda, 370; reside on
earth, in the air, the heavens,
the regions, the nakshatras, the
waters, 505, 506; Agni, VSyu,
Siiija, i^andra, Varuifa are the
Self of the gods, 505, 506.
gold, is immortal life, III, 35, 84,
93, 265; IV, 343; V, 239;
gold threads woven in strainers,
III, 84; its uses, 141; pro-
duced from ore, (147), 158; is
immortal, 203; is light, 366;
IV, 343 ; V, 203, 303 ; immor-
tality, V, 147, 203 ; is Agni's
seed, 1 87 ; a piece of it tied to
darbha plant and taken west-
ward (as the sun), 195; origi-
nates from Indra's seed, 215;
a piece of it used for purifying
the surl at Sautrlmajit, 220,
^35) >3^ ; sacrificers and priests
cleanse themselves by means of
piece of gold held over /tatvlla,
339; originates from seed of im-
molated horse (Pr^^pati), 275 ;
(jatamtna) piece given as fee
with brahmaudana at beginning
of Ajvamedha, 275 ; by means
of the golden light Sacrificer
goes to heaven, 303 ; is a form
of the Kshatra, 303 ; is fire,
light, immortality, 348 ; as dak-
shi«a, 356, 358 ; gold stools and
cushions, 360, 361 ; slab of gold
as seat, 361 ; repels the Rak-
shas (as Agni's seed), 467 ; dis-
solves (melts), 493 ; is lying
(settled) glory, 503.
