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impure speech, if used, the vital airs pass away, V, 326.

Indra, performed Vl^peya and won
everything. III, 3 ; is the ksha-
tra, 3, 59 ; IV, 229 ; is the
Sacrificer, III, 13, 54; by
eleven syllables gains the Trish-
Aibh, 40 ; slays Vrftra by cake-
offering, 45 ; is energy and vital
power, 46, 82; generative power,
46 ; with Agni smites the Rak-
shas, 5 1 ; eleven-kap^a cake to,
59; bull his sacrificial animal,
60 ; Indra ^esh/i6a, pap of red
rice to, 70 ; by anointing Indra,
the gods guide him past his
enemies, 74 ; by drinking Soma,
Indra becomes a tiger, 81, 92 ;
partha-oblation to, 82 ; calls on
Maruts staying on Arvattha
tree, 84 ; Indra Vriddhajravas,
89 ; kills Namuii, 92 ; mysti-
cally called Ar^na, 99 ; ratha-
. vimoi(antya oblation to, 102 ;
Indra Vijaugas, 109; assists
Varuiia, 113; samsrip-oblation
(eleven-kaplla cake), 116; pa£f-
ksibiln. oblation on south part of
vedi, 120, 121 ; fee a bull, 122 ;
slays VLrvarQpa, Tvash/rf*s son,
130; Indra Sutr^man, 135;

eleven-kapala cake at Sautrd-
majit, 136, 137; is the central
vital air, 143 ; etymology (indh)
Hhekindler,' 143 ; is breath, 154;
bull slaughtered to him, 162 ;
repels Vr/tra, 179; afraid of
Vr/tra not being killed, enters
the waters, 365; takes away
Pra^pati's vigour (o^s) to the
norui, 374; becomes Pra^-
pati's left arm, 374 ; sour curds
(dadhi) belong to him, 374 ; ruler
of the kshatra, I V, 74 ; is Aditya,
92 ; Indra's heaven is the un-
diminished vir%, 94 ; ousted
from this world by wrong
sacrificial procedure, 94; pro-
tector of the south, loi ; con-
nected with Rudras, pa^adaja-
stoma, praiiga-jastra, brihat-
saman, 10 1 ; the gods draw
together round Indra, 127;
magnified by all beings, 140;
the greatest of charioteers, 140 ;
to him belongs the 'purtsha*
of the altar, 140; equal to all
the gods, 1 40 ; Indra the highest,
mightiest, and strongest of gods,
assisted by Br/haspati, fights the
Asuras, 192; is Apratiratha
(irresistible car-fighter), 192 ;
of trish/ubh nature, 262 ; the
deity of the sacrifice, 262 ;
Indra VimWdh, verses to, 276;
Agni and Indra created as
brahman and kshatra, 342 ;
they join each other as gold
man and gold plate, 342 ; they
are the light and immortal
life, 343 ; they are the fire-
altar (Agni the bricks, Indra
the purtsha), 343; for killing
Vr/tra, &c., is deprived of the
Soma-drink, and Kshatriyas
with him, 345, n. ; — Indra Vim-
ridh, (additional) cake at Full-
moon, V, 5, 6; Indra slays
Vr/tra by Full-moon offering,
6 ; Indra Pradatr/, clotted curds
for, at New-moon, 8 ; Indra
Vr/trahan, expiatory eleven-
kaplla cake at New-moon, 1 1 ;
statements regarding his battles
mere illusion, 14; Indra created
out of Pn^pati with a life of
a thousand years, 15; Indra

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Indra-Agni, lay down third layer
of fire-altar, IV, 41 ; the best
(chiefest) of gods, 41 ; fire-altar
belongs to them, 278 ; the most
powerful of gods, V, 278 ; are
all the gods, 392.

Indra-Brihaspati, animal sacrifice to, V, 402.

Indradyumna Bhillaveya (Vaiyslgh- rapadya),a teacher, IV, 393, 396.

IndrM, ludra's beloved wife, V,

Indra-POshan, >6aru to. III, 55.

Indra-Soma, iaru to, III, 56.

Indrastut Ukthya, V, 419.

Indraturiya offering — cake to Agni,
karu to Varu»a and (gavedhuki)
to Rudra, and sour curds to
Indra — III, 50, 51.

Indra -Vish;iu, A^ltu to, III, 54;
(traidh^tavi) twelve-kaplla cake
at Sautrlma;?!, 138; connected
with kshatra and pa^i(adaja-
stoma, IV, 68 ; animal sacrifice
to, V, 402.

indriya. III, 116, 143.

Indrota 5aunaka, V, 393; Indrota Daivdpa faunaka, 396.

intercourse, sexual, is an Agnihotra offering, V, 114.

intestine. See entraiL

iriifa. III, 43.

iron, is the vir, V, 304 ; iron bowl, oblation in, 339.

t jina, a form and name of Agni, is the sun. III, 160.

Isha, first autumn-month, IV, 49.

ish/aki (brick)ya^shmatl and lokam-
prf»i (nobility and peasantry),
III, 153; formulas of settling
(s^dana), 153, 154; ^ve kinds,
155, 166; head of, 155; are
Agni's limbs, 156 ; made of clay
and water, 164, 210; etymology,
164; amr/teshfaki and anritesh-
/aki, 171 ; sharp-edged thun-
derbolts, 357; are all creatures,
359; special ish/aki marked
with lines, parallel to spine, IV,
18; are the bones, 20, 135;
number of, 50; are the creatures
that went out of Pra^pati, 54 ;
size and markings, 137 ; become
milch cows, 172; are Pn^-
pati's joints, the days and nights,
281 ; made up of Pra^pati's
body, 290; three thousand ad-
ditional marked bricks consti-
tuting the highest form of tbe
bird's form and plumage, 303;
the one brick, Akshara, Agni,
the Brahman, 343 ; are Pra^-
pati's lights, 349 seq.; bricks are
threefold in respect of gender
(sex), 364 seq.; the fire-altar
consists of three bricks, RiJ^,

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INDEX TO PARTS III, IV, AND V.

Ya^, and Siman, having for
their foundations the gold plate,
the gold man, and the lotus-leaf,
374; on tomb, V, 434, 435.

ish/lpurta, V, 287 n.

ish/i, (i.e. kimyesh/i) performed in a low voice, IV, 248.

island, neither earth nor water, V, 497.

itihisa, legend regarding battles be-
tween gods and Asuras not
true, V, 14 ; to be studied, 98 ;
is the Veda of water-dwellers,
369.

itihEsa-puraiia, to be studied, V, 98.

joy (inanda), is the soul (of know- ledge and life), IV, 339, 340.

jujube (fruit of Zizyphus Jujuba),
three varieties of, used in the
Sautrimaffi, V, 214, 215, 219.

Ka, Pn^Spati, III, 173, 175, 221;
V, 86; IV, introd. xiv; the
four rites relating to Ka, IV,
334 seq.

Kidraveya. See Arbuda.

Kaikeya. See Ajvapati.

Kkkrz. See Revottaras.

Kakubh metre, in the form of it bulls
were produced, IV, 38 ; is the
prhtSLj 88.

kileya-saman, III, introd. xvi.

kali, die. III, 107; dominant over the other dice, zo8.

Kalpa (prospering) oblations, with
which the Vasor dhard con-
cludes, IV, 220.

kama. III, 163.

ifeimasa cups, III, 1 14.

KImpila, V, 321, 322.

kimyesh/i, performed in a low voice, IV, 248 n.

iandramas. See moon.

Kankatiyas, instructed by S^mUlysL
in the sacrificial art of the fire-
altar, IV, 254.

Kanva, saw the cow of plenty and
milked her, IV, 203 ; his her-
mitage N3i/apit, V, 399,

kapila,potsherd, of broken ukhl, III, 263.

kapott (kapotin), a particular form of a tree, 123.

/fapya, a dish, V, 220.

ITarakldhvaryu, IV, 15, 129.

iiTarak^, III, 171, 175.

Karot!,— thereTura KSvasheya built a fire-altar, IV, 279.

k^rshmarya Tgmelina arborea), a Rakshas-killing tree. III, 373.

karOkara (? vertebra), V, 165.

Ksbya (of the Kijis), V, 401.

Kajyapa, all creatures descended
from him, III, 390 ; officiates at
Sarvamedha of VLfvakarnian, V,
421 ; — ^the Kajyapas, a family of
priests, IV, 345 n.

iaturdaja-stoma, gained by Vasus,

III, 40.

idturmasya, seasonal offerings, insti-
tuted by the gods. III, 47 ; he
who offers them eats food, every
four months, in the other world,

IV, 299 ; — esoteric remarks
upon them, V, 74 seq. ; by them
Pr^^pati fashioned for himself
a body, 74 ; amount to the year
and the Mahlvrata, 78 ; are the
year, 309; i(lturmisya victims at
Ajvamedha. 309, 383; seasonal
animal sacrifices, 402.

Hiurv'imsSLy first day (after opening
day) of Sattra and formerly
one of the three * great rites * of
the year, V, (139), 144, 156,
167.

^aturvimja-stoma, is the womb, the
year, IV, 64 ; through it, con-
nected with Vasus and Rudras,
the four-footed are fireed from
death, 68.

^tush/oma, is the stay, support,
Vayu, IV, 66 ; connected with
Savitri and Brihaspati, frees
the quarters from death, 69 ; V,
78, 329; is the Krita among
dice, 3 30; the highest of stomas,
332 ; Gotama's Stoma, 375.

y^atuiiatvirimja- stoma, connected
with Yavas and Ayavas, frees
creatures from death, IV, 69;
is trish/ubh (4 and 11) and
thunderbolt, 85.

/fatustrim/a-stoma, is the range of
the ruddy one (sun), the year,
IV, 65.

iitvlla (pit), is the same (in cubit
extent) as Agni (fire-altar). III,
309 ; arka-leaf thrown in, 166 ;
is fire, 166: is the place for
cleansing, V, 489 n.; between

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it and the Agntdhra is the gate

of sacrifice, 497. Kauravya. See Balhika. Kausalya, V, 397. Kaiuimbeya, (? a native of Kau-

jambi). See Proti,
Kaushya. See Sujravas Kaushya.
Kausurubindi. See Proti.
Klvasheya. See Tura Kivasheya.
keepers, of sacrificial horse, V,

Kelaka .Sa^r^/ilyayana, a teacher, his views regarding Agni, IV, 364.

Kejavapaniya, 111, introd. xxvi, ia6
seq. ; stomas of the three
savanas (ekavi;7ija, saptadaja,
pan/fadaja), 127 ; may conclude
the Ra^sQya, 129 ; Shodajin
forms part of Kejavapaniya
Atiratra, IV, 405.

Kejin, a noble race, as performers
of a Sattra, V, 131; exist to
this (the author*s) day, 134.

khadira (acacia catechu), throne-
seat thereof at Abhishe>antya,
III, 105; is the bone, V,

^i&andasyi bricks, are the metres
and cattlej 111, 414 ; IV, 2 ;—
of second layer, IV, 36 ; — of
third layer, 51 seq.;~of fifth
layer, 87 seq., 92, 99, 109 seq.;
are Pra^pati. 114.

Kha;7^ika Audbhari, a Kshatriya, skilled in sacrificial matters, V,

/fi^ndoma days, V, 156 n.

khara (mounds), III, 10 ; V, 452 n., 485, 489.

khila (unplougbed ground) between two cultivated fields, IV, 54.

kika^, breast-bone, V, 164 n.

kim-pui*usha, III, 409.

kine, are man's form (wealth), V, a6i.

king, he and jrotriya upholders of
the law, III, 106; if weaker
than priest he is stronger than
his enemies, no; king, when
consecrated, is entreated by
people (for blessings), IV, 220;
only he becomes king whom
other kings allow to assume
royal dignity, 224, 229, 233,
247; are realm-sustainers, 229;
maintains his rule by offspring,

230; kings both combine and
keep asunder, V, 41 ; can op-
press the Brahmaiza, but fires
the worse for it, 286 ; when clad
in mail performs heroic deeds,
300 ; cannot rear cattle, 326.

King-makers, the non-royal, heralds and headmen, V, 304.

king's brother, III, no.

king's son. See rl^aputra.

iWti, layer of altar, five. III, 150,
191 ; IV, 147, 204; seven, III,
349, 253, 358; IV, 205; five,
six, or seven, IV, 96; or
three, 97; — by whom 'seen,'
and what their ancestry, III,
186 seq., 190 ; are the seasons,
IV, 96; — are sacrificial food,
whence the first is sprinkled
with ghee, III, 356 ; the first is
Med forward' on red ox-hide,
356, 257 ; — building of first
layer, 362 seq.; is the earth
and the spring season, and the
feet, 386 ; IV, i seq. ; plan, 17 ;
— second layer, 22 seq. ; seen
by the gods and laid down by
A^vins, 23; plan, 24; is nest-
like, 25; is the space between
earth and air; and the summer-
season, 29 ; the part between
feet and waist, 30 ; — third layer,
41 seq. ; seen by the gods, laid
down by Indra and Agni, and
settled by Vijvakarman, 4 1 ;
plan, 48; is the air, and rainy
season and autumn, 49 ; is the
belly, 138; the waist, 149; —
fourth layer, 58 seq.; is the
Brahman, 59 ; upholds heaven
and earth, 59 ; is the space
between air and heaven, and
the winter-season, 70 ; the part
between waist and head, 71 ;
between waist and neck, 149 ;
plan, 71 ; is the larger of the
Brahman, Pr<^pati, the i^his,
Vayu, the Stomas and vital
airs, 81, 82; — fifth layer, 8a
seq. ; is the shining (virl^)
heaven, 82; the fifth (including
sixth and seventh) is the head
and dewy season, 1 27 ; plan, 98 ;
the fifth is the neck, the sixth
the head, the seventh the vital
airs, 149;— symbolical meanings

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of layers, 147, 148 ; ditto as
regards the bodily parts, 148,
149; the layers of brick are
the immortal, and those of
earth the mortal, parts of Pra^a-
pati*s body, 290; the mortal
ones enclosed in the im-
mortal, and made immortal,
390, 291 ; the seven layers, 291 ;
how the six layers of brick, and
six of earth, correspond to the
Tital airs and the mortal parts
of the body respectively, 292
seq. ; each layer of bricks and
earth takes (or represents) one
month, 318.

iitra, name of Agni, III, 161 ; IV, 269 n.

i(itra-saman, III, 369 (corr. IV, 146),

/fitya. III, 151 seq.

k/rpti, (six) formulas and oblations, III, 30.

knee, consists of two plates (bones),
V, 500 ;— knee-high, IV, 158;
V, 249 ; lifting of sacrificer on
throne-seat, 254.

knife, for slaughtering the horse is
made of gold, that of paryangyas
of copper, and that of the others
of iron, V, 303.

knife-paths, V, 326.

knowledge, superior to brick-built
altars, IV, 380 ; by knowledge
one ascends to where all desires
have vanished, and all sacri-
ficial gifts and mere rites do not
attain, 389.

Koka, son of king Jbna, V, 400.

Kosha, a priestly race, IV, 392 ; cf. Su^avas Kaushya.

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