Naraja;»si-Gathai&, to be studied, V,98.
Naraya/ia,— Purusha Nlrlyana, ex-
horted by Pri^Spati to sacrifice,
V, 172, 173.
naudhasa-slman, III, introd. xvi.
navadaja-stoma, is heat and the year, IV, 63.
navel, goes all round. III, 86 ; navel
of the earth (is the place where
ukha is standing), 258; gold
plate worn by Agaikit over
navel, 267 ; sun stands over
navel of the earth (or sky), 267 ;
below navel is seed, 267 ; part
of animal above navel is sacri-
ficially pure, 267 ; immortal
part of vital air is above navel,
267 ; the intestinal (channel of)
vital air round about the navel,
IV, 17; navel-high (parijrit),
158; the food above the navel
is immortal, below mortal, 285 ;
navel-high, lifting of Sacrificer
on throne-seat, V, 254.
neck (griv^), consists of fourteen joints, V, 163.
needle, — copper, silver and gold ones
(or wires) used for msiking the
' knife-paths,' V, 326, 327.
Nesh/r/, draws cups of Sura, III,
10; leads forth patnt, 31; gar-
ment his fee at Da^apeya, 119;
is under Adhvaryu, V, 1 57 ;
Nesh//7 (or Pratiprasthatri)
leads up the king's wives, 321.
netting (likya), for carrying the
Ukhya Agni, III, 268; is the
regions, 268 ; with six strings
of reed grass, 269 ; is the sea-
sons, 269.
New and Full-moon sacrifice. See DarjapOrnamasa.
new moon, — thence the sacrifice is
spread, III, 180; the night of
new moon is the gate of the
sacrifice, V, i ; then the moon
comes down to this world, 2 ;
new moon an additional offering
in honour of Indra for having
slain Vritra (at full moon), 6,
7 ; is a single nakshatra, 423.
nidhana, — prastdva and nidhana, IV, 145, 146.
nidhanavat-slman, produced from
pankti, and from it the igra-
yana-graha, IV, 11.
night, is a uniter, IV, 89; is the
goodness (well-being) of the
year, as then all beings dwell
together, 326 ; originates from
Digitized by
the darkness arising from the
Asuras when created, V, 14;
means peaceful dwelling, 285.
nigribhy^ (water used for moisten-
ing Soma-plants), V, 106; are
the divine waters, 107.
mtiksMthsL, IV, T62 n.
nineteen, IV, 74.
ninety, — sixteen nineties (of dhriti
oblations) are the horse's chain,
V, 288.
nipples, on fire-pan. III, 237.
Nirriti (evil, corruption), oblation of
spilled rice to. III, 43; is this
earth, 43, 322 ; pap of black
rice split by finger-nails, 65;
her bricks and altar, 319 seq. ;
to her belong husks, 320; is
black, 320; south-west her
region, 320 ; her bricks laid
down in a cleft of ground or
natural hollow, or where no
plants grow, 321 ; Nirriti visits
him who does not offer Soma,
321 ; is sharp-edged, 321; binds
with an iron band, 322 ; of one
mind with Yama and Yamt
(Agni and the earth), 322 ; the
awful goddess, 322; the sling
sacred to her, 323 ; in the
direction of Nirr/ti's region
(S.W.) stone is thrown (thereby
expelling all heat and suffering
from the world), IV, 171, 361.
nishka, worn by Sacrificer round his neck, V, 338 ; given to Adhvar-
yu, 350-
nishkevalya-stotra and -jastra, be-
long to Indra, III, 13, 81 ; con-
nected with Soma, the Maruts,
north, &c., 102 ; on second day
of Ajvamedha, V, 380.
niyut (team of Viyu), is the up- breathing (udina), III, 173,
177.
north, connected with Anush/ubh,
autumn, &c.. Ill, 91 ; is Rudra's
region, 97; IV, 158; V, 488;
northwards Sacrificer and wile
ascend the sacrificial post. III,
32 ; northwards he puts the
Ukhya Agni on the chariot,
290 ; pallra branch thrown out
northwards, 299 ; thither he re-
legates decline, sickness, 348 ;
hungry people live in that
region, 348 ; horse and ram most
plentiful in the north region,
404; is the anushmbh, IV, 45 ;
the Maruts its lords, 102 ; Soma
its protector, 102 ; connected
with ekavimja-stoma, nishke-
va1ya-jastra,vair^a-saman, 102;
self-ruling, 46, 102 ; north side
of altar offering-place to Rudra,
158 ; is the waters and the law,
V, 18 ; is the region of men,
448; the region of (the Sacri-
ficer's) offspring (or subjects,
people), 485.
north-east, standing towards, Pra^a-
pati creates creatures, III, 252,
276 ; is the quarter of gods and
men, 252 ; IV, 227 ; there is
the gate of heaven, III, 25a;
in that direction one offers
libations and leads up the dak-
shittis, 25a ; towards north-
east, the Agniiit stands whilst
holding the Ukhya Agni up to-
wards the east, 272 (275), and
north-east, 280; the Vish«u-
strides made in that direction,
276 ; animals let loose towards
north-east, 239 ; ditto oxen after
ploughing the agnikshetra, 331 ;
ditto white horse, 359; the
direction of the sun, V, 485.
nose, a partition between the eyes,
and the persons therein (Indra
and Indrlwi), IV, 369.
nostrils, are the path of breath (prS«a), V, 263.
number, the highest and lowest, IV, 172.
nyagrodha (ficus indica), therefrom
consecration vessel for a friendly
R^^nya to sprinkle, III, 83;
originates from Indra's bones
(and sweet drink), V, 215, 216;
means sweet drink, 220; takes
root when turned downwards,
317 ; not to stand near a grave,
427.
oblations, are flesh, IV, 206.
ocean, lord of rivers. III, 75 ; flows
round the earth I'rom east south-
wards, 301 ; is a moat, 301 ;
flows round, and encompasses
these worlds, IV, 169; flows
from left to right, 169; the
Digitized by
-^ATAPATHA-BRAHMAiVA.
cloudy ocean, the sky, 235;
three of Ya^s, S^man, and Rii
(Agni, Mahavrata and Mahad
uktham), 278 ; the year's sattra
likened to the crossing of an
ocean, V, 145 seq.; (the aerial),
is the wind, 479.
offspring, is all the light, III, 339.
ogress- ridder, is the wind, V, 479.
ointment, for eyes and feet, V, 439.
old ox, old barley, and old arm-chair,
as fee for oblation to Agni
Ayushmat after burial, V, 439.
omentum. See vapL
one, is speech, IV, 73.
ore, produced from stone, III, (147), 158.
oX| tired out by drawing the cart,
III, 257 ; is Agni, 355 ; ox will
do lor (white) horse in leading
forward Agni, 360; (pash/i&avah)
is vigour, produced in the shape
of the brihati metre, IV, 38 ;
bom from of old as a draught
animal, V, 294; holding on to
the tail of an ox, while return-
ing home from burial, 438.
ox-hide, red, for the layers of bricks
to be put on, III, 355 ; Rs^anya
shoots arrows at two ox-hides,
IV, 283 n.
padapafikti (metre), is the earth, IV, 88.
pail. See milking-pail.
Paihgya, remark of his on the sha^- ahas, V, 162 ; cf. Madhuka.
palagala, courier, one of the ratninai^,
HI, 64; to him belong skin-
covered bow, leathern quiver,
and red turban, 64.
paligalt, addressed by chamberlain,
pallia, (butea frondosa), is the Brah-
man, III, 53, 83, 258 ; V, 221 ;
consecration vessel therefrom,
for Brahmaira to sprinkle. III,
83; resin of palaja for boiling
water, 229; palira is Soma,
229, 258; site of Garhapatya
swept with paUUa branch, 298 ;
not the Ahavantya, 343 ; sacri-
ficial stake to be made thereof,
V, 123, 373-375; palira branch
for sweeping burial-place, 430 ;
palija peg| 436.
pzHkabWz pap, consisting of five ob- lations, III, 120.
paffiadaja-stoma, gained by Adityas,
1 1 1, 40 ; connected with Kshatra,
&c^ 91 ; at evening service of
Ke/avapantya, 127; produced
from antaryama-graha, and
from it the br/hat-pr;rsh/i6a, IV,
7 ; is bright, the thundeHx>lt,
and the moon, 62 ; through it,
connected with Indra and
Vishnu, the Kshatra is freed
from death, 68 ; is the arm, 79 ;
connected with Indra, the Ru-
dras, the south, &c., 10 1.
pa«>hUfi^, bricks of the fifth layer,
IV, 99, 103 seq.; are the ho-
tras, 103; etymology, 103: are
the (Sacrificer*s) mate, 104 ; off-
spring, 104 ; the regions be-
yond the sun, 104; shafts and
missiles protecting the worlds,
104, 105.
Papilla, formerly called Krivis, V, 397 ; cf. Sonsi.
paffiavitfya offering, III, 48.
pa^i^vatttya. III, 48.
pa^;(avimja-stoma, is the embryos,
the year, IV, 64; ^through it,
connected with Adit y as and
Maruts, embryos are freed from
death, 69.
pa^ikdhmfya, III, 48.
pankti metre, connected with jakvara
and raivata-simans, &c., 1 1 1, 9 x ;
produced from winter, and from
it the nidhanavat-saman, I V, 1 1 ;
is the slow metre, in the form
of which men were produced,
38 ; ditto bullocks (ana^/uh),
39; is the upper region, 45;
consists of five feet ; is the ear
(of Pra^pati), 327-329 ; of
10,800 pankti consists the whole
RiAf and of as many the Va^s
(7,200) and Siman (3,600),
Para Atnira Hairanyanlbha, king
of Kosala, performed the Ajva-
medha, V, 397.
Paramesh/i&in, — Paramesh/i&in and
Aditya connected with the sky,
the third svayam-atri/ina, and
fifth layer. III, x 88, 190 ; Pra^-
pati Paramesh/i&in, lord of be-
ings (bhfiu), IV, 76 ; Panune-
Digitized by
INDEX TO PARTS 111, IV, ANB V.
shiMn takes Pra^ipati's head
which is sacred to himself, 142;
Paramesh/itin Pi%apatya crea-
ted out of Pra^lpati with a life
of a thousand years, V, 15; the
first who performed New and
Full-moon offering, 15 ; per-
forms it for Pra^pati, as a wish-
granting sacrifice, 15; is the
heavenly waters (? Par^nya) in
the highest place, 15.
Par^nya, rain-cloud and rain-god,
is Bhava (Agni), III, 160 ; gods
become like him, 277 ; licks
the ground and strokes the
plants, 277 ; scarcely born, lights
up everything, 278 ; is beyond
the reach of our arms, 278;
does not rain in the region
where kimpurusha, &c., are,
412 ; is the boon-bestower, the
upper region, IV, 107 ; animal
sacrifice to Par^nya, V, 402.
paridhi, enclosing-sticks, — on the
middle one the yoking or un-
yoking of the fire-altar is per-
formed, IV, 250, 252; round
tomb, V, 430,
Parikshita. See Ganame^ya.
Parikshitiya, V, 396.
parim&d (simans), preceding the
mahivrata-saman, IV, 283 n. ;
are cattle, 288; how performed,
a88n.
paripajavya, oblations, V, 321.
pariplava legend, V, 361 seq.
partjslsa. See lifting-stick.
parijrit (enclosing-stone), — are the
womb of the .fire. III, 301, 344 ;
the waters (ocean), 301 ; IV,
187, 244 ; are the bones. III,
302 ; twenty-one for GSrha-
patya, (301), 308, 344, 359 ;
offering to Rudra on three of
them (the three Agnis), IV,
157 ; anointing takes place close
to enclosing - stones, 227 ;
parijrit of dhishisya hearths, are
merely laid down, 244 ; are the
clansmen, 244 ; represent the
additional height obtained by
man (with upstretched arms)
standing on tiptoe, 305 ; a line
dug for them outside (the altar-
ground), 306; are of the nature
of nights (protective), 326 ; are
the nights of the year, Pra^-
pati's body, 354, 358; three
hundred and sixty for fire-altar,
(261 of Ahavaniya ; 21 Girha-
patya; 78 Dhish»yas), 357-
358 ; are the waters encircling
the earth (the fire-altar), 381.
parisrut (immature liquor), III, 9,
^3i> 133; originates from In-
dra's generative organ, V, 215 ;
not to be consumed by Briih-
ma^a, 260.
Parivakra, a city in Pa«>tSla, V, 397.
parivatsara (second year of cycle),
IV, 21.
parivrikta, discarded wife, addressed
by Hotr/, V, 387.
pariya^a, enclosing sacrifices. III, 4.
par;2a, — ^branch, driving away the
calves therewith at new moon,
V, 8 ; — tree originated from
fallen feather of Oayatri, (or
leaf of Soma), 122 ; tree in
the abode (of plants?), 433.
pirtha-oblations, twelve at Ri-
^asOya, III, 81 ; twelve at
Agni>ayana, IV, 225 ; are the
year, 228.
p^rthurajma-saman, V, 333.
partridge (tittiri), springs from Vij- varQpa's head, III, 130.
paryagnikara»a, V, 307.
paryangya; victims, at Ajvamedha, V, 299 n.
paryslya, III, introd. xviii.
paju, etymology. III, 162; cf. victim.
Pajupati, a form and name of Agni, III, 159; is the plants, 159.
paju-puro^a. III, 136, 137, 173,
175; IV, 245, 247, 248; their
object, 247 n. ; directions (prai-
shas), 265 ; should belong to
the deities to whom the victims
are devoted, V, 221.
Pl^ava. See Revottaras.
path, — two paths, that of the Fathers, and that of the gods, V, 237,238.
Pithya, the bull, is the mind, I II, 2 18.
patni. See Sacrificer*s wife.
patnis^ia, IV, 307.
patnisamy%a, their symbolic import,
V,44. Paulushi. See Satyaya^^a. Paumslyana. See Dush/aritu. paurushamedhika, the central (day),
Digitized by
.satapatha-brAhmajva.
pavamina - stotra, — (bahish - pava- mana) is heaven, V, 305, 306.
pavamini- verses, V, 335.
pavitra, a Soma-sacrifice, III, introd. xxvi, 43.
pavitra, strainer, filter, — gold weaved
therein, III, 84 ; (of goat's hair
and sheep's wool), V, 335.
payasya (dish of clotted curds), to
Mitraand Varuna, III, 105,186,
1 30 ; is the essence of cattle, 105.
pearls, 10 1 ; gold pearls woven into hair of sacrificial horse, V, 313.
pebble, (gravel) produced from sand,
III, (147), 158; used instead of
bricks for the sepulchral mound
of a non-Agni>Jit, V, 440.
philguna, — full moon of second phal-
guna is the first night of the
year. III, 179; V, 348.
pilippili(?smooth,glossy),V,3i5,3i6.
pijangila (? tawny), V, 316, 389.
