prasalavi. See pradakshi^ram.
prastiva,— prastava and nidhana, I V, 145, 146.
Prastotri, a horse his fee at Dajapeya,
III, 119; under Udgitr/jV, 136. pritaranuvika, III, introd. xviii ;
IV, 249; of Atirltra superseded
by Ajvina-jastra, but is to be
repeated in a low voice by
Maitrivaru^a, V, 92, 93.
Pratidarja Aibhivata (king of the
•Svikna), as authority on the
Sautrima/ii, V, 339.
Pratihart/7, priest, is under Udgatri, , V, 137.
Pratipiya. See Balhika.
Pratiprasthatr/, III, iii; gold mir-
ror his fee at Dajapeya, 119;
is under Adhvaryu, V, 137;
offers the cups of Sura-liquor
on the Southern of the two
Digitized by
5ATAPATHA-BRAHMAiVA.
Eastern fires, 332 ; Pratipra-
sthatri (or Nesh/ri) leads up the
king's wives, 321.
pratish/i&l (stand), is threefold (tri- pod), IV, 116.
praiiga-jastra, connected with Indra,
the Rudras, the South, &c., IV,
lor.
Pravargya, III, 355 ; IV, 187 ; 'set-
ting out,' IV, 187 ; V, 493 seq. ;
Pravargya vessels are Agni, VI-
yu, and Aditya, I V, 1 87 ; the head
of the Sacrifice, 188; performed
as long as the Upasads, 317 ; is
the sun, 3 17 ; V, 445 ; on Sataru-
driya day, day of preparation,
and sutyl day, IV, 320; — per-
formance, V, 441 seqq. ; time
of performance, 458 ; is Vayu-
Pfishan, 475 ; when performed,
490 seq. ; combined with Upa-
sad, 493 ; is the year, the worlds
(and Agni,Vayu,and S(Jrya),the
Sacrificer, &c., 507 seq.
praya^a, mystic significance of,V, 40.
priyana, III, 305.
prlyaniya offering, III, 325 ; ends
with the Samyos, IV, 258, 259 ;
— Prayaniya Atirltra, 254.
prayu^w havt^ishi (twelve oblations
of teams). III, 123 ; for yoking
the seasons, 123.
prelude. See prastava.
pressing-stones, (giivan), are of
Brihat! nature, V, 243; the
vital airs, 486.
priests, officiating, are the limbs of
the Sacrifice, IV, 280; V, 236;
are of the same world as the
Sacrificer,IV, 280; must not bar-
gain for dakshi/ras, 280 ; sixteen,
348; the order in which these are
initiated for a sattra, V, 135
seq. ; messes of rice for them,
.343 ; the quarters (regions)
parcelled out between them,
402, 4x2, 420; — priest's mess
of rice, see brahmaudana.
prish/i&a-slman, six, III, introd. xx- xxiii; V, 148 n. ; seven, iV,
377, 314.
prish/i&a-stotra, III, introd. xvi, xx
seq., 333, 376 ; are the seasons,
V, 331.
pr/sh/i&ya-graha, belongs to Agni, Indra, and Siirya, III, 6,
pr/sh/i&ya-sha//aha. III, intnxL xxi;
V, 148 ; used by Angiras when
contending with Adityas, V,
152; etymology, 152, 162,
Pr/thin Vainya, consecrated first of men, III, 81.
Priyavrata Rauhinayana, directs the wind, IV, 340.
procreation. See generation.
prospering-oblations. See kalpa.
Proti Kauj^mbeya Kausurubindi,
residing as religious student
with Uddalaka Aru»i, V, 153.
prushvl (mist, moisture, or hoar- frost), III, 77.
punarya^^a, IV, 121.
punaj>Jiti, on fifth layer of fire-altar,
IV, 99, 119 seq.; is seed and
generative power, 119; etymo-
logy, 121 ; on what part of the
altar to be laid, 121 ; is the
uttaravedi, 121 ; as substitute
for complete altar, 271.
Pu^ikasthali, the Apsaras, is the
(eastern) quarter, or (Agni's)
army, IV, 105.
Purli?a (stories of old time), to be
studied, V, 98 ; the Veda of
birds, 369.
purajy^anuia, IV, 337.
purastad bhigair, III, 333 ; IV, 185 ; cf. uddhlra.
Purishya (Agni, the altar). III, 201 ;
favourable to cattle, cattle-lov-
ing, ao6, 214; (? rich, plentiful),
310 ; Agni Purishya, the son of
the Earth, 311.
pOrifihuti, III, 42; V, 504.
Purohita, one of the ratninaib, III,
59; anoints (sprinkles) king in
front, 94; hands the sphya to
consecrated king, no; Ksha-
triya and Purohita alone com-
plete, 359 ; are everything, a6o ;
Digitized by
is perfect in sanctity and power,
260 ; his fire used by king for
offering during diksha, V, 371.
P(iru,an Asura-Rakshas, overthrown by Agni in battles, III, 292.
Purukutsa, the Aikshvaka, per- formed the Ajvamedha, V, 397,
PurOravas, son of IJ^, — PurQravas
and Urvaji, V, 68 seq.; wanders
about in Kurukshetra, 70; be-
comes a Gandharva, 74.
purusha, — seven punishas (the
seven R/shis) made into one,III,
144 ; IV, 205 ; — the Purusha,
304, 305; is Pra^pati-Agni,
III, 144;— (man) a sacrificial
animal, 162; 165 seq.; slaugh-
tered for Vijvakarman, 162 ; has
twenty-four limbs, 167; twenty-
one parts, 172 ; hornless and
bearded, 177; Purusha, IV,
introd. xiv seq. ; (man in the
sun, and in the eye, the gold
man), xxii; this divine person
(in sun, and eye) is variously
served as Agni, Siman, Uktham,
&c., IV, 373 ; (Agni) VaLrvanara
is the Purusha, 398 ; the Agni-
like, Arka-like, Uktha-like
Purusha, 399; is the true
Brkhman, 400 ; Purusha Prs^-
pati, bom from golden egg, V,
1 2 ; Purusha N irayaxa exhorted
by Pra^pati to sacrifice, 172,
17 3 ; is established in five things,
389; Purusha N^rlya^a, 403;
Purusha born from Vir^g-, and
VirS^ from Purusha, 403 ; —
purushas (men) as victims, 407
seq. ; — cf. sun, eye.
Purushamedha, III, introd. xxvi;
V, introd. xxi seq., 403 seq.; five
sutyis, 405 ; etymology, 407.
Punisha-Nlriya^ia (litany), V, 410 ; cf. purusha.
purusha-siman, (III, 369); IV, 146.
purusha-siikta, IV, introd. xiv.
pQrvibhisheka, IV, 249.
Pdrvaiitti, the Apsaras, in an inter-
mediate (? upper) quarter, or
the dakshijia, IV, 108.
PQshan, by five syllables gained the
five regions, III, 40; pap to,
55, 63 ; lord of cattle, 55 ; V,
346 ; represents productiveness,
III, 56 ; dark grey bullock the
fee for oblation to PQshan, 56,
63 ; pirtha-oblation to POshan,
82 ; POshan Vijvavedas (all-
possessing), 89 ; assists Varuna,
113; Sdkmsnp oblation (pap) to,
116; prayu^m havis (pap), 125;
is this earth, 205; V, 352;
Aditi and Pdshan connected
with tr];iava-stoma, IV, 69;
rules over small animals, 75 ;
is cattle, 195 ; V, 293 ; takes
iSri's wealth and receives (mitra-
vindi) ob'ation (pap), V, 62-65 ;
protector of travellers, 293 ;
watcher of men, 293 ; expiatory
pap, 346; lord of roads, 352,
353 ; is (Vlyu) the wind, 474.
pushkara, etymology. III, 365.
piitika. See ad^ra.
quarters. See regions.
queen, one of the ratnina^^, III, 60 ;
lies down near sacrificial horse,
race. See chariot race.
R%anya, shoots seventeen arrows*
ranges, III, 25 ; word of four
syllables, 25 ; takes part in
chariot race, 29 ; holds honey-
cup and cup of Surl, 29;
sprinkles king from nyagrodha
vessel, 83 ; the bow his strength
(virya), 89 ; ten R^nyas drink
of Sacrificer's cup, 114; ar-
moured R%anya driving round
sacrificial ground, shooting
arrows at two ox-hides, IV,
383 n. ; not to be engaged with
in disputation by Brihmaiias, V,
114; hired by some to drink
the Sur^-liquor, 233 ; a form
of the kshatra, 286; battle is
his strength, 287 ; the grandeur
of heroism bestowed on him,
2949 395; born (from) of old
as one heroic and victorious,
skilled in archery, certain of
his mark, and a mighty car-
fighter, 294, 295 ; unfit to be
consecrated (king), 360 ; RS-
^anya lute-player, 364 seq.
r^anyabandhu, IV, 21 ; keep most
apart (?from their wives in
eating) whence a vigorous son
is bom to them, 370 ; Ganaka
o o
Digitized by
^atapatha-brAhmajva.
of Videha called thus, V, 113.
r%aputra, a hundred princes bom
in wedlock to be the guardians
of the sacrificial-horse, V, 388;
those who reach the end of the
year's keeping become sharers
in the royal sway, a88, 289.
R^gastambayana. See Ys^^avaias Kl,^astambiyana.
R^asGya, III, introd. xi, xxiv-xxvi ;
belongs to king and makes him
king. III, 4; inferior to VS^a-
peya, 4 ; IV, 225 ; performance,
III, 43 seq. ; is Varuiia-sava,
76 ; a supernumerary (special)
rite, 246.
nggu6B]aL (Cordia Myxa) V, 373,
Rihugana. See Gotama Rlhiigajia.
Raikva, III, 107.
rain, from clouds arising from smoke
(steam), III, 185; from smoke
sent up by the earth, 383 ; falls
both on ploughed and un-
ploughed land. 336; represented
by the apasya bricks, IV, 34 ;
falls everywhere in the same
direction, 35 ; is in the wind,
35; falls abundantly in the
rainy season, not in autumn,
49; rain and wind, connected
with Mitra-Varu»a, freed from
death through ekavimja-stoma,
68 ; is the arrows of the Rudras
in the sky, 164; is ruled over
by Maruts, 170; produces a
well-ordered state of society,
V, 18 ; sounds like a chant, 45 ;
rain-drops, as many as sweat-
pores, hair- pits, and twinklings
of the eye, 169; hail and
lightning two terrible forms of
it, 251 ; the sky, rain, the first
conception, 315.
rainy season, produced from the
eye, and from it the Gagat!, IV,
8; consists of months Nabhas
and Nabhasya, 48 ; rainy season
and autumn are the air- world,
and the middle of the year,
49.
raivata (and jlkvara) -saman, is a
prish/ira-saman, III, introd. xxi,
xxii; connected with pankti,
trayastrii^ua, Sec, 91 ; jakvara
and raivata produced from
trinava and trayastrimja, IV,
1 2 ; connected with Brihaspati,
Vi/ve Deva^t, the upper region,
&c., 103.
RIkl, pap offered to her, (the ex-
treme end of) one of the four
regions, IV, 264.
Rakshas, — safety from. III, 45; suck
out creatures, 49; smitten by
Indra and Agni, 51 ; swept
away by the gods, 52 ; kept by
continuous libation from com-
ing after the gods, 191 ; kept
off from south, and sacrifice
spread in place free from danger
and devilry, 199; seek to hin-
der the gods from sacrificiDg,
357 ; are the associates of
the night, 361 ; rakshas-killing
counter-charm, 53, 371, 372 ;
repelled by thunderbolt, 372 ;
harass th<^ wandering in a
wild forest, V, 160; Kubera
Vaiiravana their king, the Deva-
^navidya their Veda, 367, 368.
rakshovidya, V, 368 n.
ram, sacrificial animal. III, 162, 165
seq. ; slaughtered for Tvash/ri,
162 ; is vigour, IV, 38 ; vicious
ram (aii&ka) an unclean animal,
V, 178 ; originates from Indra*s
nose, 215.
RIma, son of Da/aratha, III, 97.
R&ma M^rgaveya, one of the Syl- parnafamily of priests, IV, 345 n.
rampart, threefold. III, 212, 213.
rash/rabhrrt oblations, at (consecra- tion of) Agniiayana, IV, 229.
rajmi, rein. III, loi.
Rathagritsa, Agni's commander-in-
chief (senani), is the first spring-
month, IV, 105.
rathantara-siman. III, introd. xiv,
XV ; connected with Agni, xv ;
with the brahman, &c., 91 ; at
kejavapanlya used for first
pnshtb3L and for sandhi-stotra,
127; produced from trivr/t,
IV, 5; (rathantara-ifti&andas is
the earth, 89) ; connected with
Agni, the Vasus, east, tri-
vr/t and l^arastra, 100; sung
over completed altar, is this
earth, 179; etymology, 179.
Rathaprota, Aditya's commander- in-
Digitized by
INDEX TO PARTS HI, IV, AND V.
chief, is the first rainy month,
Rathasvana, V^yu's commander-in- chief, is the first summer month,
Rathai\^, Agni's chieftain (grd-
maxit), the second spring month,
IV, 105.
rathavimoiantya oblation, III, loi.
Ratheiitra, Viyu's chieftain (gri-
maift), is the second summer
month, IV, 106. ratna-havfmshi (ratninl;» havimshi),
III, 58 seq. ratnina/>, III, 65; do homage to
king, 108. ritri (night performance), III, 127. ratrf-pary^yaiF, III, la. rattan (vetasa), mat used to cut the
sacrificial horse on, V, 304, 329,
394 ; rattan grows in water,
304, 329.
rauhi»a« plates. V, 454 seq.; cakes,
cooked, 468 ; offered, 472, 489 ;
they are Agni and Aditya ; day
and night, heaven and earth,
|lauhinlya»a« See Priyavrata.
raurava-siman, is an ai//a-saman, IV, 10.
realm, sustained by kings, IV, 229 ; by couples (of^pring), 230.
red, includes all colours. III, 355.
reed (muw^a), entered by Agni,
III, 198; is Agni's womb, 200;
(vetasa) rattan branch drawn
across altar to appease it, I V, 1 7 4;
plucked out trom its sheath,
V, 267 ; a bundle held up-
wards while sepulchral mound
is raised, and afterwards put up
in the house, 436; sheaths of
reed grass kindled, 463.
region (quarter), — five. III, 40,
108 ; IV, 246 ; four, III, 203 ;
six, 268; seven, IV, 277; nine,
III, 196, 296; ten, 183, 297;
IV, 164, 246 ; ruled over by
POshan, III, 40; ascent of,.
91 ; connected with the Brah-
man, Ac, 91 ; how created,
149 ; are parts of Viyu-Pra^a-
pati, 152; are Agni, 183;
connected with Vayu, and
third layer of altar, 188; heal
what is injured, 221; put in
the world by Vijve Devlift, 235;
are both inside and outside of
these worlds, 235 ; by them
the worlds are fastened to the
sun, 269 ; created with the
moon, 286 ; are between these
two worlds, 349 ; IV, 26 ; are
the upper sphere, IV, 9 ; above
everything, 10; are the heavenly
world, 10; become the ear,
10 ; are in all four directions,
a 6 ; face each other, 27 ; are
supported by the sun, 28;
names of the five regions (East
queen, South far-ruler, West
all - ruler. North self- ruler,
Great-region supreme ruler),
46, 100 seq. ; freed from death
through iHitush/oma, connected
with Savitri and Bnhaspati,
69 ; encircling (paribhil), 88 ;
are the firmament, the heavenly
world, 100 ; five on this side of
the sun, 104, 195, 200 ; five on
the other side of the sun, 104,
200; four on the other side
(?), 198; five propitiatory ob-
lations to (the five) regions
(dlr^m avesh/i), 245 ; how laid
down in the several layers, 263,
264 ; — created by the five gods
Paramesh/i&in, Pr^gipati, Indra,
Agni, Soma, V, 16 seq. ; guar-
dians of the four regions are
the Apyas, Slldhyas, Anvldhyas,
and Maruts, 359 ; parcelled out
between the priests, 402, 412,
420; are a place of abode to
all the gods, and ifandra their
regent (?), 505.
