regional bricks. See dlryl, and ^jvint.
renunciation, of one kind of food for life, III, 337 ; IV, 224.
retsJfsxAf bricks, — two, are these two
worlds, III, 383; IV, 26; are
the testicles, III, 384; are the
ribs of Agni, the sacrificial ani-
mal (bird), 400; IV, (2), 16;
their range (or rim), 17, 23, 26.
retribution in future life, V, 109 seq.
Revottaras Sthapati Pl/ava iCikra,
(short Sthapati Aikra, or ^ikra
Sthapati), priest and teacher, V,
336,269.
J^l}hu,— iiibhus and Vijve DevEi&
Digitized by
J^ATAPATHA-BRAHMAiVA.
connected with beings (bhOta)
and trayastrimja - stoma, IV,
69; — a Ribhu of the Oagat
(Gagat!) metre (is the Irbhava-
pavamina) bearing the Sacri-
ficer to bliss, V, 173; Savitr/,
with 16'bhus, Vibhus, and V&^^as,
receives offering of Gharma, 4 80.
ribs, are the middle of the body, IV,
ao, 31, 32 ; fastened on breast-
bone and costal cartilages, 114 ;
— ^parm and prish/i, V, x 64 n.
rice, different kinds of, III, 69-70;
originates from Indra's marrow
(and Soma-drink), V, 316.
Jiiky was in Vritra, III, 138 ; part of
triple Veda, 139, 141 ; thereon
the SIman is sung, IV, 13;
wife of Siman, 14; JUJks and
SsLmans as Apsaras, the Gan-
dharva Manas' mates, 233; they
are wishes, as thereby one
prays, 333 ; by the Mahad
uktham it enters Pra^pati as
his vital fluid, 284 ; consists of
1 2,000 Brihatts, 10,800 Pafiktis,
352,353; a hymn to be recited of
the Riky the Veda of men, V, 362.
r/ksama-siman (? vairOpa^man, or
such as are merely sung, not
chanted), produced from Ga-
gatt, and from it the iSukra-
graha, IV, 7.
iSishabha Ylp^oatura, king of the iSviknas, V, 250, 399, 400.
jRishi, — were the non-existent, III^-
143^ tl^e vital ^ m'^, 33if
IV, 607 100, 185 ; etymology,
III, i>3 ; saw the fourth layer
of altar, i^, 15)0 ; Jiave a fore-
share in Agni, 33^; the seven
Jiishis are the seven vital airs
in the head, >V, 73 ; DYAtri
their lord, 7^5; the first-born
Brahman, 100; i^his spin
the thread (of the sacrifice),
I ^4 ; first made up (constructed)
the fire-altar, 1^4, i^ ; the
seven purushas made into one
purusha were the seven /{ishis,
205 : established in the seasons,
212; /the farsl-born i^his, 250,"^
267 5^ have mistakes in their
sacrifice pointed out tp them by
Gandbarvas, V, 29 ^the seven
(Ursa major), 425.\/
rishikl, bear or ogre, V, 307.
r/tavyl, seasonal bricks, are the
seasons. III, 386; IV, 29; the
three worlds, 129 ; the nobility,
129 ; stepping-stones for the
gods and Sacrificer to ascend
and descend the worlds, 129 ;—
the two of first layer are the
spring months, Madhu and
MSdhava, III, 386; IV, 2 ;—
two of second layer, 24 ; are
the summer months, ^ukra and
SuMf 29 ; — two lower of third
layer, the two rainy months
Nabhas and Nabhasya, 48 ;
the two upper, the autumn
months Isha and Cr^, 49 ; —
two of fourth layer, the winter
months Saha and Sahasya, 70 ;
— two of fifth layer, 99, 125
seq., are the dewy months Tapa
and Tapasya, 126.
rite. See vrata,
river,— seven flowing eastwards, IV,
211; seven fiow in g westwards
(identified with downward vital
air), 212; those drinking thereof
become most vile, blasphemous,
and lascivious of speech, 212.
Rohini, the nakshatra, falls on new moon of month Valrakha, V, a.
Rohita, son of Harijiandra, III, 95.
rope, of darbha grass, for tying
horse, greased with ghee, V,
374 ; twelve (or thirteen) cubits
long, 276.
royal dignity, means unlimited pros- perity, V, 249.
rubbing down of Sacrificer with
fragrant substances, at Sautra-
maffi, V, 252.
Rudra, is Agni, III, 51, 64 ; gave-
dhuk^ pap to, 3 1, 63 ; rules over
beasts, 52, 205 ; hankers after
killed cow, 63; Rudra ParupatI,
gavedhuki pap to, 70 ; the
North his region, 97 ; IV, 158 ;
V, 488 ; Rudra Soreva (most
kindly),! 1 1, 1 10; a form and name
of Agni, 159 ; 5atarudriya, IV,
150 seq.; is Agni in his immortal
form, 156; oblations of wild
sesamum, on an arka leaf, to,
156; was originally Manyu,
157; etymology, 157; V, n6;
hundred - headed, thousand •
Digitized by
INDEX TO PARTS III, TV, AND V.
eyed, hundred - quiyered, IV,
1 57 ; oblations of gavedhuk^
flour on an arka leaf, 158; is
the Kshatra (whilst the Rudras
are the Vij), 159, i6a; the
golden-armed leader of hosts,
160; worshipped with mystic
utterances, 161 ; Agni created
as the hundred- headed Rudra,
201 ; his shaft piercing Praflfa-
pati's body, V, 36 n. ; the nuer
of animals, 329 ; by hairs of
lion, wolf, and tiger being put in
cups of Surll representing wild
animals, Rudra's shaft is only
directed against these, and he
spares domestic cattle, 230;
consecrates king by the Trish-
mbh, 312.
Rudras, by fourteen syllables gain
ikiturdara-stoma,III,4o; eleven,
bom from Va>t, 149 ; placed in
the air with Vayu, 150; kindle
the sun, 23 1 ; Vasus (with Mitra)
and Rudras mix the clay, 231;
fashion air-world by means of
trish/ubh, 234 ; Rudras and
Vasus sing praises of (bricks in)
second layer, IV, 25 ; how
produced, 33; Vasus and Ru-
dras connected with embryos
and iaturvim/a - stoma, 68 ;
Vasus, Rudras and Adityas
separate, and are the lords
when heaven and earth separate,
75 ; connected with Indra, &c^
1 01 ; the lords of the south,
loi ; Vasus, Rudras, Adityas,
Maruts, Vi/ve Devlib build on
different quarters of the altar
(E. S.W.N. Zen.), 118; of earth,
air, and sky, 158-159; originate
from drops of oblations, 159 ;
are the V'u (whilst Rudra is the
Kshatra), 159; are spread by
thousands over these worlds,
]68; in tribes (^tini), 160;
the arrows of the Rudras of
sky, air and earth are rain,
wind and food, 164, 165 ; the
Rudras invoked in the i^ataru-
driya are Agnis, 167 ; the
eleven Rudras enumerated, V,
116; arise by performance of
midday pressing, 173 ; obtain
the part of Vishnu, the sacrifice.
corresponding to the midday
pressing, 443; Indra, with
Vasus, Rudras, and Adityas,
receives offering of Gharma,
479, 480,
ru^, an arrow, III, 38.
runmatt, oblations to Agni and Varujra, IV, 237-239.
rflpa, form, — oblations to forms. See prakrama.
Sacrifice, path of, not to be swerved
from, III, 14 ; V, 10; west (to
east?) path of sacrifice, 111,347 ;
sacrifice is happiness, 351 ;
performed from the left (north)
side, IV, 107 ; of ever-flowing
blessings, 107 ; all beings are
settled in the sacrifice, 144;
has only one finale, heaven, 146 ;
is all-sustaining, 199 ; they who
perform it are wise, 199 ; Ya^//a
as Gandharva, with the Dak-
shin^, as Apsaras, his mates, 232;
comparative efficacy of sacri-
fices, 299 ; is a Man, 300, 305 ;
Pra^pati, the Sacrifice, is the
Year, V, i ; 38 ; the fire its
womb, 3 ; is a counterpart of
Pra^ipati, 22 ; becomes the
Sacrificer*s body, 23, 27 ; bolt a(
the sacrifice (ya^Hameni), 42 ;
the successful issue of the sa-
crifice, 66-68 ; the five great
(mahlya^a), 95; sacrifice is
cattle, 116; animal sacrifice
fivefold, 125 ; like a forest with
desert places and ravines, the
sacrifice not to be entered
without knowledge, 160 ; (true)
form of sacrifice ensures en-
trance to the heaven of the
living, 212; is devotion, 231;
a web, 252; the navel of the
earth, 390; passage between
Agnidhra and Aritvila is the
gate of the sacrifice, 497 ; sa-
crifice is the self of all beings,
504-
Sacrificer, is Indra, III, 13; 18; at
V^peya sprinkled with re-
mains of offering material, 38 ;
the child of the earth, 125 ; he
is Agni, 212 ; is really intended
to be bom in heaven, 345 ; is
Prs^lpati, Agni, the sacrifice,
Digitized by
^ATAPATHA-BRAHMAiVA.
IV, introd. xv seq. ; carried to
heaven by, or flying there in
shape of, birdlike altar, IV, in-
trod, xxi seq. ; becomes Death,
xxiii ; ousted from his realm
(ya^manaloka) by wrong sa-
crihcial procedure, IV, 94; is
the fire on fire-altar, 94; sits
down with the Vijve DevSifr on
the higher seat (in the sky),
124 ; is established with Vijve
Devaift, 302 ; the fire-altar,
Mahivrata, Mahad uktham, his
divine immortal body, 279 ; is
the body of the sacrifice, 280 ;
V, 236; in entering on the
fast he gives himself up to the
gods, and by the sacrifice he
becomes an oblation to the
gods by which he redeems
himself from them, V, 26 ; 27 ;
and is freed from sin, 58 ;
Sacrificer dying whilst away
from home, 197 seq.; when
about to die, 201 seq.; when
dead, goes to the place won by
him in heaven, 204 ; symbol-
ically placed in heaven, provided
with the Soma-drink, 231 ;
drinks Aindra cup at Sautrl-
man! and has his abode with
Indra, 245 ; is Aditya, 248 ; re-
quests invitation from priests for
partaking of cup (of va^), 259 ;
arises in the other world with a
complete bodyand all limb6,259;
by means of the golden light (or
a gleam of light shining after
him) goes to heaven, 303 ; with
V^vatl and other wives, 349;
whilst sacrificing becomes a
Brahma^a, 348.
Sacrificer's wife, led forth by
Nesh/rr, III, 31 ; puts on gar-
ment of Ku/a grass, 32 ; dis-
carded when without son, 65 ;
Sacrificer's wives sprinkle the
horse,V, 313; they weave pearls
into its hair, 313; they cleanse
sacrificial horse, 321-323 ;
walk round it, 322, 323 ; fan it,
323 ; the four wives in attend-
ance at sacrifice, 349 ;~she is
made to look upon the Mahi-
vira, 472.
sacrificial post. See YClpa.
sidana, settling of bricks, III, 154 ;
sidana and siidadohas, 301, 305
seq. ; 379 ; V, 5.
sadas, associated with Gagati, V, 495.
sadasya, a seventeenth priest re-
cognised by the Kaushitakins,
IV, 348 n.
sidhyas, the guardians of one of the four regions, V, 3 59.
sa^ita. III, 107, III.
ss\^ilrabdtya, oblation on the darbha
bunch on freshly ploughed altar-
site, is Agni's fore-share, (III,
33», 333); IV, 185.
sj^ush, IV, 32.
saha, the first winter-month, IV, 70.
Sah^^ny^, the Apsaras, is an inter-
mediate quarter (? S. £.), or the
earth, IV, 106.
sahasradakshijva, III, 140.
sahasya, the second winter-month, IV, 70.
5aiiaH, V, 393.
Saindhava (horses), are the Hotr/s and Adhvaryus, V, 94.
£ikalya, chosen to quench the fire-
brand Y%filavalkya, V, 115;
questions beyond the deity
(Pra^^pati-Brahman) and dies
in misery, 117.
•Sakiyanins, — ^their doctrine regard-
ing the nature of Agni, IV,
363.
.Siktya. See Gaur?viti.
iSakuntala, the Apsaras, mother of Bharata, V, 399.
jikvara (and raivata) -siman, a
prish/i&a-saman, III,introd. xx-
xxii ; connected with PaAkti,
Trinava, &c., 91 ; jlkvara and
raivata produced from trinava
and trayastrimja, IV, 12 ; con-
nected with Brihaspati, Vijve
Deva/>, the upper region, &c.,
103.
/akvari (verses), V, 331, 333.
jaia. III, 117.
jglivr/ka (or silsivr/ka), hyena (?),
V,7i.
salt, means cattle. III, 33, 299;
seventeen bags (ajvattha leaves)
thrown up by peasants to Sacri-
ficer, 34 ; scattered over Girha-
patya site, 299 ; is the amnion
of the fire, 302, 344 ; saline soli
Digitized by
means cattle, 343 ; is seed, V, 426.
Salva, a people, IV, 344.
S^man, III, introd. xiii seq. ; was
in VWtra, 138; — (= v^in^
siman) sung by Brahman, 33 ;
part of triple Veda, 139, 141 ;
is sung on the r/i, IV, 13 ; the
husband of the Rikf 14; — sa-
mans sung on svayamStr/nffls,
144; are sap (rasa) laid into
the worlds, 145 ; on bbfii^
bhuva6- syar, 145 ; six Simans
sung (by Adhvaryu) over ap-
peased altar, 177 seq. ; are
the vital airs, 177 ; make body
boneless and immortal, 178 ;
those six S^mans are immortal
bricks, 181 ; Riks and Samans
as Apsaras, the Gandharva
Manas' mates, 333 ; are wishes,
as one prays with them, 333;
by the Mahavrata-stman the
Saman (veda) enters Pra^^pati
as his vital fluid, 384; Saman
(veda) consists of 4,000 briha-
tis, and Ya^us and Siman of
(7,300 and 3,600) 10,800 pahk-
tis> 353 ; saman sung (by Brah-
man) at Sautramaxrt, the SIman
representing lordship (kshatra)
or imperial sway,V, 355; is the
essence of all the Vedas, 355 ;
is the Veda of the gods, 370 ;
a decade of it recited, 370 ; sung
at pravargyotsidana, 496 ; drives
off the Rakshas, 496.
samanabhrit (holders of the pervad-
ing air) are the speech-sustain-
ers, IV, 15.
sama-nidhana, IV, 116.
sambhira. III, 36 ; V, 447.
Saw^vt-putra, IV, introd. xviii.
samgrahitri, charioteer, one of the ratninau^. III, 63, 104.
jami (acacia suma), a samidh of, IV,
303 ; etymology, 303 ; for ap-
peasement, not for food, 303 ;
peg on tomb, V, 436.
samidh, eleven, III, 359 ; twelve for
Kshatriya and Purohita, 359 ;
three udumbara ones, soaked
in ghee, put on the fire prior to
its being led forward, IV, 189 ;
are Agni's food, 191, 303 ; three
(jam!, vikafikata, udumbara) put
