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Anajnat sahgamana (as the sabhya fire) resides with man, I, 338.

Ahgiras and Adityas perform a
Soma-sacrifice, II, 113 ; a name
of Agni, 118; Ahgirasam ayana,
384.

anika, I, 408 seq.; II, 342.

animal (victim), fivefold, II, 24; sa- crifice, 162 seq.

anointment of Dikshita with fresh
butter, II, 13 ; of his eyes with
Traikakuda ointment, 14 ; of
the sacrificial stake, 170 ; of the
victim, 183.

anta/6pata, peg, II, in.

antaryama (graha), II, 257 seq.; is
the night and offered at sunrise,
261 ; off"ered entirely, 263.

anubandhya, barren cow slaughtered
at Soma-sacrifice, I, 379; II,
217 ; maitravaruwi, 387, 391
seq. ; vaijvadevi and barhas-
patya, 388.

anumantrawa, I, 124, 154.

anushmbh, metre, is speech, II, 21,

anuvakya, invitatory prayer, I, 119,

135, 170 seq., 195.
anuvasha/kara, II, 351.
anuyag-a, after-offering; three at

havirya^;7a, I, 80, 230 seq., 445 ;

nine at Vaijvadeva, Varuwa-

praghasa^, &c., 390, 404, 418 ;

eleven at animal offerings, II,

210.
anvaharya, I, 7, 49.
anvaharyapay^ana fire (dakshiwagni),

I> 339) when taken out from

Garhapatya, 340.
anva-rabh, II, 40.
anvarambha«iya-ish/i, I, 7, 386 ; II,

40. apana, I, 120.

apasalavi (apadakshiwa), I, 441 ; re- ferring to the Fathers, II, 29. Apastamba, I, introd. xxxix seq. aponaptriya sukta, II, 232. apri-hymns, I, introd. xv ; II, 185. apsu-diksha, II, 5. apsushoma^, II, 373, Aptoryama, II, 398. Aptya, I, 47 seq. apupa, cake, I, 317. apyayana, strengthening of Soma-

plants, I, 178; II, 100, 103. arawi, I, 275 ; are held while the

pra/tina-vawja is approved of,

11,5.
Araru, I, 57.
arbhava, or tritiya pavamana stotra,

11,315. Ar^uni (phalguni), nakshatra, I, 285. arsheya, 1, 115.

Aruwa Aupavej^i, I, introd. xli, 313,

Aruwi, I, 14; Takshan recites for
him, 335 ; arranger of Subrah-
mawya litany, II, 82, 413.

Arunmukhas, I, 57.

Arurmaghas, I, 57.

Arvavasu, I, 137.

Asat Pawsava, resides with man, I,

Asha^/^a Savayasa, I, 4.

as-patra, I, 117.

ajrava«a (jrausha?), I, 132, 140, 142 seq.

Asuras, contend against gods, I, 54 ;
by speech (numerals), 153;
divide the world with gods, 59
seq. ; have darkness and magic
(maya) assigned to them by
Pra_§'apati, 362; defile plants,
370; deprived of (intelligible)
speech, II, 31; build three
strongholds, one in each world,
105; bury magic charms, 135;
the blood spirting out from
victims is their share, 193.

Asuri, I, introd. xxxv, 169, 300, 432, 448; n, 349.

ajvavala-grass, II, 89.

ajvina-graha, II, 272 seq.; drawn in
the tenth place and offered in
the third, 276, 312; shape of
cup, 278.

Ajvins, Adhvaryus of gods, I, 16, 53;
II, 276 ; wander about on earth
performing cures, 274 seq.; are
heaven and earth, 276.

Atharvahgirah, I, 38.

atigrahya (graha), II, 402 seq.

ati^/jandas, II, 66, 380.

Atiratra, II, 398.

Atithyeshn (guest-oflTering to Soma), II, 51, 85 seq.

Atreya, II, 346.

Atri, etymology, I, 131; hotr/ of iJishis, II, 346.

Atyagnish/oma, II, 398.

audgrabhawa, II, 20.

audumbari. See udumbara post.

Aupoditeya (Tumi%a Vaiyaghapa- dya), I, 271.

austerity (tapas), world conquered by, II, III.

avabhr/'tha, expiatory bath, I, 406 ; II, 378; julavabhr/tha, 215.

avadana, portion, I, 191.

5'ATAPATHA-BRAHMAiVA.

avahana (devatanam), 1, 118, 157.

avakaja formulas, II, 409.

avantaradiksha, II, 97 seq.

avantareda, I, 221.

avara, II, 253.

avivakya, II, 402, 448.

ayavan, 1, 199.

Ayu, I, 389; II, 91; a name of

Agni, 118. ayush/oma, II, 403.

bahishpavamana (stotra), II, 307, 309

seq. bali, I, 329.

barhis, I, 84 seq., 147, 233.
Barku Varshwa, I, 5.
beasts, ruler of (Rudra), I, 201 ; II,

153; Tvash/r/, II, 180.
Bhaga, is blind, I, 210.
Bhallaveya (Indradyumna), I, 206,

293. Bhava (Rudra-Agni), I, 201. Bhr/gu-Ahgiras, I, 38. bhur bhuva^ svah, I, 296 ; II, 37. Bhutavat (Rudra), I, 209. black-deer skin (krish«ag-ina), I, 23;

two, representing heaven and

earth, II, 25; Soma placed

thereon, 160. brahmabhaga, I, 214. brahmahatya, I, 48. Brahman priest, I, introd. xx seq.,

223; Ii, 347, 434-

Brahman, the glowing fire, I, 341.

Brahmawa, human god, I, 309, 374 ;
follows the Kshatriya, 47, 452 ;
may be without a king, but not
vice versa, II, 270.

brahmawa, I, introd. xxii seq.

BrahmaKa/^/^awsin, is Indra, II, 433.

brahmanicide, I, 47; II, 243.

brahmasadana, I, 6,

brahmasaman, II, 434.

brahmodya, II, 452.

Brihaspati, I, introd. xvi seq. ; Afigi-
rasa, I, 67 ; as Brahman priest,
211 ; the brahman (n.), II, 23,
59 : is dyumna, 24 ; animal
offering to, 219 ; Brihaspati the
purohita of Soma, oppressed by
Soma, 258 ; Brihaspati the wise,
is the first, 286; officiates as
Udgatri, 348.

bWhati, metre, I, 175 ; II, 112.

brihatwastra, II, 430.

br/hat-saman,I,i96,22 2; 11,339,403.

Budila Ajvatarajvi, II, 425.

bull, at Sakamedha^, representative

of Indra, I, 416. butter, fresh, used for anointing the

Dikshita, II, 14; melted: see

ghee.

calf, first-born of season, dakshiwa at
Agraya«esh/i, I, 373 ; dakshiwa
at Vaijvadeva (seasonal sacri-
fice), 390.

carpenter, unclean, I, 23.

cart, receptacle of havis, I, 1 2 seq. ;
bound with thongs, 452; turned
round and placed on altar, II,
127 seq.; description of, 132.

caste, I, introd. xii,xviii, 28, 452; 11,4.

castles, three, built by the Asuras, II, 105.

cattle, threefold, II, 28.

charms, only effective when buried
in the ground, II, 135; for-
mulas against, 137.

chip, first of the sacrificial stake, II,
164, 169; svaru, 173, 186; four
chips, 282.

cloth, its parts assigned to various deities, II, 9.

confession of sin, I, 397.

consecration (diksha) for Soma- sacrifice, II, i seq.

covenant of Tanunapat, not to be broken, II, 95 seq.

cow, when created, coveted by Agni,

I, 326 ; her skin originally on
man, II, 9 ; her flesh not to be
eaten by the consecrated, 1 1 ; to
be eaten according to Ya^«aval-
kya, ib. ; her ten properties, 69.

creatures, of three kinds, I, 384;
the upright and those tending
downwards, 387, 404.

dadhigharma, II, 336.
Dadhya;?/^ Atharvana, teaches the
Aivins the madhu - brahma«a,

II, 277.

Daivya, messenger of Asuras, I, iii.

Daksha (Pra^apati), I, 375.

Daksha Parvati, I, 377.

Dakshayawas, I, 377.

Dakshayawa sacrifice, I, 374 seq.

dakshiwa, I, 48, 308 ; (the greater
the better), 309, 322 ; not to be
accepted, if refused by some
one else, II, 116; different

kinds of, 340 seq. ; are the sacri- fice to human gods, 341, 417.

Dakshiwagni ( anvaharyapa^ana ),
when taken out from Garha-
patya, I, 339 seq.; altar near it
at piiriyagna., 422.

dakshi«a-homa, II, 336, 341.

dakshi«ikara«a, I, 37.

Danava (Vr/tra), I, 166.

Danayu, I, 166.

Danu, I, 166.

darbha grass, I, 84.

Darjapur«amasa-ish/i, I, i seq.

darvihoma, oblation of spoonful of boiled rice, to Indra, I, 415.

dajapavitra, straining-cloth, II, 248, 258.

dajaratra, II, 402.

deasil (deiseil, dessel), I, 37.

death, identification with the sun, I, 343 seq.

debt, owed by man to i?/shis, fathers, and men, I, 190.

deva (SavitW), I, 46.

Devabhaga 5rautarsha, purohita to Kurus and SnVTg-ayas, I, 377,

dhaman, I, 74, 93.

dhanya, I, 39.

dhayya, I, 112.

dhish«ya, hearth-mounds, represent
the Gandharvas, II, 72; over-
turned by Asuras, 147; pre-
paration of, 148 seq.; fagots
held over them, 364.

dhn'sh/i, I, 33.

dhruva (graha), II, 293, 298 seq.; -sthali, 298.

dhruva, spoon, I, 67 ; II, 23.

dhurya (stotra), II, 307.

Diksha, consecration, II, i seq.; apsu-d., 5 ; intermediate, 97 seq.

Dikshamyesh/i, II, 12 seq.

Dikshita, consecrated, is an embryo,
II, 19; is Vish«u, 29; (dhi-
kshita), 47.

doshavastar, I, 354.

drowa-kalaja, II, 257 seq., 268, 318; is Vritra's head, 371.

drop, Soma as bindu, II, 157; obla- tion of drops (stoka), 195 seq.

durva (dub) plant, a substitute for

dvadajaha, II, 402 ; vyufl'>6a>^^andas, 418.

dvidevatya grahas, II, 266 ; shape of cups, 277, 316, 351.

Dyavapr/thivT, heaven and earth,
cake-offering to, at Agraya«e-
shn, I, 369 seq. ; ditto at Vai-
jvadeva, 388; contain the uni-
verse, II, 19, 26 ; when agreeing
(uniting) they give rain, I, 196,
241 ; hymn to, 330.

Dyutana, son of the Maruts, IT, 144.

Earth, trembling like lotus-leaf, I,
279 ; creation of, 280; goes to
witness the Asuras' animal of-
fering, II, 207.

east, quarter of gods, II, r, 3, 4 ;
(faultless) man offers, facing
east, II, 3; assigned to Agni, 50.

ekadajini, set of eleven stakes, II, 173, 176 seq., 218 seq.

ekadhana, II, 102, 232, 233, 235, 237.

ekaviwja (stoma), II, 401.

elephant, its origin, II, 13 ; not to be accepted as a gift, ib.

embryo, expulsion of, II, 11, 19;
have their hands closed, 27 ; en-
veloped in the amnion and pla-
centa, 28, 29, 73 ; found in cow
slaughtered, 391 ; unfit for sa-
crifice, 394, 396.

ewe, image of, at Varuwapraghasa/), I, 395 seq.

eye, the truth, I, 78 ; man's eye is
sore (secreting matter), II, 14 ;
entered by ^ushwa the Danava, ib.

falcon (? eagle), Soma as falcon, II, 80 ; GayatrT, 88.

fast. See vrata.

fast-food, II, 37 seq.

Fathers (manes). See Pitara/6.

fingers, bending in of, II, 18, 98;
(nameless) ring-finger, eating
with, I, 332 ; gold tied to it, II,
63 ; diff"erent fingers used in
meting out Soma-plants, 67 ;
loosening of fingers, 162.

Fire, kindling of, I, 95 seq. ;
production of (by churning,
agni - manthana), 275, 294,
297, 3", 389 ; n, 90 seq.;
carrying fire round (paryagni-
karawa), 1,45 ; II, 187 ; leading
forwards (agni-pra«ayana), I,
298; II, 121 seq., 157 seq.;
homage to, at time of Agni-
hotra, I, 301, 322 seq., 348 seq. ;

i-ATAPATHA-BRAHMAiVA.

homage to, when leaving home,
360 ; mounting of (samaropawa),
396; womb of the sacrifice, II,
19 ; serves as a skin to the sacri-
ficer (as embryo), 98.

fire-place, fivefold lustration of, I, 2, 276, 359.

fish, accursed, I, 452 ; Manu's, 216 seq.

five, number, I, 16.

flood, legend of the, I, 216.

food, threefold (cattle), II, 28.

Full-moon sacrifice, I, i, 17, 180.

Gagati, metre, means cattle, II, 88.

Ganaka Vaideha, I, introd. xxxi, xlii seq.

GaWaki, I, 104.

Gandharvas, steal Soma, 11,52 ; fond
of women, 53, 233 ; receive
purchase price for Soma, 72,
152; Soma-wardens, 150 seq.,
233.

Garhapatya, used for cooking, 1, 1 8 ; sacred to sacrificer, 339.

gatajri, I, 98, 183.

Gatavedas, I, 119.

gaurivita-saman, II, 401.

Gavam ayana, II, 426.

Gayatri, I, 80, 91, 97, 100; fetches
Soma, 183; II, 52, 150, 329 ;
as a falcon, 88, 241 ; by means
of a khadira stick, 151 ; is the
earth, I, 194; Agni, 234; II, 87;
fore-part of the sacrifice, 89 ;
her calf is the dhruva graha, 304.

gharma, I, 44; (samr%), II, 105, 411.

^i>asha, I, 216.

ghee (ghr/ta), sap of heaven and
earth, I, 372 ; a purifier, II, 8 ;
belongs to the gods, 14 ; a thun-
derbolt, 106, 170.

girdle, hempen, putting on for con-
secration, II, 28, 98 ; of sacri-
ficial stake, 172.

Givala ^ailaki, I, 336.

goat (he-) tied up at agnyadhana, I,
292 ; she-goat given for Soma,
11,71,74; goat and sheep, 407.

gods, path to, I, 267; how they be-
came immortal, 310 seq.; do
not sleep, II, 44 ; thrice eleven,
290; three kinds of, 350; eight

' Vasus, ^eleven Rudras, and twelve Adityas, 411.

gold, Agni's seed, I, 277 ; II, 59, 390 ;

piece of gold used in offering,

II, 54 ; tied to the ring-finger

(as a symbol of truth), 63, 70;

symbol of the sun, 115, 224;

put in right wheel-track and

offered on, 130; with oblation

of omentum, 198. gosh/oma, II, 403. Gotama Rahugawa, I, 104 seq. Graha, cup of Soma, II, 247, 259;

meanings of, 432 seq.
grava-stotra, II, 332.
Gravastut, assistant of Hotri, I, 223,

332. gravel (sikata), the ashes of Agni

Vaijvanara, II, 120. grihapati, II, 97, 441, 453, 455. Grihya-sutra, I, introd. xlviii. ^uhu, offering-spoon, I, 67 seq., 139 ;

II, 23; portions of victim for

^uhij, 204. Gyotish/oma, II, 403.

hari, the two bay steeds, are the Rik and Saman, II, 371.

Harivant (Indra), II, 399.

hariyo^ana (graha), II, 289, 370 seq.

Hasta (nakshatra), I, 286.

havirdhana, I, 14; Soma-cart shed,
II, 126 seq.; sacred to Vishwu,
126, 131; belongs exclusively
to the gods, 146 ; Soma placed
there, 160.

havirya_§-«a, I, introd. xv, xlviii.

havis, I, 151.

havishkrit, I, 27.

havishpahkti, I, 16.

havyadati, I, 107.

heart, of victim, is roasted first, II, 201 ; offered, 204.

Heaven and Earth. See dyava- pr/thivi.

hih, I, 100, 325.

Hirawyagarbha, I, 271.

Hirawyastupa, I, 175.

hira«yavati-ahuti, II, 52 seq.

horn, of black antelope, used for
scratching, II, 32, 33; taking
up earth, 43.

horse, present at production and
carrying forward of fire, I, 297
seq. ; white horse (symbol of
sun), dakshiwa at 5unasiriya,
447 ; at the Sadya/jkri, II, 115 ;
at Soma-sacrifice, 348.

INDEX TO PARTS I AND 11.

hotra (sawy%-ay-), II, 287. Hotraka (Maitravaruwa, Brahmawa-

Ma.ms'm^ and A/^^avaka), II, 295

seq., 324. Hotr/, seven, I, 223.

i^a, I, 216 seq. ; II, 60.

IJaZ-, I, 147, 152.

immortality, gained by the gods, II,

147-
Indra, representative of the Kshatra,
I, introd. xvi seq. ; slays Vr/tra,
I, 20, 52, 166, 175^ 416,452 ; 11,
265 ; slays Vijvarupa, I, 47, 164 ;
is deity of sacrifice, I, 129 ; the
Vasu of gods, 176; overturns
Asuras' fire-altar, 287 ; resides
with man, 338 ; is the blazing
fire, 340; Indra Vimr/dh, 375 ;
11,430; Indra and Maruts =
Kshatra and Vij, I, 399 ; Agni,
Varu«a, and Indra, leaders of
gods, 449 seq. ; Indra, Soma,
and Agni, II, 22 ; he is born
of Yiigfia. and Ya.k, 32; the
ruddy cow belongs to Indra
vritrahan, 62 ; Indra's amours,

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