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pravara, I, introd. xvi, 95, 114 seq., 131 seq.

pravargya, I, 44 ; II, 104.

pravr/tta (prav/v'ta) homa, II, 305.

praya^a (fore-oftering), five at havir-
yagna., I, 138 seq., 318 seq.,
445 ; four at avabhr/tha, II,
382 ; nine at Vaijvadeva, Va-
ru«apraghasa/7, &c., 390, 400,
418 ; eleven at animal offer-
ing, II, 185, 210.

Prayawiyesh/i, belongs to Aditi, II,
47 ; oblations to Pathya svasti,
Agni, Soma, Savitr/, and Aditi,
49-51.

press-board (adhishavawa), 11, 140.

pressing-skin, round and dyed red, II, 140.

press-stones (five), II, 140, 227.

priest, medium of worship, II, 3.

pnshad-a^ya, clotted butter, I, 404.

pr/sh/i)a-stotra, II, 339, 403; -saman,

406.
pr/sh/^ya sha^aha, II, 402, 403, 405.
prokshawi, sprinkling water, I, 20,

83; II, 122, 139, 142, 159, 168,

181. Prometheus, I, 186. Punaradheya, I, 285, 313 seq. Punarvasii, I, 285. puraj^ara«a, II, 436, 440. purisha, I, 64. purwahuti, full- offering, I, 302 ; II,

puro^aj, I, 32.

purod'aja, preparation of, I, 42 seq. ; etymology, 162.

purohita, I, introd. xii, 377; 11,270.

puroru-^, preliminary formula, II, ^235, 280, 295.

Pururavas, I, 389 ; II, 91.

Pushan, distributer of portions, I,
53; toothless, 211; identified
with the earth, 418; II, 57;
represents (prosperity) cattle,
II, 22; guardian of paths, 57;
Pushan's speed is the wind,
205 ; animal offering to, 219.

pQti, II, 8.

Quarters (dij), oblation of whey to
dAs2ih, pradija^, adija^, vidija^,
uddijai, I, 382 ; oblation of fat
gravy, II, 209.

Rakshas, etymology, I, 8; roam
about the air, ib.; II, 16; pur-
sue women, 3";.

ram, image of, at Varuwa-praghasa^, I, 395 seq. ; Varuwa's victim, ib.

Rama Aupatasvini, II, 425.

rathantara-saman, I, 196, 222; II,

339, 403- rauhiwa (fire-altar constructed by

Asuras), I, 286.

razor, copper, I, 450; II, 7.

reed, used for anointing, being a
thunderbolt, II, 15; for inter-
twining with zone, 28.

region (dij). See quarter.

repetition of sacrificial performance to be avoided, I, 80.

J?/bhus, II, 361.

Rig-veda, arrangement of hymns, I, introd. xvi, xx seq.

r/ksha (ursa major), I, 283.

Ris\ii, the seven, I, 282.

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r/tu-graha, oblations for seasons, II, 318 seq. ; -patra, 407.

Rohiwi (nakshatra), I, 283.

Rudra, purification after mention-
ing his name, I, 3 ; identified
with Agni (5arva, Bhava, Pa-
junam pati), 201; is the newly-
kindled fire, 340 ; pierces Pra-
^apati, 209 ; to Rudra is due
what is injured in the sacrifice,
211; pursues creatures, 340;
Tryambaka oblations to Rudra,
on a cross-road, 438 ; the mole
sacred to him, 440; Rudra with
Vasus, II, 59; the Rudras ae-
company Soma, 93; (pajunam
hhie, 153. See Tvash^r/) ;
Indra with Vasus, Rudras, and
Adityas, 241, 350; Rudra offi-
ciates as Hotri, 348 ; eleven
Rudras, eight Vasus, and twelve
Adityas, 411.

sabhya, hall-fire, I, 302 ; resides with
man (as Anajnat sangamana),
338 ; worship of, 339.

sacrifice, Indo-Iranian, I, introd.
XV, 49; is man, 78; 11,25,126;
passes from priest to priest, I,
140 seq. ; from father to son,
162; as tortoise, 161 ; place of,
II, I seq. ; Brahman, Ra^anya,
and Vaijya, able to sacrifice,
4 ; of equal measure with the
year, 16; is invisible, 19; is
speech, 23, 24; the Brahman,
ib.; fivetold, 24; changed into
a horse, 89 ; animal sacrifice,
162 seq. ; the Sacrifice (Yagna.)
is Soma, 246 ; fashioned like a
bird, 264.

sacrificer (ya^amana), is the victim,
I, 49, 62, 78 ; his foot used for
measuring uttara-vedi, II, 119.

sacrificial essence (medha), I, 50.

Sadanira, I, introd. xlii, 104 seq.

Sadas (text), is Ya^wa's belly, II,
127; construction of, 140 seq.;
sacred to Indra, 141 ; is common
to gods and men, 146.

sadasya, II, 286.

sadhya/^, 'blessed' gods, II, 174.

sadya/6kri, kindof Soma-sacrifice, II, 114.

Sahadeva Sar«g-aya, I, 376.

Saharakshas, messenger of Asuras, I,

no; II, 115.
sahasri, II, 414.
Sakamedhaii (seasonal sacrifice), I,

384, 408 seq.; cake to Agni

Anikavat, 408 ; y^aru to MarutaA

santapana^, 409 ; ditto griha-

medhinaA, ib.; darvihoma, 415;

cake to Maruts, 416; mahahavis,

417 seq. ; Pitr;'yaj-«a, 420. 5akvari metre, II, 226. jala (hall), measure of, II, 3. salt, used for hearth, I, 278. saman, I, 100 ; is the truth, II, 97. samaropawa, lifting or mounting of

fire, I, 396. samavatta, cuttings from i^a, I, 219;

II, 203; -dhani, 207. sambhara, I, 276 seq. Saw^m-putra, I, introd. xxxii seq. jami leaves, offered at Varu«apra-

ghasa/&, I, 395. samidh, I, 91 seq., 95 seq., 146,

152.
samidhenT, I, 95 seq.; II, 13.
samish/aya^us, one, I, 262 seq., 445;

three, 390, 406, 418; nine, II,

374; the end of the sacrifice,

13, 374 seq. samitri, butcher, cooks the victim,

II, 200. sawsrava, offering of, I, 236. saw/stha, II, 398. jamya, yoke-pin, used as wedge, I,

29 ; II, 116 seq. szmy^gye, I, 164, 307. 5amyu Barhaspatya, I, 254. jamyuvaka, I, 236, 247, 254 seq. iSawia and Marka, two Asuras, II,

279 seq. sandhya, twilight worship, I, 344. 5a«<a'ilya, I, introd. xxxi seq., xlvi. sannayya, I, 162, 178 seq., 381. saptahotra, I, 223. jarabha, I, 52. SarasvatT, river, I, 104 seq. Sarasvati, goddess, oblation to, I,

418; speech, II, 22; animal

offering to, 218. sarpawa, II, 299. sarpara^;n, II, 451. Sarva (Rudra-Agni), I, 201. i'aryata Manava, II, 273 seq. sasni, I, 15. jastra, twelve at Agnishi'oma, II,

303, 325 seq.

S'atapatha - brahma«a, I, introd. xxviii seq.

iSatarudriya-homa, I, 346.

sattra, sacrificial session, II, 402, 426, 440 ; sattrasya Wddhi, 449.

sattrotthana, II, 441, 447.

Satyaya^wa (Satyaya^«i), II, 2.

saumya-adhvara, I, 26, 114.

saumya >^aru, II, 364.

sautramawi, I, 165.

savaniya puro^aja, II, 230, 314, 315, 324.

savitra-graha, II, 357.

Savitri, the intermediate progenitor
(Pra^apati), I, 386 ; is netri
(leader), II, 24; repres. cattle,
49 ; (the sun) guardian of the
west, 50 ; animal offering to,
221 ; the sun, the mind, 358.

Savitri (gayatri), I, 356.

seasons (ritu), five, I, 98 ; II, 16, 24,
50, 241; six, I, 281; II, loi,
289 ; siding with Asuras, I, 155
seq. ; identified with gods and
fathers, 289; with the castes,
290; the divine coursers, 382;
oblation of whey, ib. ; consort
with Soma, 245,

session, sacrificial. See sattra ; rising from, sattrotthana.

sha^aha, II, 402.

sha^avatta, I, 229.

shash/ipatha, I, introd. xxix, xxxii, xlvi.

shaving, II, 6.

sheep, goats and, II, 407,

sho^ajin, stotra, II, 3 1 3, 401 ; jastra,
402 ; graha and sawstha, 398 ;
Indra, 400.

silver,notsuitablefordakshi«as,I,32 2.

sin, confession of, I, 397 ; expiation of, 398, 406; II, 385.

snakes, west their quarter, II, 4;
the fore-edge (?) belongs to
them, 10.

Soma, plant (juice) and moon, I,
176; fetched by Gayatri, 183,
452; II, 52, 241; establishes
the fire, I, 313; oflfering to
Soma (and Agni) at Fitriyagfia,
364 ; Indra, Soma, and Agni,
II, 22; purchase of, 63 seq.;
Soma is seed, ib. ; Soma-cloth,
wrapper and head-band, 64 ;
picking of Soma-plants, ib. ;
Soma the Kshatra, 65, 87;

meting out of Soma, 66 ; tied
up in the form of a man, 68 ;
bargaining for Soma, 69 seq.;
Soma driven on car, 74; grows
on mountains, 77 ; seated on
throne of udumbara wood, 84 ;
enters the hall, ib. ; guest-
offering to Soma, 85 seq. ;
Soma attended by the Rudras,
93 ; Soma strengthened (a-
pyai), 100 ; Soma is Vn'tra,
100, 271, 314; Agni, Soma, and
Vishwu form the thunderbolt,
ro8 ; Soma, when carried off
by Gayatri, was enclosed in two
golden cups, 150; Soma placed
on sacrificer's lap, 156; Soma
the nimble, 157 ; enters the
Havirdhana, 160; is Vanaspati,
208; animal offering to, 218;
Soma taken down from jcart,
227; watched in the Agni-
dhra, ib. ; pressing of, 238 seq.;
meting out, 240; deposits his
three bodies (or lights) in the
three worlds, 242 ; consorts with
the seasons, 245 ; explanation
of the name, 246; pressing,
249; great pressing, 256; op-
presses his family -priest Br.'-
haspati, 258 ; king Soma struck
in the eye by Varu«a, 281 ; ^aru
to Soma, 363 ; substitutes of
Soma-plants, 421 seq. — On
Soma-myth generally, 1 1, introd.
xi seq.

Soma-kraya«i, cow, is Va>^, II, 54,
56, 58 ; her seven foot-prints,
59 ; colour of, 62 ; her virtues,
69 ; dust of foot-print scattered
behind Garhapatya, 156.

Soma-sacrificer, sacred, II, 35.

Soma-seller, II, 69; beaten, 71.

south,quarterof Fathers, 11,2,4, i^S*

spaces, the six (urvi), I, 136.

speech. See Va^ ; four grades of speech, II, 268.

sphya (wooden sword), I, 6, 13, 54, 66 ; II, 60, 121.

spoons, sacrificial, I, 67 seq.; brush-
ing of, 69 seq., 78 seq.; separa-
tion (vyiihana) of, 236, 404.

sprinkling (with lustral water), I, 2,
20, 83; II, 122, 139, 143, 159,
168, 181.

.fraddha (pitr/yajwa), 1, 361 seq., 420.

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jrausha/, I, 132, 140, 142, 239.

5rauta-sacrifices, I, 26.

Sr/>7§-ayas, a prosperous tribe, I, 376.

jritavadana, I, 429,

sru^, ofFering-spoon, I, 67; II, 20, 23.

sruva, dipping-spoon, I, 68; II, 20.

staff, the Dikshita's, a thunderbolt,

11,34; reaches up to his mouth,

ib. stambaya^ur-harawa, I, 55; II, 118. stoma, kinds of, II, 308. stomayoga, 11, 311. stotra, twelve at Agnish^oma, II,

303 ; preparation (upakarawa)

for, 307 seq. ; 325 seq. strainer, straining-cloth. See pa-

vitra, dajapavitra. Subrahma«ya,priest,drives the Soma-

cart, II, 77; litany, 81, 230. ^udra, must not enter the praiina-

vawja, II, 4. Sukanya, daughter of •S'aryata Ma-

nava, II, 273. i'ukra graha, II, 278 seq., 316 seq.,

33^2-
suktavaka, I, 236 seq., 247 seq., 405.
julavabhritha, spit-bath, II, 215.
Sun, rays of, are the righteous dead,

I, 269; are puriiiers, II, 18;
they are the gods, 224 ; the sun
is the final goal, I, 271 ; moving
north and south, 289; (Viva-
svat) is the Aditya, II, 13;
the eye, 39 ; wards olf evil
spirits, 77; is Indra, 96; (surya)
given as dakshiwa to the Angiras,
114; its rays are the gods sipping
motes of light, 254 ; the lotus of
the heavens, 277 ; offering to,
342 ; the eye of Mitra, Varu«a,
and Agni, 343,

5unajiriya (seasonal sacrifice), I, 384,

444 seq. sunwise circumambulation. Cf. pra-

dakshiwa, dakshiwikara, prasa-

lavi. Suparwi (and Kadria), II, 52 seq.,

149 seq.; is Va,^, 149. Suparwikadrava (Saupar«akadrava),

II, 150.

Suplan Sarw^aya, I, 376.

jurpa, winnowing-basket, I, 11, 30, 398.

Surya (with Agni and Vayu), I, 325,
327; II, 453; Siirya is death,
I; 343 ; his rays attached to

creatures, ib. ; wards off evil
spirits, II, 77; given as da-
kshiwa to the Angiras, 114; the
soul of the universe, 343; Indra,
Agni and Surya, superior to
others, 402.

5ush«a, the Danava, enters the eye of man, II, 14.

svaga, I, 244, 259; II, 379.

svaha, I, 324 (derivation of), 148 seq.,

svaru, chip, II, 173, 186. 5vetaketu (Auddalaki), I, introd.

xli seq.; II, 100, 314. Svish/akr/t, I, 129, 151, 199 seq.,

372. jyenahr/ta plant, a substitute for

Taittiriyas, I, introd. ^xxvi seq. Takshan, recites for Aru«i, I, 335. tanu, II, 10.

tanuhavir-ish;i, I, 304, 317. Tanunapat, I, 146 seq., 152 ; is Vayu,

jl. 94, 95- Tanijnaptra, covenant of Tanunapat,

II, 93 seq. tapas (austerity), world conquered

by, II, III. thousand, one, divided by three, II,

62. thunderbolt, composed of anika,

jalya, and kulmala, II, 108. Tittiri (jloka/p), I, introd. xxxviii. Traikakuda ointment, II, 15. trayi vidya, II, 436. trees, fit for sacrificial purposes, 1,90. Trikakud, mount, originally Vr/tra's

eye, II, 15.
triratra (sahasradakshiwa), II, 414.
Trish/ubh, is the sky, I, 195, 205;

the air, 234; the kshatra, II,

87.
Trita, I, introd. xvii, 47 seq.
Tritiya-savana, II, 350 seq.; belongs

to Gagati, 250. Tryambaka^ (seasonal olTerings), I,

437 seq.; offered to Rudra, 438. tryanga, the three limbs, the portion

of Agni svish/akWt in animal

offerings, II, 205, 207.
Tumi%a Aupoditeya, I, 271.
Tura Kavasheya, I, introd. xxxi

seq.
Tutha (the brahman), II, 344.
Tvash/r/, father of Vijvarupa, I, 47,

164 seq.; offering to, 258; ob-
tains the forms from Agni, 314 ;
victim and stake for Tvash/r/',
II, 177; pajunam ish/e, (? 153),
180; spits upon the head of a
victim, 202 ; fashions the seed,
367; dispenser of boons and
healer, 374.
tyaga, dedicatory formula, I, 303.

udana, I, 19, 76, 120. udavasaniyesh/i, II, 389. udayaniyeshn, II, 48, 51, 386 seq. Udgatr/, I, introd. xx seq. ; chanting

of, II, 307 seq., 310; exchanges

looks with PatnTj 368.
udgitha, II, 310.
udumbara post (in Sadas), II, 141 ;

made of the sacrificer's size,

142 ; touching of, 448, 453, 454. udumbara wood, food and strength,

uktha ( = jastra), II, 294, 313.

ukthavirya, II, 327. Ukthya-graha,II, 292 seq., 332, 336 ;

distribution among hotrakas,

295 seq., 339, 370; -sthali and

patra, 293.
Ukthya sacrifice, II, 326, 370, 397.
ulukhala, I, 26,
Unnetr/, calls for the jrausha? at

the hariyo^ana libation, II, 372;

two Unnetr/s, 417. upabhr/t, I, 67 seq., 139; portions

of victim for upabhrit, II, 205. upakarawa, the introducing of the

stotra, II, 401. upawju-graha, II, 238 seq., 244,

248; offered, 255; is the day,

and offered at night, 261. upawju-savana, stone, II, 238; is

Aditya Vivasvat, 240, 256, 354. upawjuya^a (low-voiced offering),

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