V

Vāch, [93]

Vāchaspati Miçra, [393]

Vāgbhaṭa, [436]

Vaiçālī, [309]

Vaiçeshika system, [403]–405

Vaiçya, [133]

Vaidarbha style, [303]

Vaijayantī, [433]

Vaikhānasa Çrauta Sūtra, [246];
Dharma Sūtra, [262];
Gṛihya Sūtra, [251]

Vairāgya-çataka, [378]

Vaishṇava Dharma-çāstra, [428]

Vaitāna Çrauta Sūtra, [217], [218], [246]–247

Vājasaneya Sūtra, [250]

Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā, [101], [177]–179, [181], [184]

Vājasaneyins, [176], [215]

Vākyapadīya, [431]

Vala, [102], [114]

Vālakhilya hymns, [52], [127]

Vallabhadeva, [379]

Vālmīki, [295], [305], [306], [310], [316], [317], [327]

Vāmana, [432] (gram.), [434] (rhetorician)

Vaṃça Brāhmaṇa, [211]

Varadarāja, [432]

Varāha Mihira, [318], [324], [425], [435]

Vararuchi, [324]

Vardhamāna, [431]

Varṇa, [86]

Vārttikas, [431]

Varuṇa, [70], [75], [76], [77], [78], [102], [105], [113], [119], [125], [145], [169], [201], [207]

Vasishṭha, [155], [159], [160]

Vasishṭha Dharmaçāstra, [260]–261

Vasishṭhas, [164]

Vāsavadattā, [332]

Vāshkalas, [52]

Vasubandhu, [325]

Vasus, [105]

Vāta, [90], [91]

Vatsabhaṭṭi, [320]

Vāyu, [90], [91], [164]

Veda, [29]

Vedas and Brāhmaṇas, [33];
character of, [29]–30;
study of, [4], [5];
learnt by heart, [8]

Vedāngas, [264]–267

Vedānta, [34], [71], [133], [204], [221], [226], [230], [238], [240], [241], [400]–402, [405], [407], [421]

Vedānta-sāra, [241]

Vedic, [29];
language, [20];
literature, [5], [12];
period, [8], [11], [29];
and Sanskrit, [20]

Veṇīsaṃhāra, [365]–366

Vernacular languages, [24];
words in Vedic, [24]

Vetālapanchaviṃçati, [375]

Vibhīdaka tree, [128]

Viçākhadatta, [365]

Viçpalā, myth of, [84]

Viçvakarman, [132], [134]

Viçvāmitra, [154], [155]

Viçvanātha Kavirāja, [434]

Viçvaprakāça, [433]

Viçvedevas, [106]

Vidarbha style, [303], [320], [321]

Videgha, [214], [215]

Videha, [213], [214], [215]

Vidhāna, [192]

Vijayanagara, [59], [275]–276

Vijnāna-bhikshu, [394]

Vijnāneçvara, [429]

Vikram and the Vampire, [375]

Vikrama, [320]

Vikramāditya, [320], [323], [324], [325], [339]

Vikramorvaçī, [108], [353], [354], [358]–359

Villages, [158]

Vīṇā, [169]

Vināyakas, [251]

Vindhya range, [9], [18], [23], [141], [144], [410]

Vipāç (Beäs), [93], [140], [154]

Vishṇu, [8], [74], [80]–81, [89], [182], [194], [411];
avatārs of, [300];
cult of, [299], [347];
and sacrifice, [133]

Vishṇu Purāṇa, [194]

Vishṇu Smṛiti, [428]

Vitastā (Jhelum), [140]

Vivasvat, [97], [118]

Vocabulary of Atharvaveda, [196]

Voltaire, [1]

Vopadeva, [432]

Vrātya, [187];
Stomas, [210]

Vṛitra, [72], [84], [85], [86], [110], [114], [312]

Vṛitrahan, [85]

Vṛitta (rhythm), [56]