FOOTNOTES:
[343] Among the Nilgiri mountains.
[344] These apes are the incarnations of the Vedic deities who sojourned on earth according to Vishnu's command.
[345] Also “Adam's Bridge”. The green Celtic fairies are similarly credited with making island chains and long jutting promontories which stretch out from opposite shores of arms of the sea.
[346] Like Hydra against which Hercules fought.
[INDEX]
Vowel Sounds.—ă, almost like u in fur; ai, like i in high; ä, as in palm; e, like a in late; ï, as e in he; ö, as in shore; ü, as in pull; u, as in sun.
[Abhimanyu] (ăb-hi-mun´yoo), son of Arjuna and Subhadra, [228];
marries Uttara, Princess of Virata, [269];
in great war, [286] et seq.;
fall of, [298], [299];
in vision of the dead warriors, [320], [321];
in Paradise of Indra, [327].
Achaens (a-kē´ans), burial rites of, [xxxvi];
as pork eaters, [136].
Achilles (a-kēl-es), contrasted with Indian hero, [xlviii], [17].
A´dad, the “hammer god”, [3].
“Adam's Bridge”, apes construct for Rama, [418].
Aditi (ă-dee-tee), mother of the Adityas, [32], [58], [148].
Adityas (ä-deet´yas), early group of deities, [28];
Mitra and, [29], [30], [32];
Surya and, [33];
sustained by soma, [36];
in Varuna's heaven, [58], [59], [148].
Africa, Garden of Eden in, [xxiv].
Afro-Eurasian languages and peoples, [xxiv].
Afro-European languages, [xxiv].
Ages (Historical), Vedic, Brahmanical Buddhist, Brahmanical Revival, [119].
[Ages of the universe] (Yugas), doctrine of and relation to castes, [xxv], [xliii];
in Indian, Greek, and Irish mythologies, [xliv];
traces of in Egyptian mythology, [xliv];
Indra-Vritra conflict in Krita age, [7] et seq.
See [World's Ages].
[Agni] (ăg´nee), god of fire, in Vedic age, [xxxi];
tribal worship of, [xxxii];
messenger between gods and men, [xxxiii];
the Teutonic Heimdal and, [xlv], [20], [21], [22];
Brihaspati and, [10];
harvest-offerings to, [14];
as winner of god's race, [14], [15];
as Indra's brother and as Brahma, [19];
myths regarding origin of, [20] et seq.;
identified with Mitra, [22], [28];
as sire of three human sons, [22];
worshipper of like Martin Elginbrodde, [23], [24];
as ministrant of sacrifice, [23];
Indra's attributes absorbed by, [24];
rain god and, [26];
supplants Varuna in Indra's service, [28], [29];
not a Mitanni god, [31];
in Nala story, [31];
in rival group of deities, [32];
“sun has nature of”, [36];
vows before a fire, [37];
as “vital spark”, [37];
why worshippers of burned their dead, [38], [39], [116];
non-Babylonian character of, [41];
as enemy of demons of disease, [67];
Vishnu as a phase of, [122], [123];
subject to Brahma, [134];
Shiva absorbed attributes of, [148];
as father of Kartikeya, [152];
cursed by Daksha, the rishi, [154];
“of the Bharatas”, [155];
as a suitor of Damayanti, [332] et seq.;
appears at ordeal of Sita, [425].
Agriculture, early Aryo-Indians had knowledge of, [76], [77].
Ahi (ă´hee), the demon, “the confiner”, [66].
Ahura (ă´hür´ă), signifies god in Persian.
[Ahür´a-Maz´da] (Ormuzd), supreme Persian deity, [xxxiii], [62].
Ainus of Japan, [xxvii].
Airavata (ai´ra-vät-a), Indra's elephant, [18];
origin of, [144].
“[Air of Life]”, Indra source of, [19];
spirit as, [37].
Akhenaton (a-khen-ä´ton), Mitanni Aryans and, [xxx].
Ale, the “sura” of the early Aryo-Indians, [77].
Algebra, the gift of ritualistic Brahmans, [83].
Allabad. See [Varanavartha].
“All-tamer”, King Bharata as, [161].
Alphabetic signs, introduced by Semites, [78].
Alpine race, identified with Celts, [xxii];
an inconclusive theory, [xxiii];
distribution of, [xxvii];
Turki and Ugrians, [xxix];
Patriarchal customs of, [xxxi];
identified with Celts, [xxxv].
Amazons, Arjuna's experiences with, [313].
Amba (äm´ba), Princess, captured by Bhishma, [170];
rejected by Rajah of Sanva, [170], [171];
her revenge, [171] n.;
Sikhandin, incarnation of, helps to slay Bhishma, [295].
Ambrosia, Amrita as, [36];
in Teutonic and Indian mythologies, [142] et seq.
See [Amrita].
Amenhotep (a-men-hō´tep) the Magnificent, Mitanni Aryans and, [xxx].
Amrita (ăm´rïta), soma as, [36];
the Indian Ambrosia, [142];
in “Churning of the Ocean” myth, [143] et seq.;
Garuda captures, [145], [146].
Amvika (ăm´vikă), the goddess, sister of Rudra, [150].
Ananta (ăn´anta), the serpent, [143].
Ancestors, worship of, [61];
the “fathers” and patriarchs, [102].
See [Pitris].
Andhaka (ăn´dhăk-ă) (Darkness), the Asura, [151].
Anglo-Saxons, Pope Gregory on pagan practices of, [135].
Animals, domesticated, charms to protect, [86].
Antaka (ăn´tak-a), “life-ender”, Yama is, [42].
Apes, Solomon got from India, [84].
[Apes], demi-gods, Hanuman and Bhima meet, [106] et seq.;
why gods assumed forms of, [377];
Sita drops jewels on Mountain of, [407];
Rama and Lakshmana in kingdom of, [410];
Rama slays Bali for Sugriva, [411], [412], [413];
invasion of Ceylon, [418];
colours of the chief, [418];
battles of with Rakshasas, [419] et seq.;
the ordeal of Sita, [424], [425].
Apsaras (ăp´săräs) or Apsarasas, Menaka one of the, [43];
temptation of Vishwamitra, [159], [160];
in Indra's heaven, [58];
in Kuvera's heaven, [59];
Indian fairies, [68];
dancers and lovers, [69];
sun maiden contrasted with, [71];
origin of in “Sea of Milk”, [144];
Urvasa woos and curses Arjuna, [256];
at horse sacrifice, [316].
Apsaras, the water nymph, [69].
Ăran´yäkas, the “forest books”, [88].
Aran´yäni, the forest nymph, [74], [75].
Archæological Ages, [xxxv].
Arjuna (ăr´joo-na or arjoo´na), [xlviii];
Indra's affection for, [17];
wooed by Apsara in Indra's heaven, [69];
Gandharva's story told to, [71];
“Divine Song” repeated by Krishna to, [125] et seq.;
story of wrestling of with Shiva, [146] et seq.;
son of Queen Pritha and Indra, [176];
his feats of skill at the tournament, [188];
Karna rivals, [189], [190];
challenged to single combat, [190], [191] et seq.;
in battle against Drupada, [195], [196];
the first exile, [198] et seq.;
wins Draupadi at swayamvara, [216], [217];
drives back Karna, [218], [219];
his exile from Indra-prastha, [225];
the serpent nymph Ulupi and birth of Iravat, [226];
marries princess of Manipur and birth of Chitrángadá, [226];
wooing of Subhadra, sister of Krishna, [227], [228];
expedition against Jarasandha, [229-31];
at gambling match, [238] et seq.;
penance performed by, [255];
wrestles with the god Shiva, [255], [256];
spirit of celestial weapon appears before, [256];
in Indra's heaven, [256];
expedition against Danavas and Daityas, [256], [257], [258];
rescues Duryodhana from Gandharva, [259];
Karna vows to slay, [261];
temporary death of, [263] et seq.;
as dancing and music teacher in Virata, [266];
defeats Kauravas at Virata, [268];
son of marries Uttara, [269];
secures Krishna as an ally, [273];
great war begins, [280] et seq.;
armed with celestial bow, [286];
Krishna's instruction to, [287], [288];
feats of in great war, [290] et seq.;
the fall of Bhishma, [295], [296];
sorrow for Abhimanyu, [299];
miracle on battlefield, [300];
fights with and slays Karna, [303-5];
performs funeral rites for Karna, [312];
accompanies horse to be sacrificed after “great war”, [313];
meets with Amazons, [314];
horse becomes mare, then lion, [314];
father and son combat, [314];
slain by son and restored to life, [315];
sacrifice performed, [316] et seq.;
rescues women from Dwaraka, [323];
journey of towards Paradise, [324] et seq.
Arjuna's sons. See [Abhimanyu], [Babhru-váhana], [Chitrángadá], [Iravat].
Ark, Manu's, in “Story of the Deluge”, [140] et seq.
Armenians, Kurds contrasted with, [xxii], [xxvii].
Arnold, Professor E. V., on Mitra and Varuna, [28], [29], [39] n., [41].
Arrowsmith's translations of hymns, [16];
rain-charm hymn, [37].
Artisan, the world, Indra as, [10].
Artisan god of Babylon, [12].
Artisans, referred to in Vedic hymns, [77].
Artisans (Divine), the Ribhus as, [10];
Egyptian Khnumu and Germanic elves as, [11].
Artisans of nature. See [Twashtri] and [Ribhus].
Arya, a racial designation, [xx].
Aryaman (är´ya-man), associated with Mitra and Varuna, [28].
Aryan problem, history of, [xviii];
the language links, [xix];
Vedic Period problem, [xx];
the racial cradle, [xxi] et seq.;
“broad heads” and “long heads”, [xxii], [xxvi];
Max Müller's views, [xxiii], [xxiv];
African origin of mankind, [xxiv];
racial type to-day, [xxv];
Mediterranean or “Brown race” theory, [xxvii], [xxxix];
Turki tribes among, [xxix];
father and mother deities, [xxxi];
the “Aryans” of archæology, [xxxv];
the cremating people invade Europe, [xxxv];
as military aristocracies, [xxxvi];
the Palestine evidence, [xxxvii];
philological theories narrow regarding, [xxxviii];
influence of disease on race types, [xli];
Vedic and post-Vedic modes of thought, [xlv];
in Vedic Age recognize “father right”, [xxx];
conquest of Babylon, [3];
late doctrines of transmigration and the world's ages, [103];
invasion of the “Middle Country” by Kurus, Panchalas, and Bharatas, [155].
Aryan tribes, sects among, [103];
Epic wars of, [156].
Aryans, Hindus and, [xvii];
early influence, racial and cultural, [xviii];
late invasions of India by, [xxxix];
enter Punjab, [1];
cattle lifters like Gauls and Scottish Highlanders, [4], [15];
nature and ancestor worship among early, [61];
folk movements from the Punjab, [76];
rise of caste system, [79];
seaward migrations of, [83].
Aryas, Max Müller's definition of, [xxiii] et seq.
Asceticism, god of, Shiva as, [146].
Äshur, Assyrian god, the Asura theory, [62].
Ăsh´wa-med´´hă (horse sacrifice), [88].
See [Horse Sacrifice].
Ashwattaman (ăsh-wat-thă´män), son of Drona, a worshipper of Shiva, [147], [180];
at the tournament, [185] et seq.;
sorrow of for father's death, [302];
night-slaughter in Pandava camp, [307-9];
great jewel of seized, [311].
Asia Minor as Aryan racial cradle, [xix];
Aryan gods in, [xxxi], [62];
theory that Kassites came from, [155].
Asoka tree (ă-sok´a), the holy, addressed by Damayanti, [348], [349].
Ass, Creator assumes form of, [95];
early Aryans had the, [76];
the goddess Shitala rides on, [153];
Rakshasas ride the in battle, [419].
“Ass of the East”, domesticated horse called, [xxix], [156].
Assur-banipal (ashur-bän´ipal) of Assyria, [3].
Assyrians, [xxix];
Mitanni Aryans overlords of, [xxx], [31], [62];
Mitra as a rain god of, [30];
influence of on mythology of Persians, [62];
souls as birds, [75].
Asura, the Buffalo, Durga slayer of the, [265], [266].
Asura (ă-shoo´ra) Andhaka (Darkness), the, [151].
“Asura fire”, like world-fire in Teutonic mythology, [65].
[Asuras], first gods, then non-gods, [61];
Ahuras signifies gods in Persian language, [62];
Varuna as one of the, [62];
enemies of the gods in epics, [63], [64];
Kesin as leader of and conflict with Indra, [64];
Daityas and Danavas as, [64], [65];
Rakshasas as, [66];
priests enable Indra to overcome, [84];
in horse-sacrifice myth, [94];
created by Prajapati, [101];
Vishnu wins the universe from, [123];
Manu as creator of, [141];
Shiva dances on one of the, [147], [148];
Vaka, king of, slain by Bhima, [207], [208], [209].
Aswapati (ash´wa-pätï), King of Madra, the princess Savitri a daughter of, [45].
[Ä´swins], twin gods of morning, [32];
Babylonian aspect of, [41];
Saranyu as mother of, [149];
Nakula and Sahadeva sons of, [176].
Atharvaveda (ăt´hăr-vă-ve-da), Asuras are demons in, [61];
Agni enemy of demons of disease in, [67];
spirits of good and evil in, [74];
metrical charms in, [85] et seq.;
meaning of “Yuga” in, [104].
Atman (ät´măn) Self, [98].
See [Brahmă].
Atri (ăt´rï), the rishi, father of Durvasas, the master curser, [154];
as eponymous ancestor of the Bharatas, [157].
Aurora, Ushas the Indian, [34].
Austria, aristocratic cremations in, [xxxvi].
Autumn burial customs among Buriats, [xxxiv].
Avataras (ăv-ă-tär-ăs) of Vishnu, the lion, [135];
the boar, [135], [136];
the horse, [137];
the tortoise, Kurma, [143];
Dasaratha's sons as, [377].
See [Balarama], [Kalki], [Krishna], [Parasu-rama], [Rama], and [Vishnu].
Avestan deities. See [Persian Mythology].
Axe, the lightning, [2].
[Ayodhya] (ă-yōd´hya), in myth regarding the descent of the Ganges, [152];
Nala as a charioteer in, [342] et seq.;
in the [Rámáyana], et seq.
[Babhru-váhana] (băb-broo´-vä´´han-a), son of Arjuna and Chitrángadá, father and son combat, [314], [315].
Babylon, burial customs in, [xxxiii];
Aryans influenced by, [3];
Yama myth in, [41];
invaded by Kassites and Aryans, [62];
Kassites and Kasis of Benares, [155];
horse called the “ass of the east” in, [156].
Babylonian mythology, “hammer god” in, [3];
story of creation in, [9], [90];
the artisan god, [12];
Mitra in, [29], [30];
influence of in India, [61].
[Balarama] (băl-ă-räh´mă), an Avatara of Vishnu, [125];
an incarnation of the world serpent, [128];
Juggernaut and, [136], [137];
at swayamvara of Draupadi, [215] et seq.;
anger at Arjuna's capture of sister, [227];
at Pandava imperial sacrifice, [232] et seq.;
at meeting of Pandava allies, [270] et seq.;
refuses to help Duryodhana, [273];
anger of at fall of Duryodhana, [307];
death of, [323].
Bali (bä´lï), the demon, slain by Vishnu, [123].
[Balor] (bä´lor), Irish night demon, his herd of black pigs, [136];
Shiva compared with, [146].
Baluchistan, Dravidians in, [xxvi].
Barbers, referred to in Vedic period, [77].
Bargains, concluded by spitting, by using blood, and before fire, [37].
Barley and wheat, Aryo-Indians grew, [77].
Barnett, Professor, on Vishnu, [123].
Basque language, [xix].
Bats, Homer's ghosts twitter like, [75].
Bears, the, allies of apes, [418].
Beech, the, in Aryan languages, [xxi].
[Bel Merodach], slays Tiawath, [9].
Beli (be-lï), Irish god of night and death, [111].
Beliefs, influenced by habits of life, [xlv], [xlvi].
Belus. See [Bel Merodach].
Benä´res, Kasi tribe at, [xxxix], [155];
Bhishma captures three daughters of king of, [169].
Bengal, human sacrifices in, [88].
Beowulf (bā´ō-wulf), Agni and Scyld myth in, [21];
the hag of like the Indian, [380] n.
Berbers, Brahmans resemble, [xxvii];
blonde types of, [xxix].
Berchter, Teutonic patriarch, [23].
[Bhagavad-gita] (bhă´gă-văd-gïtä) (Divine Song), the,
[125];
doctrines of, [125] et seq.;
heroic narrative interrupted by, [138], [139].
Bháradwäja, father of Drona, [179].
Bharata (bäh´ră-tă or bhäh´ra-ta) as son of King Dushyanta and Shakuntala, story of, [157] et seq.;
the eponymous king and patriarch, [156];
named by the gods the “cherished”, [163].
Bhă´rătă (of the Rámáyana), [378];
hunchback and mother of plot to raise, [384];
loyalty of to Rama, [396];
renounces throne, [397];
pleads with Rama to return, [398], [399];
Rama's sandals, [400];
welcomes Rama to Ayodhya, [425].
[Bhäratas], tribe of, [xxxix];
as “late comers”, [xl];
invasion of and change of beliefs, [xliv];
river goddess of, [xl], [148], [149];
union of with Kuru Panchalas, [155], [156];
of “the lunar race”, [157] et seq.;
tribal name of given to all India, [164].
Bhă´ratavär´´sha, Hindustan and then all India called, [164].
Bhă´ratï, river goddess of the Bharatas, identified with Saraswati, [148], [149], [155].
Bhïls, the Prince of, story of, [182], [183].
Bhima (bhee´mă), the Pandava hero, like Siegfried, Dietrich, Beowulf, and Finn-mac-Coul, [66], [67];
his search for celestial lotuses, [105];
meeting with Hanuman, [106];
Hanuman describes the four Yugas to, [107], [108], [109];
son of Queen Pritha and Vayu, wind god, [176];
youthful Duryodhana attempts to kill, [178];
receives draught of strength from Nagas, [179];
at the tournament: combat with Duryodhana, [187];
ridicules Karna at the tournament, [193];
in battle against Drupada, [195], [196];
burning of “House of Lac”, [200];
flight of Pandavas, [201];
wooed by Rakshasa woman, [202], [203];
slays Hidimva, [204], [205];
his Rakshasa bride, [206];
his Rakshasa son, [206];
Vaka, the Asura king, slain by, [206] et seq.;
combat at Draupadi's swayamvara, [218], [219];
Draupadi at feast in potter's house, [220];
expedition against Jarasandha, [229-31];
at gambling match, [238] et seq.;
vows to slay Duhsasana and Duryodhana, [244] et seq.;
the helper in exile, [250];
accuses Yudhishthira of weakness, [254], [255];
rescues Duryodhana from Gandharvas, [259];
scornful message of to Kauravas, [261];
punishes rajah Jayadratha, [262], [263];
temporary death of, [263] et seq.;
in Virata, [266];
slays Kichaka, [267];
Duryodhana taunts regarding his vows, [285];
feats of in great war, [292] et seq.;
slays Duhsasana and drinks his blood, [303], [304];
fights with and mortally wounds Duryodhana, [306-7];
Dhritarashtra seeks to slay, [311];
slays horse for sacrifice, [318].
Bhima, rajah of Vidarbha, father of Damayanti, in story of Nala, [328] et seq.
Bhishma (bheesh´mă), [xlviii];
the Vasus and, [17], [166], [327];
the son of goddess Ganga and King Shantanu, [166];
his vow of renunciation, [168];
as regent, [168];
capture of three daughters of King of Kasi, [169], [170];
vow of the Princess Amba, [171] and [171] n.;
rears Pandu, Dhritarashtra, and Vidura, [172];
employs Drona as preceptor of Pandavas and Kauravas, [181];
at the tournament, [185] et seq.;
at division of raj, [224];
at Pandava imperial sacrifice, [232] et seq.;
at the gambling match, [240] et seq.;
advises Duryodhana to recall Pandavas, [260], [261];
declares Pandavas' exile has ended, [268];
at Hastinapur conference, [274] et seq.;
as leader of Kaurava army, [286] et seq.;
fall of, [295];
return of from Paradise, [320], [321].
Bhrïgü, the tribal patriarch a celestial Rishi, [102];
the priestly family of, [153];
as sire of goddess Lakshmi, [154];
Agni cursed by, [154].
Bhrigus (bhree´goos), tribe of, fire brought to, [22], [23].
Bibhishana (bib-hish´ana), the Ceylon Rakshasa, [416];
becomes ally of Rama, [417] et seq.;
made King of Ceylon, [424].
Birch tree, horses sacrificed tied to, [93].
Birds as spirits, cuckoo and cremation rite, [xxxiv];
as messengers of death, [41];
beliefs in Europe, Africa, and Asia, [75];
Rishis appear as, Shakuntala nursed by, [159], [160];
love messengers in Nala story, [329], [330];
king of vultures (see [Jatayus]).
Black Age, the Kali Yuga, [108], [109];
in Greek mythology, [109], [110];
in Celtic mythology, [110] et seq.
Black dwarfs, Dasyus and, [70].
Black fairies, [70].
Black pigs, Irish night demon's herd of, [136].
Blessings, for houses, &c., [86] n.
Blonde types in Europe, [xxviii];
in Asia and Africa, [xxix].
Blood, the life, spirit identified with, [37].
“Blood of trees”, sap as, [37].
Bloomfield, Professor, [87] n.
Blue demons, [71].
Boar, the wild, Rudra the “Howler” rides, [26].
Boar, the, incarnation of Vishnu, [135], [136];
treatment of in Egypt and Europe, [136].
Body, the celestial, [57].
Boghaz Köi, Asia Minor, Indra referred to at, [xxxi], [3].
“Bold and the Brown”, Indra's steeds, [5].
Bopp's Comparative Grammar, [xix].
Boulder throwers, giants as, [70].
Bow of Shiva, Rama breaks, [382], [383].
[Brahmă] (brăm´hă or brăh-mă), the “World Soul”, [88], [96], [97];
Brahmä the divine incarnation of, [100];
the soul's being, [99];
salvation through knowledge of, [100];
release obtained through, [117], [118].
Brahmä, the Creator, greater than Vedic gods, [xl];
river goddess wife of, [xl];
as “the grandsire”, [7];
Agni as, [19];
the two wives of, [44], [98];
the divine incarnation of Brahmă (World Soul), [100];
emerges from chaos egg like Egyptian Ra, [101];
identified with Purusha, [102];
celestial Rishis are mind-born sons of, [102];
Kalpa, or day, of, [105];
length of “year” of, [105];
the sleep of, [105];
universal destruction at end of day of, [113];
Creator in the Trinity, [119];
Vishnu identified with, [123];
Indra and Agni become subject to, [134];
as the fish in the deluge story, [139] et seq.;
as the chaos boar, [136];
Manu associated with at creation, [140];
Vedic gods appeal to, [143];
Saraswati becomes the wife of, [149];
Valmiki and, [374];
at Dasaratha's horse sacrifice, [376], [377];
Indra's appeal to, [377];
curse of on Ravana, [412];
appears to Rama, [427].
[Brahman], a Celtic, [111].
Brahman Caste, [79].
See [Caste].
Brähm´ănăs, the, the soul as “the man in the eye” in, [42];
“it is sorrowful to have a daughter”, [60];
evidence regarding Asuras in, [62], [63] et seq.;
ritualism of sacrifice, [81];
expositions of Vedic hymns, [88];
the “Ka” of, [98];
Yugas in, [104];
transmigration doctrine, [116];
begun before Bharatas joined Kurus, [155];
Vishnu's rise in, [123].
Brahmanical Age, religious revolution in, [xxxix];
growth of ritualism and pantheism, [119], [120];
religious revolts in, [120], [121];
bold pantheism of, [122].
Brahmanism, post-Buddhistic rival of, [xl], [134], [135];
during the Buddhist Age, [132], [138];
goddesses prominent after reform of, [148].
Bräh´mans, the “white”, [xxv];
as members of Mediterranean race, [xxvii];
rise of organized priesthood, [80];
four periods of lives of, [81];
as hermits, [82];
what culture owes to, [82];
algebra the gift of, [83];
as “human gods”, [84];
powers derived from penance, [85];
ceremonies of riddance by, [86], [87];
centre of ancient culture of, [88];
pantheistic doctrines of, [88];
Upanishadic doctrine of the world soul, [99];
teaching of, [102];
concessions by to popular opinion, [103];
systematized religion, [116];
the modern, [119];
gods and men depend upon, [121];
supremacy over Kshatriyas, [121];
struggle with Kshatriyas, [136];
Kuru Panchala country the centre of, [155].
Brahmaputra, a male river, [152].
Breath of life. See [Air of Life].
Bretons, Celts and, [xxxv];
Normans mix with, [xxxvi].
Brihaspati (brï-hăsh´păt-ï), “Lord of Prayer” in Vedic creation myth, [10].
[Britain], cremation custom in, [xxxvi], [xxxvii];
early people and invaders in, [xxxviii];
reversion to type in, [xlii];
folk customs of compared with Indian, [xlii].
British Isles, cremating invaders in, [xxxv].
Brittany, Alpine race in, [xxvii].
“Broad heads” in India, [xxv], [xxvi]:
burial customs of, [xxxv];
identified with Celts, [xxxv].
Bronze age, burial customs in Europe, [xxxiii];
European cremation rites in, [xxxv] et seq.;
late in Scandinavia, [xlv];
Aryan invasion of Punjab in, [77].
Bronze age (mythical), in Indian, Greek, and Celtic mythologies, [107] et seq.
[Brown race], Mediterranean peoples of, [xxviii];
recognition of “mother right” by, [xxx];
in “Aryan blend”, [xxxi], [xxxix];
Bharatas of the, [xl];
Dravidians and, [xlii];
transmigration belief in communities of, [xliii], [xliv];
beliefs and habits of life, [xlvi].
Buddha (büd´hă), as an incarnation of Vishnu, [129];
early life of, [129], [130];
one of the world's great teachers, [130];
his doctrines, [130] et seq.;
missionaries of visit other lands, [133].
Buddhism, professors of in India, [xviii];
eastward spread of, [xl];
Upanishadic teaching and, [120];
decline of, [122], [134];
Vishnu prominent before rise of, [124];
Brahmanic attitude towards, [129];
in China, Japan, &c., [133].
Buddhist Age, in Indian history, [119];
Brahmanism supplanted, [120];
Brahmanism during, [138].
Buffalo Asura, Durga the slayer of the, [265], [266].
Bull, Dyaus as, [13];
Agni as, [22];
Mithra, “corn god” as, [30];
Shiva as, [147].
[Burial customs] in Vedic Age, [xxxii];
in Babylon and Egypt, [xxxiii];
Buriat dead on horseback, [xxxiv];
cremation in Europe, [xxxvi] et seq.;
cremation in Palestine, [xxxvii], [xxxviii];
“house of clay” in Varuna hymn, [38];
why dead were cremated, [38];
goat slain to inform gods, [91];
transmigration doctrine and, [115] et seq.;
cremation of Kauravas and Pandavas after war, [312].
Buriats, the, a Mongolian people, [xxxiii];
cremation and inhumation practised by, [xxxiv], [xxxix];
horse sacrifice among, [90];
description of, [91];
sacrifice horse like Spartans, [93];
birch trees at sacrifices of, [93].
Burning of erring wives, in Egyptian and Scottish tales, [xxxvii].
Burning of widows. See [Suttee].
Burrows, Professor, [xxxviii] n.
Cæsar, Julius, on widow burning in Europe, [xxxvii];
on Gaulish belief in transmigration, [118].
Cailleach (cal´yach), the Scottish, compared with Indian and Egyptian deities, [xli].
Caithness, man-devouring demon in, [208] n.
Cakes, offerings of, [14];
early Aryo-Indians make, [77].
Camels, Rakshasas ride in battle, [419].
Campbell's West Highland Tales, reference to wife burning, [xxxvii].
Carniola, burial customs in, [xxxvi].
Carpenters, referred to in Vedic hymns, [77].
[Caste] system, at present day, [xvii];
physical or mythological origin of, [xxv];
Vedic gods as Kshatriyas, [14];
relation to occupation, [79];
in Yajurvedic period Brahmans supreme, [84];
Purusha doctrine of, [89];
in the Kali Age, [113];
Buddhism and Jainism as social revolts, [120];
Brahmans as highest caste, [121];
Vishwamitra raised from Kshatriya to Brahman, [154].
[Castor and Pollux], [32].
Cat, Hanuman as a, [414].
Cat goddess, Sasti the, [152], [153].
Cataclysm, the universal, [141], [142].
Cattle, charms to protect, [86].
Cattle lifting, hymn to aid, [15], [16].
Celestial credit, obtained by penance, [85].
Celestial Rishis. See [Rishis, the Celestial].
Celtic mythology, otherworld, compared with Indian heavens, [59];
the Fomorians of, [64];
Tuan Mac Carell legend in, [111] et seq.;
transmigration of souls doctrine, [103], [116], [118];
doctrine of world's ages, in, [110] et seq.;
treatment of the pig in, [136];
Indian and Gaelic magic food pots, [249];
the thunder horn, [258];
demons in weapons, [381] n.
Celts, Aryan affinities of, [xx];
identified with “broad heads”, [xxii];
racial theory, [xxiii];
Max Müller on, [xxiv];
identified with cremating invaders, [xxxv];
customs of in Ireland, Wales, and Scotland, [xlii].
Ceremonies of riddance, [85], [86].
Ceylon, Ravana demon king of, [65];
Rakshasas are Asuras in, [66].
See [Lanka].
Chandra (chăn´dră, ch as in charge), the moon god, [35];
as ancestor of the Bharatas, [164].
Chandra Shekara, the “moon crested”, Shiva as, [146].
Chaos boar, Vishnu as, [135];
Brahmā or Prajapati as, [136].
Chaos egg, in Indian and Egyptian mythologies, [101].
Chaos giant, the Indian, Egyptian, Chinese, and Teutonic, [89], [90];
symbolism in myth of, [95], [96].
Chaos goose, the creation egg myth, [101].
Chaos horse myth, [94] et seq.
Chariots in Vedic period, [77].
[Charms] against demons of disease, [67], [85], [87];
for love, [86].
Chedï (chay´dee), Sishupala rajah of, slain at Pandava imperial sacrifice, [232], [233];
Damayanti's sojourn in, [352], [356], [357].
Cheese, early Aryo-Indians made, [77].
“Cherished, the”, King Bharata as, [163].
Children, souls of dead, [xliii];
the female exposed, [60].
China, Dravidian type in, [xxvi];
Hammer god of, [2];
“foreign devils”, [70];
chaos giant of, [90].
[Chitrángadá] (chit-răng-ad´ä), son of Arjuna and Manipur princess, [226];
son of slays Arjuna, [314].
Chivalry of Indian heroes, [xlvi].
Christians, number of in India, [xviii].
Churning of the ocean, the, [142] et seq.
Circulating of villages, [xliii].
Clans, the Aryo-Indian, [77];
feuds were frequent, [77].
Cloud-compeller, Indra as, [331].
Cloud cows, 4 et seq., [67].
“Cloud rocks”, [5] et seq.
“Cloud shakers”, Maruts as, [5] et seq.
Cobras, the demoniac Nagas, [65].
Coins called after necklets, [78].
Colour, caste and. See [Caste].
Comparative philology, Bopp and, [xix].
Copper age, invasion of Europe in, [xxxv].
Corn gods, Agni and Indra as, [14], [15];
Mithra as, [30].
Cornwall, Dravidian-like customs in, [xlii].
Cough, charm for, [87].
Cow, Creator assumes form of, [95], [102];
of Vasishtha, [154].
Creation, Hymn of, the Rigvedic, [97], [98].
Creation myths, the Babylonian, [9];
the Indian “World House” made by Indra, [10];
sacrificial origin of life and the world, [89];
the giants of, [89], [90];
the Purusha doctrine, [89], [90];
in Egypt, China, Babylon, &c., [90];
horse sacrifice in, [94] et seq.;
first man and woman, &c., [95];
“creative tears”, [100];
Prajapati like Horus, [101];
Brahma sun-egg like Egyptian Ra sun-egg, [101];
Brahma's tree, [102];
Markandeya's account of Yugas, [112] et seq.;
gods and doctrines existed before, [118];
Narayana and Brahma, [124].
[Cremation] in Vedic age, [xxxii];
not practised by Persians, Babylonians, or Egyptians, [xxxiii];
seasonal rites among Buriats, [xxxiv];
migratory peoples practised, [xxxv];
in ancient Austria, Greece, &c., [xxxvi];
evidence of Palestine, [xxxvii];
origin of, [xxxviii], [xxxix], [38], [39];
practised by Agni worshippers, [116];
ceremony of after “great war”, [312].
Crete, cremation introduced into, [xxxviii];
reversion to type in, [xlii].
Cronus, Indra like, [13].
Crooke, Mr., view on Aryan influence, [xli].
Crops, human sacrifices for, [89].
Cuckoo and burial rites, [xxxiv].
Culture, wealth brings leisure and, [82].
Curds, early Aryo-Indians made, [77].
Curses, power of, the Rishis, [153], [154], [155];
Damayanti kills huntsman by cursing, [346];
Narada curses Karkotaka, [353];
Brahman's wife cursed and rescued by Arjuna, [313];
in tale of the hermit's son, [394], [395];
Brahma's curse on Ravana, [413].
Cyclops (ky´klops), the Indian. See [Vartikas].
Dadhicha (dad-hee´cha, ch as in chat), the Rishi, thunderbolt made from bones of, [7], [8].
Dadyak (dăd´yak), the Indian Loke, [12].
Daeva, the Persian, cognate with Sanskrit “deva”, [62].
[Daityas] (dait´yăs), in Varuna's heaven, [59];
giants of ocean, [64];
enemies of gods, [65];
Arjuna's expedition against, [256-8].
Daksha (dăk-sha), the Deva-rishi, in Sati myth, [150];
story of quarrel with Shiva, his goat head, [153].
Damayanti (dăm-a-yänt´ee), [xlvii];
loves Nala, [329];
message of the swan, [330];
gods desire, [332];
Nala visits in secret, [333-5];
the swayamvara and marriage, [335-7];
demon possesses Nala, [340];
the gambling match, [341], [342];
exile of Nala, [342], [343];
deserted by Nala, [344], [345];
serpent seizes, [346];
appeal to tiger and mountain, [347];
appeal to asoka tree, [348];
disaster to caravan, [349-51];
in Chedi, [351], [352];
discovered by Brahman, [356], [357];
search for Nala, [358], [359];
the second swayamvara, [360];
Nala drives king to Rituparna, [360], [361];
Kali ejected, [362];
Damayanti vigil, [363];
maid of interviews Nala, [365-8];
Nala's interview with, [368-70];
kingdom restored, [371-3].
Danann (dän´an) Age, in Irish mythology, [110] et seq.
[Danavas] (dän´ăva), allies of drought demon, [7], [8];
ocean home of, [9];
in Varuna's heaven, [59];
Asuras of ocean, [64];
enemies of gods, [65];
wives of have bird voices, [75];
Bali one of the, Vishnu slays, [123];
story of Prahlada and Vishnu, [135];
Arjuna's expedition against, [256-8].
Dance of Destruction, Kali performs the, [150].
Dance of Shiva, [147], [148].
Dancing girls in Indra's heaven, [69].
Dandad´hara (dăn-däd´hara), “wielder of the rod”, Yama is, [42].
Danu (dä´noo), mother of the Asuras, [64].
Dăr´bas, “the tearers”, like Pisachas, [68].
“Dark folk”, the mythological and racial, [70].
Darwin, Charles, his theory of man's origin in Africa, [xxiv].
Dasa (dä´să), colour reference probable, [70].
Dasaratha (dăs-ăr-ăt´hă), father of Rama, [375];
horse sacrifice for offspring, [376];
sons of incarnations of Vishnu, [377];
Vishwamitra takes away Rama and Lakshmana, [379];
at Rama's wedding, [383];
Rama chosen as heir apparent, [384];
plot of Kausalya and hunchback, [384] et seq.;
scene in the mourning chamber, [386], [387];
Rama exiled, [388] et seq.;
tale of the hermit's son, [394], [395];
death of, [396];
Rama faithful to memory of, [398], [399].
Dasyus (däsh´yoos), as demons, [67];
as dark aborigines, [69], [70];
Macdonell and Keith on, [70] n.;
racial theory, [71].
Daughter, “it is sorrowful to have a”, [60].
Dawn, goddess of, [34].
Day fairies, [70].
Day of Brahma, universal destruction at end of, [113].
Dead, disposal of, cremation, inhumation, casting out, and exposure, [xxxii] et seq.;
services to by children, [59], [60];
the demon Pisachas devourers of, [67];
horses sacrificed to, [93];
return of, Ganges' vision, [320], [321].
See [Burial customs].
Dead, judge of. See [Yama].
Death, messengers of, 41 (see [Yama]);
as “the man in the eye”, [42];
as creator, [94];
god of, as divine ancestor of Irish Milesians, [111];
the gods fear, [121];
Buddha's conception of, [130] et seq.
Deiwo, “heavenly”, [62].
Delbrück, view on Aryan parent language, [xxii].
Deluge, the, in Irish mythology, [112];
at end of “Day” of Brahma, [113];
Manu and the divine fish in story of, [140] et seq.
[Demons], in Varuna's heaven, [59];
when called Asuras, [61];
the Persian as Aryan gods, [62];
Asuras completely identified with, [63] et seq.;
mother of, [64];
Norse and Indian, [65];
Rakshasas are, [66];
Vritra, Ahi, and Kushna, [66];
as beautiful women, [67];
man-eating, slain by heroes, [67];
Pisachas, Kali, Dwapara, Panis, Dasyus, the, [67];
Vala, Darbas, Vartikas, the, [68];
rational explanation of criticized, [70], [71];
the red, blue, and green, [71];
priests enable gods to overcome, [84];
wrath and “battle fury” caused by, [85];
overcome by sacrifice at creation, [94];
none in the Krita Age, [107];
Bali slain by Vishnu, [123];
Ravana, king of, [125];
salvation for through Vishnu, [135];
story of Prahladha, [135];
story of Hiranyaksha and Vishnu, [135], [136];
epic warriors as allies of, [138];
in “Churning of the Ocean” myth, [143] et seq.;
Durga's wars against, [149];
slain by the avenging goddess Kali, [150];
Arjuna's expedition against, [256-8];
the allies of Duryodhana, [260];
Kali and Dwapara in Nala story, [338] (see [Nala]);
in weapons, [381];
the headless, [410];
Surasa and Sinhika, sea dragons, [414].
Desert, the fiery, in Hades, [326].
Destiny, belief in, [42] et seq.
Destroyer, the, Indra as, [16];
Rudra as and Shiva as, [26], [119];
Nirriti the goddess as, [67];
Narayana as, [114], [115];
Durga as and Kali as, [149] et seq.
Deussen's Philosophy of the Upanishads, [100].
Deva (de-vă), god in India, demon in Persia, [62];
references in Brahmanas to, [63] et seq.
Deva-bratta (de´vă-brăttă), name of Bhishma, [166] n.
Devaki (de´văk-ee), father of Krishna, [128].
[Deva-rishis] (de´vă-ree´shees) (see [Rishis, the celestial]), Daksha and the Sati myth, [150];
the most prominent, [153], [154], [155];
Narada and Parvata in story of Nala, [331];
at ordeal of Sita, [425].
“Devils”, the “foreign”, [70].
Devon, Dravidian-like customs in, [xlii] et seq.
[Dharma] (dhăr´mă) or Dharma-rajah, god of death and lord of justice, Yama is, [42];
in story of Ruru, [43], [44];
Vidura an incarnation of, [172];
Yudhishthira a son of, [176];
visits Yudhishthira, [250];
causes temporary death of Pandavas, [263] et seq.;
as Yudhishthira's dog, [324], [325];
Drona with in Paradise, [327].
See [Yama].
Dhrista-dyumna (dhrïs-tă-dyum´nă), son of Drupada, miraculous birth of, [210];
at the potter's house, [220];
as leader of Pandava army, [286] et seq.;
slays Drona, [302];
slain by Aswatthaman, son of Drona, [308];
in vision of dead warriors, [321].
Dhritarashtra (dreet´a-räsh´´tra), son of Vyasa, [172];
becomes king: his wife Gandhari, [177];
children of called Kamavas, [177];
at the tournament, [186] et seq.;
invites Pandavas to visit Hastinapur, [223];
divides raj with Pandavas, [224];
at Yudhishthira's imperial sacrifice, [232] et seq.;
the gambling match between Pandavas and Kamavas, [239] et seq.;
terrified by omens, [246];
releases Pandavas, [247];
second match and Pandavas exiled, [248];
attitude of before the great war, [274] et seq.;
Sanjaya relates incidents of great war to, [287];
seeks to slay Bhima, [311];
reconciled to Bhima, [311], [312];
at horse sacrifice after great war, [316];
retires to forest, [319];
return of the dead, [320], [321];
perishes in jungle fire, [322];
as celestial king of Gandharvas, [327].
Dhyaum´ya (dhyowm´yă), Pandava Brahman, [250], [312].
Diana, horse sacrifice to, [93].
Diarmid (yeer´mit), lover of burned, [xxxvii].
Dice, in early Aryo-Indian period, [77];
the loaded used by Shakuni, [240];
in Nala story possessed by demon, [341];
Rituparna gives Nala secret of, [362].
Dietrich (deet´reech: ch guttural), the Indian, [66], [67];
Arjuna like, [257] n.
Dionysus, Shiva as, [122].
[Dioscuri] (dï-os-kö´rï), Castor and Pollux, [32], [40], [64].
Disease, racial types and, [xli];
demons of, [85];
destroyed by Shiva, [148];
and by Rudra, [26].
Diti (deet´e), mother of demons, [64];
in Garuda story, [145].
Divine song, the, [125].
See [Bhagavadgita].
Divine years, [104], [105].
See [World's Ages].
Dog, Dharma as, [324], [325].
Dog of Indra, [17].
Dogs, God of dead has two, [41].
Dragon of drought, Vritra as, [6].
See [Demons].
Draupadi (drow´pă-dee´´), daughter of Drupada, miraculous birth of, [210];
her destiny, [211];
Pandavas journey to swayamvara of, [212], [213];
won by Arjuna at swayamvara contest, [217], [218];
in house of potter with Pandavas, [219];
how she became joint wife of Pandavas, [219] et seq.;
agreement regarding, [225];
receives Subhadra, wife of Arjuna, [228];
the gambling match, [238] et seq.;
staked and lost by Yudhishthira, [240];
put to shame, [241] et seq.;
exile of with Pandavas, [248];
reproaches Yudhishthira during second exile, [251] et seq.;
Jayadratha attempts to carry off, [262], [263];
perils in city of Virata, [266] et seq.;
grief for slain children, [310] et seq.;
horse sacrifice rites performed, [312] et seq.;
vision of dead warriors, [321];
journey of to Paradise, [324] et seq.;
in Paradise, [326].
Dravid´ians, type of in India, [xxv];
lower types are pre-Dravidians, [xxvi];
beliefs of, [xli];
sacrificial customs like those of Devon, &c., [xlii];
the Dasa and Dasyus theory, [70] n., [71];
human sacrifice among, [88];
earth goddess of, [89].
“Drinking cup” burials, [xxxv].
Drona (drö´nă), miraculous birth of, [179];
put to shame by Drupada, [180], [181];
becomes preceptor of the Pandavas and Kauravas, [181-4];
story of the Bhil prince, [183];
at the tournament, [185] et seq.;
Pandavas overthrow Drupada for, [195], [196];
obtains half of Panchala, [197];
Drupada plots to destroy, [209];
trains prince who will slay him, [210];
at Pandava imperial sacrifice, [232] et seq.;
at the gambling match, [240] et seq.;
in great war, [287] et seq.;
slays Drupada, [301];
slain by Drupada's son, [302];
return of from paradise, [320], [321];
with Dharma in paradise, [327].
“Drought demon” of Hindustan, [4];
dragon Vritra as, [5], [6];
slain by Indra, [6];
priests enable Indra to overcome, [84].
Drupada (droo´pă-dă), miraculous birth of, [179];
as rajah puts Drona to shame, [180], [181];
defeat of, [195], [196];
Drona obtains half of kingdom, [197];
plots to overthrow Drona, [209], [210];
miraculous birth of son and daughter of, [210];
the swayamvara of daughter of, [213] et seq.;
welcomes Pandavas at palace, [221];
daughter of becomes joint wife of Pandavas, [222], [223];
at meeting of Pandava allies, [270] et seq.;
daughter of who became a man, [295] n.;
in great war, [290] et seq.;
slain by Drona, [301].
Duhsasana (doo´sas´ă-nă) at gambling match, [240];
puts Draupadi to shame, [242] et seq.;
Bhima vows to slay, [245];
supports Duryodhana against the Pandavas, [280] et seq.;
is slain by Bhima, [303], [304].
Durga (door´gä), the goddess, [xl];
the beautiful war goddess, [149];
Yudhishthira invokes for help, [265], [266].
Durvasa or Durvasas (door-väs´äs), the rishi, a master curser, [154];
Indra cursed by, [142], [143];
gives powerful charm to Pritha, [174].
Duryodhana (door-yo´dhăn-ă), eldest of Kauravas, [177];
attempts to kill youthful Bhima, [178] et seq.;
at the tournament, conflict with Bhima, [187];
Karna's coming, [189] et seq.;
Karna becomes his ally, [193] et seq.;
fails to defeat Drupada, [195], [196];
jealous of Yudhishthira, [197], [198];
plots to destroy Pandavas, [199];
the “house of lac”, [200];
believes his rivals are dead, [201];
discovers Pandavas are alive, [223];
Arjuna captures bride-elect of, [227];
at Pandava imperial sacrifice, [232] et seq.;
arranges gambling match with Pandavas, [237] et seq.;
Shakuni plays for with loaded dice, [240] et seq.;
Draupadi won for, [240] et seq.;
Pandavas exiled, [248];
Bhima vows to slay, [246];
Draupadi's anger against, [251] et seq.;
captured by Gandharvas, [259];
rescued by Pandavas, [259], [260];
demons promise to help, [260];
the royal sacrifice of, [261];
plots against Pandavas with Karna and Shakuni, [269];
condemned at meeting of Pandava allies, [270] et seq.;
interviews with Krishna and Balarama, [273];
elders plead with at Hastinapur, [274] et seq.;
defiant speech of, [280];
plot to seize Krishna, [281];
Karna supports, [282], [283], [284];
the declaration of war with Pandavas, [285], [286];
combats of in battles, [289] et seq.;
hides from Pandavas, [305];
conflict with Bhima, [306];
fall of, [306], [307];
night slaughter plot, [307];
death of, [309];
in vision of dead warriors, [321].
Dushyanta (doosh´yän-ta), king, in the Shakuntala story, [157] et seq.
Dutt, Romesh C., tribute to Max Müller, [xx].
Dwápara (dwä-pără), the demon in Nala story, [67], [338], [339], [341].
Dwãpara Yuga, length of, [104];
the Red Age, [108], [109];
in Greek and Celtic mythologies, [109] et seq.
Dwáraká (dwä´răk-ä), capital of Yádharas, Krishna welcomes Arjuna to, [226];
a doomed city, [322];
revolt in, [322];
destruction of, [323].
Dwarf form of Vishnu, [123].
Dwarfs, the black, Dasyus and, [70].
[Dyaus] (rhymes with mouse), the Aryan sky god, [xxxi], 12;
slain by son like Uranus, [13];
as red bull and black steed, [13];
harvest offering to, [14];
flees from Agni, [20];
Varuna and Mitra twin forms of, [28];
Ushas (dawn), daughter of, [34].
Eä, Babylonian artisan god, [12].
Earth, sustained by soma, “water of life”, [36].
Earth goddess, in India and Egypt, [xxxi];
Prithivi as, [6];
the European and Egyptian, [13];
the Dravidian, recent human sacrifices to, [89];
Sri, Vishnu's wife, as, [148], [149];
Kali as, [149], [150];
Sita departs with, [427].
“Easterners”, Indian tribes called, [xxxix];
traditions of in the Rámáyana, [xlvi].
Echo, Aranyani as, [74], [75].
Eclipse, Rahu the Indian demon of, [144].
Egg, myth of soul in, [102].
Egg, the golden, Brahma emerges from, [101].
Egg, the sun, Brahma emerges from like the Egyptian Ra, [101].
Eggeling, Professor, [15], [42] n., [84] n.
Egypt, Mitanni Aryans and, [xxx];
sky and earth deities of, [xxxi];
early burial customs in, [xxxiii];
folk tale reference to wife burning, [xxxvii];
goddesses of compared with Indian, [xli];
reversion to type in, [xlii];
traces of ages doctrine in, [xliv];
belief in transmigration in, [xliv], [116], [118];
“Hammer god” of, [3];
Khnûmû of, like Indian Ribhus and European elves, [11];
earth mother of, [13];
“husband of his mother” belief in, [14];
Indian rajah like Pharaoh of, [74] n.;
chaos giant of, [90] n.;
Prajapati has origin like Horus, [101];
monasticism in, [133];
treatment of boar in contrasted with Indian, [136];
priestly theorists of and the Indian, [139], [140];
myth of slaughtering goddess, Indian parallel, [150];
belief regarding “two mothers” in, [229] n.;
serpent king of like Indian, [353] n.
Eka-chakra (ekă-chak´ră, ch as in charge), Pandavas in city of, [206];
story of Vaka, the Rakshasa, [207] et seq.
Elam, [3];
“Maltese cross” on Neolithic pottery of, [155], [156].
Elephant, the, in Vedic myth, [32];
the sun and, [32];
of Indra, [4], [17], [18], [144];
Shiva wears skin of, [147];
Ganesa has head of, [151].
Elephants, Rakshasas ride in battle on, [419].
Elf King of India, [69].
Elginbrodde, Martin, and Agni worshipper like, [24].
Elves, Gandharvas like, [68], [69];
rational explanation of criticized, [70] et seq.
England, ancient. See [Britain].
Epics, the great Indian, [xlvi];
development of from hero songs, [138].
See [Mahábhárata] and [Rámáyana].
Eternal Being, [98].
See [World Soul].
Europe, as racial cradle of Aryans, [xx] et seq.;
“Broad heads”, [xxii];
Neolithic burial customs in, [xxxiii];
cremation customs in, [xxxv] et seq.;
widow burning in, [xxxvii];
fairies and elves of, [70] et seq.
Evil, Divine One the source of, [115].
Evil Age. See [Kali Yuga].
Exogamy in modern India, [60].
Exorcism. See [Charms].
Exposure of female children, [60].
Eye, the “man” in the, soul as, [42].
“Eye of Ra”, [150].
Fairies, rational explanation of criticized, [70] et seq.;
the “black” and “white”, [70];
the Yakshas as “the good people”, [68];
the Apsaras, [68], [69].
Fairy queen of India, [69].
Family life, in Vedic period, [77];
of the Brahmans, [81], [82].
Father, the (Pitris), adored by ancestor worshippers, [102].
[“Father”, the “Great”], Vedic Aryans worshippers of, [13];
Brahma as “father of all”, [101].
See [Narayana], [Prajápati], [Purusha], [Shiva], and [Vishnu].
“Father Right”, among Vedic Aryans, [xxx], [xli], [77].
Fathers, rescued from hell by sons, [59], [60].
Feline goddess, Sasti the, [152], [153].
Female children, exposure of, [60].
Fertility, Mongolian horse sacrifice to ensure, [91];
Indian ceremonies, [92].
[Finn Mac Coul] (fin´mak´´kool), wife of burned, [xxxvii];
the Indian heroic, [66], [67], [249] n.
Fire, worship of in Persia, [xxxiii];
as vital principle (bodily heat) in India, [37];
vows taken before, [37];
spirits transferred to Hades by, [38];
Narayana as, [114];
the everlasting, [326].
See [Agni] and [Cremation].
Firstfruits, gods' dispute regarding, [14].
First man. See [Manu], [Purusha], and [Yama].
Fish, Manu and the, Deluge story, [140] et seq.
Fits, caused by demons, [85].
Fitzgerald, Jamshid of his “Omar”, [40].
Flowers of Paradise, [59];
celestial lotuses, [105] et seq., [250], [251].
Folk religion. In Atharvaveda, [85] et seq.
Fomorians (fo-more´eans), the Indian, [64], [65].
Food, in Vedic hymns, [76], [77].
Food of the gods, supplied by the priests, [84].
“Food Vessel” burials, [xxxv].
Foreordination, belief in, [42] et seq.
Forest Books, the, hermits composed, [82], [83], [88], [102].
Forest of Hades, [326].
Frazer, Professor, [29] n.;
on Mithra, [30].
Frogs, in Vedic rain charm, [36], [37].
“Gad whip” in Lincolnshire and India, [xlii].
Gajasahvaya (gaj-as-ah-vä´ya), city of, in Shakuntala story, [161].
Gambling, dice in Vedic period, [77];
the match between Kauravas and Pandavas, [238] et seq.;
Nala and his brother, [341] et seq.
Gandär´ians, allies of Xerxes against the Greeks, [168].
Gándhárï, Queen, wife of Dhritarashtra, [177];
at the tournament, [187] et seq.;
lament of for sons, [311];
retires to forest, [319], [320], [321];
death of, [322].
[Gänd´härí], the tribe, [168].
Gandharva (gänd´hăr-vă), the atmospheric deity, [69].
Gandharva marriage, [160].
Gandharvas, the, king of, in folk tale, [43];
in Indra's heaven, [58];
like elves, [68];
celestial musicians, [69];
tribal significance of, [70];
story of told to Arjuna, [71];
as invisible sentinels, [106];
capture of Duryodhana by, [259];
at horse sacrifice, [316];
Dhritarashtra as celestial king of, [327];
at ordeal of Sita, [425].
Gane´sa (găne´sha), elephant-headed god of wisdom, [151].
Gangá (găng´ä), goddess of Ganges, [152];
as wife of King Shantanu, [164] et seq.
Ganga-bratta, name of Bhishma, [166] n.
Ganges river, mentioned in late Rigvedic period, [76];
Ganges, [83];
story of Manu and the fish and, [140] et seq.;
myth of the descent of, [152];
goddess of as wife of king, [164] et seq.;
dead warriors rise from, [320], [321];
the heavenly, [326].
Gardens of Hela, in Indian myth, [59].
Garúda (găr-ood´ă), half giant, half eagle, Amrita story of, [145];
the vehicle of Vishnu, [146];
in Ganesa myth, [151];
helps Rama in Ceylon war, [419];
carries Rama to Paradise, [428].
Gauls, the, widow burning among, [xxxvii];
transmigration of souls belief among, xliv, [118];
cattle lifters like Vedic Aryans, [15];
Aryo-Indians had clan feuds like, [77];
as pork eaters, [136].
Gauri (gow´ree), wife of Shiva, [405].
Gayatri (găy´ătree), the milkmaid goddess, second wife of Brahma, [44], [149].
Germans as Aryans, [xxiv].
Ghatotkacha (găt-ot-kătch´ä), the Rakshasa son of Bhima, [206];
in great war, [286] et seq.;
avenges death of Iravat, [293], [294];
fall of, [301];
in vision of dead warriors, [320], [321].
Ghosts, belief in, [38];
birds as, [75].
Ghosts and fire. See [Cremation].
Giant, the chaos, Purusha like Ymer, [89], [90];
concealed soul of, [102];
Vishnu as a, [123].
[Giants], in Varuna's heaven, [59];
when called Asuras, [61], [63] et seq.;
Yakshas, “the good people”, as, [68];
rational explanation of criticized, [70], [71];
mother of, [64];
Norse and Indian, [65];
the struggle with gods for ambrosia, [142] et seq.;
slain by the avenging goddess Kali, [150].
See [Asuras], [Danavas], [Daityas], and [Rakshasas].
Girisha (ge-reesh´ă), mountain god, Shiva as, [146].
Goat, early Aryans had, [76];
slain at horse sacrifices and at burials, [91];
creator assumes form of, [95], [102];
the Rishi Daksha has head of, [153].
Goblins, Shiva as lord of, [146].
Goddesses, shadowy in Vedic Age, [xxxi];
rise of the, [148];
sun goddess makes Shiva's trident and Vishnu's discus, [149].
Gods, Vedic Aryans exalted, [xxxi];
dispute among and race run by, [14];
the Indian as Persian demons, [62];
enemies of Asuras in epic literature, [63];
magical control of, [80];
priests as, [84];
none in Krita Age, [107];
fear of death among, [121].
“Gold Toothed”, the, Agni and Heimdal called, [21].
Golden Age (Yellow Age), in Indian, Greek, and Celtic mythologies, [107] et seq.
Goloka (go´lok-ă), paradise of Krishna, [323].
Gomme, G. L., [xlii].
Gon´esh, [151] n.
Good, Divine One the source of, [115].
“Good people”, the, Yakshas called, [68].
Goose, the chaos, [101].
Gopis (go´pees) (milkmaids), Krishna and the, [129];
Gayatri of the as Brahma's wife, [149].
Government, system of in Vedic Age, [77], [78].
Grandsire, the, Brahma as, [7];
myth regarding Indra's hammer, [7], [8].
Grave, the. See [Burial customs] and [“House of clay”].
Great Bear constellation, Deva-rishis form, [153].
Great fathers. See [Father, the great].
“Great mother” in Egypt and Europe, [xxxi].
See [Mother, the great].
Greece, cremation in ancient, [xxxvi], [38], [39];
May feast of Devon in, [xlii];
doctrine of ages of the universe, xliv, [109], [110];
the “Islands of the Blest”, [59];
demons of compared with Indian, [64];
horse sacrifice in, [92], [93];
doctrine of transmigration of souls in, [xliv], [103], [116], [118].
Greeks, the, Aryan racial theory, [xxiv];
Brahman type resembles, [xxvii];
Megasthenes, ambassador of, on Vishnu, Shiva, and Krishna, [122];
Gandarians fought with Xerxes against, [168] n.;
in the great war of Bharatas, [287] n.;
language of and Persian, [61], [62].
Green demons, [71];
green fairies and ape demi-gods, [418].
Habits of life, beliefs influenced by, [xlv], [xlvi].
Haddon, Dr., view on Aryans, [xxix].
Hades, the organized, [xxxviii], [38];
bird-like spirits in, [75].
Hags, Diti and Danu, mothers of giants and demons, [64];
the Danava women, [65];
Rakshasas as beautiful women, [67] (see [Pisachas]);
in Scotland, [71];
bird-like voices of, [75];
the Babylonian chaos, [90];
Arjuna terrifies in underworld, [257];
Taraka slain by Rama, [380];
Surpa-nakha woos Rama and brother, [400] et seq.;
as guardians of Sita, [412];
Surasa, ocean hag, [414];
Sinhika, sea dragon, [414].
Hallowe'en celebrations, [xliii].
Hallstatt civilization, cremation in Greece earlier than, [xxxvi].
[“Hammer gods”], [xxxi];
Indra as, [1];
attributes of, [2];
of China, [2];
of Scotland, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Asia Minor, Palestine, Babylon, &c., [3] et seq.;
origin of, [70].
Hammurabi (-â´bi) Dynasty, overthrown by Kassites and Aryans, [62].
Hanuman (hăn´u-män), ape god, describes the Yugas to Bhima, [106], [107], [108], [109], [250], [251];
Arjuna's standard the image of, [287];
ape god, son of Vayu, [411];
search of for Sita, [414];
in Ravana's palace, [414];
finds Sita, [415];
conflict with Rakshasas, [416];
escape of, [416];
yellow as gold, [418];
carries mountain to Ceylon, [421];
restores Lakshmana, [422];
death of Ravana, [423];
accompanies Rama to Ayodhya, [425].
Haoma, the Persian soma, [36].
Hără, Shiva as, [147].
Hari, the illustrious, Vishnu as, [146].
Hari-Hara, Vishnu and Shiva as, [147] n.
Harris, Dr. Rendel, on twin-deities conceptions, [40].
Harvest bride, Jagadgauri as, [149].
Harvest moon, as ripener of crops, [35].
Hästin, King, [164].
Hastinapur (hăs-teen´ä-poor), city of, [164];
Bhishma brings captured princess to, [170];
Pandava and Kaurava princes in, [177] et seq.;
Pandavas return to after marriage, [223], [224].
Hathor (hät´hor), Egyptian goddess, compared with Indian and Scottish deities, [xli];
goddess Kali like, [150].
Hawes, Mr. and Mrs., [xxxviii] n.
[Heaven] of Indra, [58];
like Valhal, [59];
dancing girls in, [69];
Pandavas and Kauravas in, [327].
Heaven of Krishna, [323].
Heaven of Kuvera, [59].
Heaven of serpent worshippers, [66].
Heaven of Varuna, [59].
Heaven of Yama, [57];
parents only admitted to, [59].
Hebrews, great sacred literature of, [103].
Hector, the Indian, [xlviii].
Heimdal (hīm´dal), Teutonic god, like Agni, [xlv], [20], [21], [22].
Hela, xliv, like Indian heavens, [59].
Heliopolis (hē-li-op´ol-is), [139].
Hell (see Put), Yama presides over, [42];
parents only rescued from, [59];
“threefold is the way to”, [128];
Yudhishthira's vision of, [326] et seq.
Herakles, Vishnu as, [122].
Hermitages, as universities, [82].
Hermits, as scholars,
[82].
Hermit's son, tale of the, [394], [395].
Hero songs, epics developed from cycles of, [138].
Herodotus (her-od´otus), [xliii];
transmigration beliefs, [xliv], [116], [118].
Heroines of Indian literature, [xlvii].
Hesiod, doctrine of world's ages, [109] et seq.
Hidimva (hed-eem´vă), the Rakshasa, slain by Bhima, [202-5].
Hinduism, cults of, [xvii];
ancient culture basis of, [88];
currents of thought in, [102];
transmigration doctrine in, [117], [118];
Vishnu and Shiva cults, [124];
Puranic beliefs and, [135].
Hindu-Kush, as a race-divider, [xxvii].
Hindus, number of, [xvii];
Aryans and, [xxiv];
dead cremated by, [xxxii].
Hindustan, Aryan aristocracy in, [xxxvi];
early Aryans displaced in by Kurus, Panchalas, and Bharatas, [155].
Hiranyapura (herăn´yă-poor´´ă), flying island city of giants and demons, [65].
Hittites, Aryans and, [xxix];
peace treaty with Mitanni Aryans, [xxxi];
“Hammer god” of, [3];
Mitannian relations with, [31];
raid on Babylon and connection of Kassites with, [155], [156].
Hogg, Professor H. W., on Mithra problem, [30].
Hogs, Rakshasas ride in battle, [419].
Homeric burial customs, [xxxvi], [38].
Homer's ghosts, like bats, [75].
Horse, Babylonian name of, xxix, [156];
when introduced into Egypt and India, [xxx];
Aryans breeders and tamers of, [76];
Creator assumes form of, [95], [102];
the white (Kalki), the next incarnation of Vishnu, [137];
Avartas of, [360].
[Horse sacrifice], Buriats' offer to dead, [xxxiv];
prevalent in early times, [88];
symbolism of, [90];
among Mongolians, [90];
to ensure fertility, [91];
as atonement for sin, [92], [312], [426], [427];
the Roman and Greek, &c., [92], [93];
in Upanishadic creation myth, [94] et seq.;
in myth of descent of Ganges, [152];
“the horse speaks”, [317];
in Rámáyana, Dasaratha performs for offspring, [376];
gods attend, [376], [377].
Horses, hymn to Indra for, [15], [16].
Horus (ho´rus), the Egyptian, Prajapati rises from lotus like, [101].
Hospitality, importance of in religious life, [81].
[Hotri] priests, reciters, [80].
Household fairy, Jara, the Rakshasa woman, as a, [229].
[“House of clay”], the grave as, [xxxii], [115], [116].
[Hrungner] (hroong´ner), Scandinavian giant, [2], [64].
Human gods, priests as, [84].
Human sacrifice prevalent in early times, [88];
recent instances of, [89];
symbolism of, [95], [96].
Hunting period, the Aryans and, [76].
Hura (hoo´ra), the Persian mead, [77].
“Husband of his mother”, [14].
Hyenas, Rakshasas ride in battle, [419].
Iliad, the civilization of, [xlvii];
the Mahábhárata book as long as and Odyssey, [129], [139], [156].
Immortality, achieved by knowledge of Brahmă, [99], [100].
India, reversion to type in, [xli], [xlii].
Indians, ancient Egyptians, Greeks, Celts, &c., and, [116] et seq.
Indo-European languages and peoples, [xx], [xxiv].
Indo-Germanic languages and peoples, [xix];
Müller prefers Aryan, [xx];
the Celtic theory, [xxiii].
[Indra] (ind´ră), in Vedic age, [xxxi];
tribal aspect of, [xxxii];
brother of Agni, [xxxiii], [19];
goddess Durga rivals, [xl];
as “Hammer god”, [1];
his thunderbolt, [2];
in Mitanni, [3], [32];
“thunderstone” of fashioned, [4];
victory after birth, [4];
attacks and slays drought demon, [5], [6];
war song of, and hymn to, [6], [7];
hammer of made from Rishi's bones, [7], [8];
flight of in epic myth, [8];
Bel Merodach and, [9];
Pa'n Ku, Ptah, and, [9], [10];
as world artisan, [10];
Thor and, [11];
Twashtri and, [11];
a god of fertility, [12];
parents of, [12];
like Cronus, his father's slayer, [13];
harvest offerings to, [14];
as winner of god's race, [14], [15];
as “friend of man”, [15];
cattle-lifters' hymn to, [15], [16];
his human qualities, [17];
dog and elephant of, [17], [18];
Agni a drinker like, [23];
attributes of absorbed by Agni and Vayu, [24];
rain god and, [26];
contrasted with Varuna, [27], [28];
after redistribution of deities, [31];
as discoverer of soma, [36];
the heaven of, [58], [59];
god of the overlords of Assyria, [62];
reference to myth of in Brahmanas, [63];
imprisons giants, [64];
aerial city of, [65];
hater of demon Panis, [67];
dancing girls in heaven of, [69];
made strong by the priests, [84];
at horse sacrifice, [92];
Vishnu source of strength of, [123];
Krishna opposed to the worship of, [129];
subject to Brahma, [134];
cursed by Durvasas, [142];
at “churning of the ocean”, [143] et seq.;
origin of the elephant of, [144];
battle with Garuda, [145];
“before his mother”, [148];
elephant of decapitated, [151];
in myth of descent of Ganges, [152];
Narada, the rishi, messenger of, [153];
dread of Vishwamitra's creative power, [159], [160];
Arjuna a son of, [176];
guards Arjuna at the tournament, [191];
Pandavas as five incarnations of, [222];
heaven of attained by Kshatriyas, [230];
welcomes Arjuna in Swarga, [256], [257];
praises his warrior son, [258];
adored by the Pandavas, [259];
takes Karna's armour and ear-rings, [262];
Karna uses weapon of, [301];
at horse sacrifice of, [318];
welcomes Yudhishthira to paradise and tests, [324] et seq.;
Pandavas and Kauravas in paradise of, [327];
in story of Nala, [331];
a suitor of Damayanti, [332] et seq.;
at Dasaratha's horse sacrifice, [376-7];
appeal of to Brahma and Vishnu against Ravana, demon king, [377];
becomes an ape, [377];
Bali, ape king, son of, [411].
Indrajit (ind-ră´jit), the Rakshasa, in Ceylon war, [419] et seq.
Indrani (ind-rän´ee), wife of Indra, [17].
Indra-prastha (indră-prăst´ha), Pandavas build, [224], [225];
Arjuna returns to, [228].
Indus river, the sea and, [83], [84].
Infanticide, in ancient and modern India, [60].
Inspiration, to draw in a spirit, [85].
“Iranian period”, a convenient term, [xxxi].
Iranian plateau as Aryan racial cradle, [xix].
[Iravat] (eer´ä-văt), son of Arjuna and serpent nymph Ulúpí, [226];
in great war, [286] et seq.;
fall of, [293].
Ireland, doctrine of ages of universe in, [xliv], [110] et seq.;
transmigration of souls belief in, [xliv];
Tuan MacCarell legend in, [111] et seq.;
Milesians of descended from god of death, [111];
prejudice against pork in, [136].
Iron, early Aryo-Indians and, [77].
Iron Age, in Indian, Greek, and Celtic mythologies, [107] et seq.;
the “Black Age” in India, [108], [109];
in Greek mythology, [109], [110];
in Celtic mythology, [110] et seq.
Isaiah, sacrifices condemned by, [132].
Ishtar (ish´tar), [13];
bird-like spirits in legend of, [75].
Isis (ī´sis), festival of, [xliii];
Indian goddess Kali like, [150];
as joint mother of Osiris, [229] n.
“Islands of the Blest”, [59].
Italians, Brahmans resemble, [xxvii].
Ivory, Solomon got from India, [84].
“Jack and Jill”, as carriers of moon mead, [36].
[Jăg´gănăth] (Juggernaut), a Vishnu trinity, [136], [137];
car of, [137].
Jain´ism, Upanishadic teachings and, [120];
Vishnu prominent before rise of, [124];
origin of and doctrines of, [133], [134].
Jamshid of Fitzgerald's Omar, [40].
Janaka (jăn´ăkă), Rama breaks Shiva's bow before, [382], [383].
Janeckpoor, [382] n.
Jărä, the household fairy, at birth of Jarasandha, [229].
Jarasandha (jă-rä-sund´hă), the rajah, has two mothers like Osiris, [229];
the slaying of, [229-31].
[Jatayus] (jătä´yus), king of vultures, attempt to rescue Sita from Ravana, [406], [407];
Rama finds, [409];
revelation and death of, [410];
brother of helps Rama, [413].
Jayadratha (jăy-ă-drăt´hă), the rajah, attempts to carry off Draupadi, [262];
Bhima makes him a slave, [263];
in great war, [297];
fall of, [299], [300].
Jewel, the great, [311];
the magic life-giving, [315].
Jones, Sir W., views of on Aryan problem, [xix].
Jörd (yerd), mother of Thor, [13].
Jotuns (yē´toons), the Indian, [64], [65].
Jubainville, on world ages doctrine in Greek and Celtic mythologies, [110] et seq.
Juggernaut. See [Jăggănăth].
Jumna river, mentioned in late Rigvedic period, [76], [83];
Krishna as babe causes miracle at, [128], [129].
[Jupiter], [3];
the Indian, [12].
Justice, lord of, Yama as, [57].
See [Dharma].
Kä, the great unknown, [98].
Kaegi Adolf, on Vritra and “weather”, [8];
rain-charm hymn, [37].
Kaikeyi (ky-kay-yee´), wife of Dasaratha, [376];
Bharata, son of, [378];
plot against Rama, [384] et seq.;
Rama exiled, [388];
anger of Bharata, [396] et seq.
Kailä´să, mountain of Shiva, [146];
Arjuna visits Shiva on, [255], [256].
Kali (kăl´e), the demon in Nala story, [67];
personification of Kali Yuga, [338];
plots against Nala, [338], [339];
enters Nala and causes ruin of, [340], [341];
causes Nala to desert wife, [344];
serpent poisons, [353];
ejected by Nala, [362].
Kali (kä´lee), the goddess, wife of Shiva, [xl];
like Egyptian and Scottish deities, [xli], [150];
as earth mother, [149];
as slayer of enemies of gods, [149], [150].
[Kălï Yugă], the Black or Evil Age, [104], [108], [109];
in Greek and Celtic mythologies, [109] et seq.
[Kalkï], the white horse incarnation of Vishnu, [137].
Kălpă, a “day” of Brahma, [105].
Kamadeva (kä-mă-devă), the love god, in story of the sun maiden, [72];
the love god, Shiva consumes, [146];
son of Vishnu and Lakshmi, [151].
Kands tribe, exogamy in, [60].
Kănsă, King of Mathura, [128].
Känvă, the Brahman, in the Shakuntala story, [158] et seq.
Kärkotáka (kärkotă´ka), Naga serpent demi-god, [65];
the serpent king, Narada's curse, [353];
rescued by Nala, [354].
Kărnă, [xlviii];
Scef and Agni myths and, [21];
the son of Surya, sun god, and Pritha, [174];
babe set adrift in basket, [174];
found by Radha in country of Anga, [176];
rival of Arjuna at the tournament, [189], [190];
challenges Arjuna, [191];
made a rajah by Kauravas, [192];
is put to shame by Pandavas, [193];
the ally of Duryodhana, [194];
rejected at Draupadi's swayamvara, [216];
combat with Arjuna, [218], [219];
at the gambling match, [240] et seq.;
advises Duryodhana to spy on exiled Pandavas, [259];
vows to slay Arjuna, [261];
Indra takes away celestial armour of, [262];
plots against Pandavas, [269];
at Hastinapur conference, [274] et seq.;
Krishna's interview with, [282];
Pritha reveals secret of birth to, [283];
refuses to desert the Kauravas, [283], [284];
refusal to fight while Bhishma is leader of Kauravas, [286];
comes to fight after Bhishma's fall, [296];
slays Ghatotkacha with Indra's weapon, [301];
becomes leader of Kauravas, [302];
combat with Arjuna and fall of, [304], [305];
performance of funeral rites for, [312];
in Indra's heaven, [327].
Kartikeya (kärtik´eyă), the war god, [152].
[Käsi], Aryan tribe, [xxxix];
association of with Benares, [155];
identification of with Kassites, [155], [156];
king of, three daughters of captured by Bhishma, [169].
Kassites, their origin obscure, [xxix];
Aryans enter Babylon with, [3];
associated with Aryans in Babylon, [62];
identification of with Kasis of Benares, [155], [156].
Käs´yăpă, the pole star, [145].
Kauravas (kow´răvăs), as the Kurus, [156];
sons of Dhritarashtra, [177];
as youthful rivals of the Pandavas, [177] et seq.;
rivalries at the tournament, [185] et seq.;
failure of to defeat Drupada, [195], [196];
first exile of their rivals, [198] et seq.;
raj divided with Pandavas, [224];
at Pandava imperial sacrifice, [232] et seq.;
the gambling match with Pandavas, [237] et seq.;
feasted by exiled Pandavas, [260];
attack on Virata, [267];
Arjuna defeats, [268];
declare Pandavas' exile not ended, [268];
opposed to Pandavas' return after exile, [270] et seq.;
preparations for war, [273] et seq.;
conference at Hastinapur, [273] et seq.;
war breaks out, [285] et seq.;
mourning for and funeral rites, [310] et seq.;
return of the dead, [320], [321];
in Indra's paradise, [325-7].
Kausalya (kow´săl-yä), wife of Dasaratha, [376];
Rama son of, [378];
Rama's exile, [390] et seq.;
death of Dasaratha, [396];
Bharata comforts, [397].
Keats, John, [25].
Keith, Dr., on Vedic burial customs, [xxxii], [168] n.
Kesin (kay´sin), leads Asuras against Indra, [64].
Khnumu (knoo´moo), of Egypt, Indian Ribhus like, [11];
the Egyptian god, chaos-egg myth in India and Egypt, [101].
Khonds tribe, human sacrifice in, [88].
Kichaka (kee-chăk´ă, ch as in change), loves Draupadi and Bhima slays, [267].
“King of the Elements”, the Gaelic, [87].
Kings, in the Vedic Age, [78].
“Kinsman”, the, Vishnu as, [123].
Knowledge, salvation by, doctrine of in Bhagavad-gita, [126] et seq.
[Kósälä], Eastern Aryan kingdom, [xxxix];
Dasaratha, Ramas' father, rajah of, [375].
Kripa (kreepä), miraculous birth of, [192] n.;
night slaughter in Pandava camp, [307-9].
[Krishna] (krish´nă), evidence of Greek ambassador, Megasthenes, regarding, [122];
an avatara of Vishnu, [125];
doctrines of his Bhagavad-gita (Divine Song), [126] et seq.;
a son of Vasudeva, [128];
father escapes with at birth, [128];
the shepherd-lover of Gopis (milkmaids), [129];
Juggernaut and, [136], [137];
as teacher of Vaishnava faith, [138], [139];
worship of Shiva by, [146];
bride of an incarnation of Lakshmi, [149];
nephew of Queen Pritha, [173];
at swayamvara of Draupadi, [215] et seq.;
gifts of to Pandavas, [223];
Arjuna visits during exile, [226];
Arjuna weds Subhadra, sister of, [227];
expedition against Jarasandha, [229-31];
at Pandava imperial sacrifice, [231], [232];
slays Sishupala, rajah of Chedi, [233], [234];
Sishupala an incarnation of Shiva, [234] n.;
visits Pandavas during second exile, [251];
at Abhimanyu's wedding, [269];
at meeting of Pandava allies, [270] et seq.;
promise to be Arjuna's charioteer, [273];
as spokesman for Pandavas, [275];
visit to Hastinapur, [276], [277];
pleads with Kauravas for peace, [278];
reproves Duryodhana, [280];
plot to seize and transformation of, [281];
departure from Hastinapur, [282];
prophecy regarding the great war, [286];
instruction of to Arjuna, [287], [288];
miracle by on battlefield, [300];
the Arjuna-Karna combat, [304], [305];
at horse sacrifice, [317], [318], [319];
closing days of and death, [322] et seq.
Kritä Yuga, length of, [104], [107];
the White Age, [108], [109];
in Greek and Celtic mythologies, [109] et seq.
Kritänă, “the finisher”, Yama is, [42].
Krităvăr´măn, night slaughter in Pandava camp, [307-9];
slain by Satyaki, [322].
Kshatriya caste. See [Caste].
Kshăt´riyăs, the red, [xxv];
aristocratic caste, gods as Kshatriyas, [14];
Brahmans become greater than, [84];
origin of caste of in Purusha myth, [89];
Buddhism and Jainism originate among, [120], [132];
Brahmans achieve spiritual dominion over, [121], [136];
destroyed by Vishnu's warrior incarnation, [136];
Vishwamitra raised to Brahman caste, [154];
Gandharva marriage for, [160].
[Küberă], god of treasure, Bhima's journey to region of, [105];
Bhima reaches lotus lake of, [109].
See [Kuvera].
Kumbha-Karna (koom´bhă-kăr´nă), the sleeping giant, [419];
slain by Rama, [420].
Kurds, Armenians contrasted with, [xxii];
as descendants of Aryan raiders, [xxxviii].
Kurma (koor´mă), king of tortoises, [143].
[Kuru] (koo´roo), the tribe called, united with the Panchala tribe, [155].
Kuru, King, as son of sun maiden and rajah Samvarna, [74], [156], [164].
Kuru-Kshetră, country of the Kurus and famous battlefield of, [155], [156];
Pandavas and Kauravas assemble for battle, [286].
Kuru-Pănchälăs, kingdom of, [xxxix];
doctrinal influence of, [xliv];
late invasion of and nation of, [155];
wars of in epic narrative, [156].
Kurus, the Kauravas of epic fame, [156].
Küsă, son of Rama and Sita, [426].
Kushna (koosh´nă), the demon, “the scorcher”, [66].
[Küveră], the heaven of, [59];
demoniac hosts of, [68];
like the Germanic Laurin, [251];
Pandavas behold dwelling of, [258];
advice of to Yudhishthira, [258].
See [Kubera].
Lăksh´mănă, [xlviii];
son of Duryodhana, in great war, [291], [292].
Laksh´mana, brother of Rama, [378];
goes against demons, [379-81];
goes into exile with Rama, [392] et seq.;
story of the hag Surpa-nakha, [400] et seq.;
the golden deer, [404];
rape of Sita, [405] et seq.;
searches with Rama for Sita, [408];
revelation of the vulture king, [409];
conflict with headless demon, [410];
among the apes, [411] et seq.;
in the Ceylon war, [418] et seq.;
Sita's second banishment, [426].
Lakshmi (lăksh´mee), an earth goddess, [xl];
origin of in sea of milk, [144];
as love goddess and Sri, [149];
mother of the love god, [151];
as daughter of Daksha, the rishi, [153], [154];
Rukmini an incarnation of, [234] n.;
Sita as, [427].
Lamb, sacrifice of in Devon, &c., and India, [xlii].
Land laws, in Vedic period, [78].
“Land of the Fathers”, paradise as, [39-41], [42] et seq.
Language, indication of nationality not race, [xxiii].
“Language of Birds”, significance of belief regarding, [75].
[Lănkä] (Ceylon), Ravana, demon king of, [65], [66], [377] et seq.
Lapps, fairies and elves as, [70] et seq.
“Last battle”, in Teutonic and Indian lore, [65].
Latham, Dr. Robert Gordon, views of on Indo-European problem, [xx].
Laurin (law-reen), the rose garden of, [251].
Lăvă, son of Rama and Sita, [426].
Leopard, Shiva wears skin of, [147].
Life, essence of, soma as, [37];
sanctity of in Buddhism, [132];
“cut off”, belief regarding “the man in the eye” (soul), [42];
air of (see [Air of life]).
Life, water of. See [Water of life], [Moisture of life], [Mead of gods].
Life blood, spirit identified with, [37].
Life of life, the Brahma. See [World soul].
Lightning, Shiva a god of, [146].
See [Agni], [Indra], and [Maruts].
Lincolnshire, the “gad whip” in, [xlii].
Lion, horse for sacrifice becomes a, [314].
Lioness, King Bharata suckled by a, [161].
Lions, Bharata as tamer of, [161].
Liquors, intoxicating, made by early Aryo-Indians, [77].
Literature, god of, Ganesa as, [151].
Lithuanian language, [xx], [xxi].
Loke (lō´kē), Dadyak the Indian, [12], [16].
“Long heads” in India, [xxv], [xxvi];
burial customs of, [xxxv].
Lotus, Prajapati rises from like the Egyptian Horus, [101];
Brahmă rises from, [124].
Lotuses, the celestial, Bhima's journey for, [105] et seq.
Love, charms for, [86].
Love god, consumed by Shiva, [146];
son of Vishnu and Lakshmi, names of, [151].
Luck, water spirits the source of, [148].
[“Lunar Race”], tribe of Bharatas as, [xxxix];
King Bharata and descendants belong to, [157] et seq.
Lunar worship, rebirth and, [117].
Macalister, Professor, [xxxviii] n.
MacCulloch, Colonel, stamped out infanticide, [60].
Macdonell, Professor, date of Aryan invasion of India, [xxx];
on Vedic burial customs, [xxxii];
on origin of transmigration theory, [xliii], [116];
on Ribhus, [11];
on moon bowl, [12];
on Vayu, [25];
on “path of fathers” and “path of the gods”, [39];
Yama hymn, [40];
on monotheism of Mithra cult, [41], [87] n.;
on Upanishadic doctrines, [88];
the Kuru and Puru tribes, [155].
Macdonell and Keith, on Dasa and Dasyu, [70] n.
Macpherson, Major, infanticide custom, [60].
Mădăn, the love god, [151].
Măd´hyădesă. See [Middle country].
Măd´ră, in story of Savitri, [44].
Madras, human sacrifices in, [88].
Madri (măd´ree), Queen, wife of King Pandu, [173];
purchase of, [175];
mother of two Pandavas, [176];
performs suttee, [177].
Măghăd´hă, Eastern Aryan kingdom, [xxxix].
Magical control of gods and nature, [80], [84].
Magical formulas, in Atharvaveda, [85];
in Scotland, [86] n.
Magyar language, [xix].
[Mahabharata] (măhä´bhä´´rătă), the, hero songs beginning of, [xlvi];
heroes and heroines of, [xlvii];
villains of, [xlviii];
cattle harrying in, [4] n.;
Indra-Vritra battle in, [7] et seq.;
Ruru and Savitri tales from, [43] et seq.;
descriptions of the various heavens in, [57-9];
religious need for a son in, [59], [60];
Rakshasas like gorillas in, [66];
demoniac Vartikas in, [68];
purpose of horse sacrifices in, [92];
smoke cleanses sins, [93];
world's ages (yugas) in, [105];
Markandeya's account of the yugas (world's ages) in, [112] et seq.;
Vishnu and Brahma in, [123];
early myths in, [124];
Bhagavad-gita (Divine Song) in, [125] et seq.;
Krishna appendix to, [129];
history of Brahmanism enshrined in, [138];
furnishes knowledge regarding Brahma, [139];
Markandeya's account of the Deluge in, [140] et seq.;
“Churning of the Ocean” in, [142];
Shiva worshipped by Krishna in, [146];
Shiva's gift of weapons in, [146];
Vyasa as author of, [154];
Kuru-Kshetra battlefield in Kuru country, [155];
founded on tribal hero songs: heroes of, [156];
compared with Iliad and date of origin of, [156];
story of, [157] et seq.;
Pandavas favoured in, [178] n.
Maha deva (măhä´dayvă), Shiva as, [146].
Maha-rishis (măhä´reesh´´es), [102].
See [Rishis, the Celestial].
“Maltese cross” in Elam and Babylon, [155], [156].
Man, the first, Purusha as, [89];
like the Teutonic Ymer, [90];
like Chinese P'an Ku and Egyptian Ptah, [90] n.
“Man in the eye”, the, soul as, [42].
Managarm, Teutonic moon devourer, Rahu the Indian, [64], [142].
Män´ăsă, snake goddess, [152].
Mandapala (măndă´pălä), the childless Rishi, refused entry to heaven, [59].
Măndara mountain, in “Churning of the Ocean” myth, [143].
Mani (man´ee), Germanic moon god, [36].
Manipur, Arjuna weds princess of, [226].
Măn´măt´´hă, the love god, [151].
Mannus, Teutonic patriarch, [23].
Mănt´hără, the hunchback, plots against Rama, [385] et seq.;
Satrughna desires to slay, [397].
Manu, laws of, reincarnation in, [13];
Narayana creation myth in, [101] et seq.;
celestial Rishis in, [102];
transmigration doctrine in, [117];
Gandharva marriage legalized in, [160];
the Niyoga custom, [171];
second marriages unlawful in, [369] n.
[Manu] (măn´oo), patriarch of Agni worshippers, [23];
Yama and, [39] n.;
eponymous ancestor of mankind, [101];
different forms of, [102];
in vedas and epics, [140];
the story of the fish and the Deluge, [140] et seq.
Manus, the seven and fourteen, [102];
fourteen reign during “day of Brahmă”, [105].
Mara, the love god, [151].
Maricha, the Rakshasa of Ceylon, Rama drives over ocean, [381];
as the golden deer, [403];
Rama slays, [404], [405].
Mărichi (mă´reech-ee, ch as in each), the rishi, the grandfather of Vishnu's dwarf incarnation, [154].
Märkăndey´ă, long-lived Indian sage, [112] et seq.;
visit of to Pandavas during exile, [259].
Marriage customs, the choice of Savitri, [45], [46];
capture, [60];
Gandharva marriage, [160];
Bhishma on various modes, [169];
his capture of king's three daughters, [169], [170];
Draupadi becomes joint wife of Pandavas, [222], [223];
Arjuna and Ulúpí, and princess of Manipur, and Subhadra, [226-8];
second marriages unlawful, [369] n.
Mars, horse sacrificed to, [92], [93].
[Maruts] (măr´oots), Indra's attendants, [5];
in battle, [5], [6];
Vayu and, [25];
Rudras and, [26];
in Indra's heaven, [58];
at Dasaratha's horse sacrifice, [377].
Mătäli, Indra's chariot driver, [256], [258], [259].
Maternity, Sasti goddess of, [152], [153].
Mathematics, Brahmans and study of, [83].
Măt´hurã, Krishna and king of, [128].
May customs, Buriats burn house of dead, [xxxiv];
“ram feast” of Devon, [xlii].
Mead, the early Aryo-Indian, [77].
[Mead of the gods] (see [Amrita] and [Soma]), Teutonic and Hindu giants and, [36];
as “water of life”, [37].
Mediator, the, Mithra as, [30], [31].
Mediterranean race, [xxvii];
Brahmans of, [xxviii];
the new Brahmanical Pantheon, [xl].
See also [Brown race].
Mediterranean racial type and customs in Britain, [xlii].
Megas´thenes, the Greek ambassador in India, evidence of regarding Vishnu, Shiva, and Krishna, [122].
Memphis (mem´fis), “Hammer god” of, [3], [139].
Menăkä, the Apsara, [43], [69], [159], [160].
Merodach, Babylonian god, in creation myth, [90].
Meru (may´roo), [17].
See [Mount Meru].
Mesopotamia, Aryan gods in, [62].
“Metal of heaven”, iron the, [77].
Metaphysical thought, Brahmans and, [82].
Metempsychosis, doctrine of. See [Transmigration of souls].
Mexico, ancient, [90].
[“Middle Country”] (Madhyadesa) of Northern India, [xxxix];
tribal struggles and hero songs of, [xlvi];
early Aryo-Indians in, [76], [83];
centre of Brahmanic culture, [88];
held by Panchalas, [155].
Milesian Age, in Irish mythology, [110] et seq.
Milk, Ocean of. See [Sea of Milk].
Milkmaids (Gopis), Krishna and the, [129].
Milky Way, Arjuna travels by to Indra's heavens, [69], [256].
Mimer, the “wonder smith”, Twashtri like, [4];
well of, [37].
Mind, identified with soul, [101].
Miner´va, Saraswati as, [149].
Missionaries, the Buddhist, [133].
Mitanni (mi-tan´ee), Aryan settlement in, [xxix];
names of kings, [xxx];
kings as overlords of Assyria, [xxx];
deities of, [xxxi], [xxxii];
military autocracy of, [xxxvi];
Kurds descendants of Aryans of, [xxxviii], [xxxix];
Indra “hammer god” of, [3];
Aryanized kingdom of, [31];
Agni not a god in, [32];
Mitra, Varuna, Indra, and Nasatya gods of, [2];
Aryan kings as overlords of Assyria, [62].
Mithila (mit´hilä), Janaka, father of Sita, rajah of, [375].
Mithra, in Vedic Age, [xxxi];
in Asia Minor, [xxxii], [28];
in Babylonian and Persian mythologies, [29];
the Assyrian “metru”, [30];
as a “corn god”, [30];
as the mediator, [30], [31];
as Fitzgerald's Jamshid (Yima), [40];
monotheism of cult of, [41].
[Mit´ră] (Mithra), in Vedic Age, [xxxi];
in Asia Minor, [xxxii];
identified with Agni, [22];
associated with Varuna, [28];
as protector of hearth and home, [29];
as Babylonian sun god, [29];
Assyrian and Persian clues, [30];
a god of Mitanni, [32];
Surya as “the eye” of, [33];
identified with Jamshid (Yima), [40];
influenced by Babylonian beliefs, [40];
plays flute in Paradise, [41];
as an Asura, [61];
god of the overlords of Assyria, [62].
Mohammedans, number of in India, [xviii].
[Moisture of life], saliva as, [37];
creative tears of Prajapati, [100], [101].
Monastic orders, the Buddhist, Egyptian, and Christian, [133].
Money, name of coin derived from necklet, [78].
Mongolians, in India, [xxv], [xxvi], [xxvii], [xxviii];
Turki and Ugrian tribes, [xxix];
“Father right” among, [xxxi];
burial customs of, [xxxiv];
horse sacrifice among, [90];
cremation ceremony described, [91].
Monotheism, Mithra's cult and, [41].
Moon, worship of, [xl];
doctrine of transmigration and, [117];
standing stones visited by women at phases of, [147];
as source of growth and moisture (water of life), [37];
as ripener of crops, [35];
influence of on animate and inanimate nature, [35];
mead of Teutonic and Hindu gods in, [36], [142] et seq.;
horse sacrifice and phase of, [92], [313];
race of the, King Bharata and descendants of, [157] et seq.;
Damayanti compared to, [356];
gender of in Europe and Africa, [356] n., [357] n.
Moon bowl, Twashtri shapes, [12].
Moon bride, [356].
Moon devourer, Rahu in India, dragon in China, and the wolf in Teutonic lore, [64], [144].
Moon god addressed with Rudra, [28];
as sire of the sun, [29];
Chandra as, [35];
marriage of with sun maid, [37];
Shiva as, [146].
Morocco, blondes in, [xxix].
Mosso, A., broad heads invade Europe, [xxxv].
[Mother, the great], worship of, [13];
in India, [148];
Lakshmi as, [149].
Mother earth, invoked at burials, [115], [116].
“Mother of the Vedas”, Vach as, [149].
“Mother right”, recognized by brown (Mediterranean) race, [xxx].
Mothers, the, Agni has ten, [20];
two of Rajah Jarasandha, [229];
and of Osiris, [229] n.
Moulton, Professor, on Mithra's origin, [30], [40] n.; [41].
Mountain, the holy, addressed by Damayanti, [347].
Mountain giants, theory of origin of, [71].
[Mount Meru] (may´roo), Indra's heaven on, [4];
Pandava princes journey to, [324] et seq.
Muir's Sanskrit texts, [xxv], [39] n., [101] n.;
on Yugas, [104], [105] n.
Müller, Dr. Sophus, introduction into Europe of cremation rite, [xxxv].
Müller, Max, his Aryan term, [xx];
on Aryan racial cradle, [xxi];
on Aryan language and race problem, [xxiii] et seq.
Music, Narada the patron of, [153].
Mycenæ, lords of, did not cremate dead, [xxxvi].
Myres, Professor, on military aristocracies, [xxxvi].
Mythical Ages. See [World's Ages].
Mythology of India, its special interest, [xviii];
distinction between religion and, [135].
Myths, rational explanation of criticized, [70], [71].
Nägă country, infanticide in, [60].
Nägăs, the snake deities, in Varuna's heaven, [59], [65];
worship of among Aryans, [66];
none in world's first age, [107];
Surasa mother of, [414].
Năkülă, the Pandava, son of Madri and twin Aswins, [176];
temporary death of, [263];
journey of towards paradise, [324] et seq..
[Nălă] (of the Mahábhárata), “world guardians” in story of, [31];
horse sacrifice in, [91], and purpose of, [92];
the story, [328] et seq.;
message of the swan, [330];
gods desire Damayanti, [332];
interview with Damayanti, [333-5];
the swayamvara, [335-7];
demon Kali plots against, [338-9];
Kali enters, [340];
gambling match with brother, [341], [342];
exile of, [342], [343];
deserts Damayanti, [344];
the serpent Karkotaka, [353];
is transformed, [354];
as Vahuka, the charioteer, [355];
Damayanti's search for, [358], [359];
the second swayamvara, [360];
journey to Rituparna, [360-3];
Kali ejected, [362];
Damayanti's maid interviews, [365-8];
interview with Damayanti, [368-70];
second gambling match and kingdom won back, [371-3].
Näla (of the Rámáyana), the green ape artisan, [418].
Năn´di, bull of Shiva, [147].
Narada (nä´rădă), the Devarishi, in story of Savitri, [45];
descriptions of various heavens by, [57-9];
a renowned teacher and musician, [153];
message of to Pandavas, [321], [322];
in story of Nala, [331];
curses Karkotaka, [353];
in the Rámáyana, [374].
[Nãrãyana] (när´äyănă), divine incarnation of world soul, [100];
Brahma as, [101];
colours of in various yugas (world's ages), [108];
Markandeya's vision of at end of yugas, [114] et seq.;
Vishnu as, [124].
[Nasatya], in Asia Minor, [xxxii], [32].
Natesa (nă-tesh´ă), the dancer, Shiva as, [147], [148].
Nature, feeling for in Sanskrit literature, [xlvii];
magical control of, [80].
Necklet, coin called after, [78].
Nectar, of the gods, soma as, [35];
of Nagas, [66].
Neith (ne-ith), Egyptian “earth mother”, [13].
Nemed's Age, in Irish mythology, [110] et seq.
Neolithic Age, European burial customs in, [xxxiii];
Indra as a god of, [2].
Nepthys (nep´this), as joint mother of Osiris, [229] n.
New Year celebrations, [xliii].
Nifelhel (nĭfel´hel), [xliv].
Night, Ratri goddess of, [34].
Night fairies, [70].
Nirriti, goddess of destruction, [67];
region of in Brahmanas, [81].
Nirvänă, “eternal emancipation”, Buddha's teaching regarding, [131] et seq.
Normans, [xxxv], [xxxvi].
Northern fair race, [xxvii], [xxviii], [xxix].
Oak in Aryan languages, [xxi].
Ocean of Milk, [xl];
the churning of the, [142] et seq.
Also [Sea of Milk].
Ocean, heaven of. See [Varuna].
Odin (ō´din), [xlv], [12], [13], [24], [36], [37].
Odyssey, the Mahábhárata compared with, [129], [156];
the Rámáyana compared with, [139].
Offspring, religious need for, [59], [60].
Oldenberg, Professor, on Vedic burial customs, [xxxii];
on Agni's mothers, [20];
on Agni and Mitra, [22];
on Vishwamitra-Vasishtha problem, [154];
on the Puru, Kuru, and other clans, [155].
Olympus, [4].
Om, the three Vedas and the Trinity, [111];
Vishnu as, [126].
Omar, Fitzgerald's, [40].
“Ord na Feinne”, the Gaelic thunder hammer, [3].
Orkney, cremating invaders reach, [xxxv].
Ormuzd, [xxxiii].
Osiris (Ōsī´ris), [xliv];
Rajah Jarasandha has two mothers like, [229] n.
Ossianic (osh´e-an-ik), wife burning reference, [xxxvii].
Oudh. See [Ayodhya].
Owls as messengers of death, [41];
Egyptian spirits as, [75].
Pachomios, the first Christian monk, [133].
Palæolithic Age, [71].
Palestine, cremation in, [xxxvii];
“hammer god” in, [3].
[P'an Ku], China's “first man” and thunder god, [2];
like Indra and Ptah, [9], [10];
as chaos giant, [90] n., [148].
[Panchala] (păn-chäl´ă—ch as in change) tribe united with Kuru tribe, [xxxix];
Drupada becomes rajah of, [180];
divided by Drona, [197];
Drupada's son and daughter the hope of, [210];
swayamvara of Draupadi at, [211] et seq.;
Draupadi becomes joint wife of Pandavas at, [222].
Pandavas (pän´dăvăs), epic heroes, rivals of the Kauravas (Kurus), [156];
the sons of Pritha and Madri, [176];
as youthful rivals of the Kauravas, [177] et seq.;
rivalries at the tournament, [185] et seq.;
defeat Drupada for Drona, [195], [196];
conquests by, [197];
first exile of, [198] et seq.;
sojourn in Eka-chakra, [206] et seq.;
journey of to Panchala, [211], [212];
Draupadi to be possessed by all, [219] et seq.;
division of raj with Kauravas, [224];
Arjuna's exile, [225];
imperial sacrifice of at Indra-prastha, [228] et seq.;
at the gambling match with Kauravas, [237] et seq.;
exiled, [248] et seq.;
second exile of, [249] et seq.;
need of celestial weapons, [255];
rescue of Duryodhana by, [259], [260];
four brothers stricken down at holy pond by Dharma, [263] et seq.;
end of forest exile, [263];
in city of Virata, [266] et seq.;
Kauravas declare exile of not completed, [268];
preparations for the “great war”, [270] et seq.;
the Virata meeting of allies of, [270] et seq.;
negotiations and preparations for war, [273] et seq.;
war breaks out with Kauravas, [285] et seq.;
triumph of mingled with grief, [310] et seq.;
behold return of the dead warriors, [320], [321];
gloom of last days of, [322];
journey of five brothers and Draupadi to Indra's heaven, [323-327].
Pandu (pan´dü), son of Vyasa, [172];
wives of when king, [173];
story of doom of, [175] et seq.;
in paradise, [327].
Pänis, aerial demons, enemies of Indra, [67].
Pantheism, the Upanishadic, [88].
See [Brahmă] and [World soul].
Paradise, the Indian, [xlvii];
dead walk to, or are transported to by fire, [39].
Also see [Heaven].
Parashara (păräsh´ără), the Brahman, father of Vyasa, [167].
[Părăsü´-rämaă] (Rama with the axe), an incarnation of Vishnu, [136].
Parjăn´ya, rain cloud as, [26].
Parmäda, the Brahman, discovers Nala, [359].
Parsees, number of, [xviii];
burial custom of, [xxxiii].
Parthians, the, ancient Indians archers on horseback like, [187] n.
Pärth´olon's age, in Irish mythology, [110] et seq.
Păr´vătă, the rishi, rival of Narada, [153];
in story of Nala, [331].
Parvati (pär´vătee), the goddess, wife of Shiva, [150];
mother of Ganesa, [151];
as mother of Kartikeya, [152];
horse for sacrifice becomes mare owing to curse of, [314].
Pastoral life, the Aryan, [76].
Pätälă, Indian Fomorians confined in, [64];
“Asura fire” in, [65];
Danavas and Daityas dwell in, [256].
Patriarchal life in Vedic period, [77].
Patriarchs, the tribal, Brighu as a celestial rishi, [102].
Patroklos (pä-trōk´los), cremation of, [xxxvi], [xxxviii], [38].
Peacocks, Solomon obtained from India, [84].
Penance, power derived from, [85];
Irish saint performs like Brahmans, [111].
Persia, as Aryan racial cradle, [xix];
Assyrian influence in mythology of, [62];
horse sacrificed in, [93].
Persian Gulf, Ea, artisan god of, [12].
Persian language compared with Sanskrit, [61], [62].
[Persian mythology], Mithra in, [29], [30];
Haoma (soma) in, [36].
Petrie, Professor Flinders, on monasticism in Egypt, [133].
Pharaoh, Rajah a god among men like a, [74] n.
Physician of the gods, [144].
Pig, the, treatment of in Asiatic, European, and African mythologies, [136].
Pigeon as a messenger of death, [41].
Pinches, Professor, [12], [29] n.
[Pisachas] (pe-shätch´ăs), devourers of dead bodies, [67].
Pitri´păti, “lord of the fathers” (dead) Yama is, [42].
Pit´ris, the spirits of ancestors, [xxxviii];
Yama king of the, [57], [58];
worship of, [61], [102].
[Pitris] (Fathers), the land of, [xxxii];
childless Rishi sent back from, [59], [116].
Pleiades, wives of Rishis as, [153].
Pleistocene age, men of as elves and fairies, [71].
Plough, the, used by early Aryo-Indians, [76].
Poetry, God of, Ganesa as, [151].
Poets, priests were, [33], [78], [79], [80].
See [Rishi].
Pole Star, Brahman identified with, [145].
Pope Gregory the Great, [135].
Pork, prejudice against and where eaten, [136].
Posts, sacrificial, [93].
“Pot of Worth”, [249] n.
Prabhasa (pră-bhä´să), city of, Arjuna in, [226].
Prădyum´nă, the love god, [151].
Prăhläd´ă, the demon king's son, story of, [135].
[Prăjä´păti], the Creator, [94], [98];
as the Chaos Boar, [136];
divine incarnation of World Soul, [100];
creative tears of, [100], [101];
rises from lotus like the Egyptian Horus, [101].
Prămădvără, in story of “The Brahman and his Bride”, [43], [44].
Prayers, mantras as, [87].
Predestination, belief in, [42] et seq.
Prehistoric monsters, bones of and giant stories, [71].
Preserver, the, Vishnu as in Trinity, [119].
Preserver, Vishnu as child creator, [124].
Priesthood, rise of the, [80];
four periods of Brahman's life, [81];
how maintained, [82];
as human gods, [84].
See [Rishi], [Hotri], [Purohita], [Brahman].
Priests, as poets and leaders, [33], [78], [79];
caste of, [79].
See [Caste].
Prishata (prish´ätă), father of Drupada, [179].
Pritha (preet´hä), mother of Pandavas, [21];
mother of, a nymph, [173];
Surya, sun god, father of her son Karna, [174];
choice of King Pandu at swayamvara, [175];
mother of three Pandavas, [176];
desires to perform suttee, [176], [177];
at the tournament, [186] et seq.;
the coming of Karna, [189] et seq.;
in first exile of Pandavas, [200];
flight of, [201];
story of Bhima and the Rakshasas, [202] et seq.;
sends Bhima to slay Vaka, [207];
journeys with sons to Panchala, [211];
exile of Arjuna, [225];
Draupadi and Subhadra, [228];
interview with Krishna, [282];
reveals to Karna she is his mother, [283];
Karna's promise, [284];
her sorrow for the dead after “great war”, [312];
retires to forest, [319];
return of the dead, [320], [321];
perishes in jungle fire, [322];
in Paradise, [327].
Prithivi (prit´hi-vee), Indian earth goddess, [xxxi], [6];
as a cow, [13];
harvest offering to, [14];
flees from Agni, [20], [148].
Psalms, burnt offerings, [121].
[Ptah] (tä), as “hammer god” of Egypt, [3];
like Indra and Pa'n Ku, &c., [9], [10];
as a chaos giant, [90] n.;
emerges from chaos egg like Brahma, [101], [114] n., [148].
Punjab, Aryan settlement in, [xxix];
date of invasion of, [xxx];
fire worshippers in, [xxxii];
Aryans of called “Westerners”, [xxxix], [1];
Indra in and in Mitanni, [3];
beliefs regarding after life in, [40];
Aryans in Babylon before entering, [62];
Aryan folk drift from, [76].
Punyajänas, “the good people”, Yakshas as, [68].
Puränăs, the sacred poems, [124];
Krishna in, [129];
purpose of, [134], [135];
Hinduism and, [135];
the sacredness of, [139];
old myths in, [140];
the “Churning of the Ocean” in, [142].
Pürocha´na, secret agent of Duryodhana, [200];
death of, [201].
[Purōhită], family priest, [80];
Vishwamitra as, [154].
[Pür´ü], tribal name of as eponymous king, [156];
a Vedic tribe, merged in Kuru coalition, [155].
[Pürüsh´ă], the “first man”, and sacrifice of by gods, [89];
compared with Ymer, [90];
myth of, [95];
Brahma identified with, [102];
Saraswati as the female form of, [149];
Rudra as, [150].
Pürüsh´ă-me´´dha (human sacrifice), [88].
Push´kără, brother of Nala, wins kingdom at dice, [340], [341], [342];
kingdom won back from, [371-3].
Püt, the hell called, [41];
fathers only are reserved from, [59].
“Queen of Heaven”, the Babylonian and Assyrian, [xxxi].
Rä, Egyptian sun god, [xli], [xliv];
compared with Surya, [32];
Brahma emerges from chaos egg like, [101], [114] n.;
Shiva acts like, [150].
Race run by gods, [14].
Races, the mythical, “silver”, “golden”, “bronze”, and “iron”, [110].
See [World's Ages], [Lunar Race], and [Solar Race].
Racial types, variety of in India, [xvii], [xviii];
influence of disease on, [xli].
Rädhä´, Krishna's favourite, [129], [149].
Ragnarok (rag´na-rok), in Teutonic mythology, [xliv] n.;
in Indian giant lore, [65].
Rähu, swallower of sun and moon, [64];
the rational theory, [71];
the demon of eclipse, origin of, [144].
Raids for wives, [60].
Rain, frog hymn for, [36], [37];
priests help Indra to bring, [84];
Buriat horse sacrifice to obtain, [91];
drum and trumpet to bring, [92], [317];
souls turned into by the moon, [117].
Rajah, as a divine Pharaoh, [74] n.
Räjăsúyă (imperial sacrifice) held by Yudhishthira, [228] et seq.;
Duryodhana desires to perform, [261].
[Räk´shăsăs], Agni slayer of,
[22];
in Agni hymn, [24];
“enemies of man”, the “night prowlers”, [66];
Yakshas sometimes like, [68];
rational explanation of criticized, [71];
none in world's first age, [107];
the rishi Pulastya a slayer of, [154];
Bhima weds a woman of, [202] et seq.;
Bhima's Rakshasa son, [206];
Bhima slays Hidimva, [202-5];
Jara as a household fairy who is worshipped, [229];
Rama and Lakshmana wage war against, [379-81];
unable to break Shiva's bow, [382];
Rama battles against alone, [402], [403];
apes battle against in Ceylon, [419] et seq.;
Kumbha-Karna, the sleeper, [419], [420];
rout of in Ceylon war, [424].
[Rämă] of Rámáyana, [xlvi], [xlvii], [xlviii];
an avatara of Vishnu, [125];
in cult of Vishnu, [139];
story of, [374] et seq.;
birth of and childhood, [378];
goes to forest with Vishwamitra, [378];
slays Rakshasa woman, [380];
celestial weapons and spirits of, [381];
scatters demons, [381];
breaks Shiva's bow, [382];
wins Sita, 383; honeymoon of, [383], [384];
selected as heir apparent, [384];
hunchback's plot and Kaikeyi's commands, [385], [386];
sent into exile, [389-93];
Sita refuses to desert, [391-2];
dying father calls for, [396];
Bharata faithful to, [397];
refuses to return until exile is ended, [398];
reproaches Javali, [399];
wanderings of with Sita and Laksmana, [400];
wooed by Surpa-nakha, [400], [401];
battle with Rakshasas, [402];
demon as a golden deer, [403];
rape of Sita by demon king of Ceylon, [404], [405], [406], [407];
search for Sita, [408];
vulture king's revelation, [409];
conflict with demon, [410];
apes become allies of, [410], [411];
lamentations for Sita, [411], [412];
Hanuman discovers Sita in captivity, [413-6];
King of Ocean's advice, [417];
“Rama's bridge” constructed, [418];
invasion of Ceylon, [419];
battles with Rakshasas, [420-3];
Ravana slain, [423];
Sita's ordeal by fire, [424], [425];
return to kingdom and coronation, [425];
Sita's second exile, [426];
meets his sons, [426];
Sita vanishes with earth goddess, [427];
ascends to heaven, [428].
“Rama's bridge”, green apes construct, [418].
“Rama with the axe” (Parasu-rama), an incarnation of Vishnu, [136].
[Ramayana] (räm-ay´ăn-ă or rä-my´ăn-ă), the, Aryan tribes in, [xxxix];
traditions of “easterners” in, [xlvi];
heroes and heroines of, [xlvii];
demon's grief in, [xlviii];
Ravana the Typhon of, [65];
Rakshasas are great demons in, [66];
purpose of horse sacrifices in, [92];
early myths in, [124];
hero of, an avatara of Vishnu, [125];
history of Brahmanism enshrined in, [138];
its religious significance, [139];
the “churning of the ocean” in, [142];
story of, [374] et seq.
“Ram feast” of Devon, [xlii];
Indian and other parallels, [xlii], [xliii].
[Räm´mon], [3];
Shiva compared with, [146].
Rän, Teutonic sea goddess and Agni's mothers, [21].
Rat, the, Ganesa as, [151].
Rä´trï, goddess of night, [34];
hymn to, [35], [148].
Ravana (rä´váná), a demon, [125];
demon king of Ceylon, power of derived from Brahma, [377];
plot to abduct Sita, [403];
disguised as Brahman, [405];
carries Sita away, [406], [407];
Rama hears of, [409], [410];
apes tell of, [411];
in peril if he injures Sita, [412];
Bibhishana deserts, [417];
the Rama war, [418] et seq.;
lamentation of for son's death, [421];
seeks to slay Sita, [421], [422];
sister curses and Rama slays, [423].
Razors, used in Vedic period, [77].
Red Age, the Treta Yuga, [108], [109];
in Greek mythology, [109], [110];
in Celtic mythology, [110] et seq.
Red demons, [71].
Red hair, dislike of, [208].
Religion and caste, [79];
distinction between mythology and, [135].
Rhode, Erwin, [118] n.
[Rib´hus], divine artisans, in Vedic creation myth, [10];
like Khnumu of Egypt and elves of Europe, [11], [12];
rivalry with Twashtri, [11], [12].
Ridgeway, Professor, on cremation custom, [xxxv].
“Riding the marches”, an ancient ceremony, [xliii].
Rigve´da, belief regarding soul in the, [xliii];
cosmology of, [10];
Soma book of, [35];
gods Asuras in, then Suras, [61];
forest nymph of, [74];
horse sacrifice in, [91];
meaning of Yuga in, [104];
only Veda in Krita Yuga (First and Perfect Age), [108];
germs of transmigration theory, [116];
Vishnu in, [122].
[Rim´mon], Naaman's worship of, [3].
Ripley, W. Z., [xxii];
on language and race, [xxiii];
views on Mediterranean race, [xxvii];
view on cremation custom, [xxxv];
Kurds as descendants of Aryan raiders, [xxxviii], [xxxix].
[Rishis], gods derive powers from, [7];
Indra's hammer made from bones of, [7], [8];
Danavas conspire to destroy, [9];
associated with gods, [14];
poets and priests, [33];
story of the childless, who is not admitted to heaven, [59];
ascends to sun in Tapati love story, [74];
as swans, [75];
composers of “new songs”, [79], [80].
[Rishis, the celestial], mind-born sons of Brahma, [102];
Manu as one of, [140];
in story of the Deluge, [141] et seq.;
the various royal and celestial, [153] n., [154], [155].
See [Deva-rishi].
Risley, views on India's races, [xxv] et seq.;
his Scythian theory, [xxvii];
on infanticide, [60].
Ritualism of sacrifice, [80], [81] et seq.;
growth of in Samavedic hymns, [83].
Ritupăr´nă, Rajah of Ayodhya, Nala takes service with, [342];
Nala drives to sham swayamvara of Damayanti, [360] et seq.;
gives Nala secret of dice, [362].
River, the boiling, in Hades, [326].
River goddesses, [148].
Rivers, worship of, [xl];
Shiva the source of five, [146].
Rivers of India, all female except two, [152].
Roads constructed in Vedic period, [78].
Röer, Dr. E., [100] n.
Roman age in Britain, [xxxviii].
Romans as Aryans, [xxiv];
horse sacrifice of, [92], [93].
Rüd´ră, storm god, as “wild huntsman” and Shiva, [26];
appealed to against Varuna, [28];
Shiva a development of, [123], [148];
the goddess Amvika and, [150];
as Mahadeva, [146];
Shiva called, [147].
Rudras, the, Maruts as, [26].
Rük´mini, Krishna's capture of, [233];
an incarnation of Lakshmi, [234] n.
Rürü, story of life sacrifice of, [43], [44].
Rydberg, on Aryan origins, [xxi].
Sacrifice, Buriats offer horse to dead, [xxxiv];
of lambs in England, India, &c., [xlii];
cake offerings and first fruits, [14];
the priests' fee for, [15];
of life for a woman, [43], [44];
ritualism of, [80];
the human (purusha-medha) and the horse (aswa-medha), [88] et seq.;
the human in recent times, [89];
creation the result of, [89];
the horse among Mongolian Buriats, [91];
epic ceremonies, [92] et seq.;
trees and, [93];
chaos horse myth, [94] et seq.;
symbolism of human sacrifice, [95], [96];
Isaiah and Buddha oppose, [132];
Sati (Suttee) offers herself on pyre, [150];
the imperial (Rajasúya) held by Yudhishthira, [228] et seq.
Sages, long-lived, in Indian and Irish legend, [112] et seq.
Săhădevă, son of Queen Madri and twin Aswins, [176];
temporary death of, [263] et seq.;
journey of towards paradise, [324] et seq.
Sais, [139].
Säkas, the, allies of the Kauravas, [287];
identified with Scythians, [287] n.
Saliva, as moisture of life, [37].
Salvation, release is, [82];
by knowledge, doctrine of in Bhagavad-gita, [126] et seq.
Salya (säl´yă), Rajah of Madra, overcome by Bhima at Draupadi's swayamvara, [218], [219];
in the great war, [289] et seq.;
as leader of Kauravas and fall of, [305].
Salzburg, Austria, ancient cremation rites at, [xxxvi].
Săm´ănă, “the leveller”, Yama is, [42].
Säm´avedă, Soma hymns of, [83].
Săm´ăvurti, “the impartial judge”, Yama is, [42].
Săm´pati, brother of vulture king, [413], [414].
Săm´üdră, the sea, origin of name, [83], [84].
Sămvăr´nä, King, story of his love for sun maiden, [71] et seq.
Sănjäy´ä, as ambassador to the Pandavas, [274], [275];
relates incidents of great war to Dhritarastra, [287].
Sanskrit, [xix];
Lithuanian language and, [xx];
compared with Persian language, [62];
alphabet has Semitic basis, [78];
influence of Brahmanic scholarship upon, [82].
Sanskrit poets, heroes and heroines of, [xlvii];
feeling of for nature, [xlvii].
Săn´vă, Rajah of, rejects Princess Amba after capture of by Bhishma, [170], [171].
Saranyu (sărăn´yoo), mother of Ribhus, [11];
bride of the sun god and divine artisan, [149].
Saraswati (sărăs´'wătee), a river goddess, [xl];
her rival Gayatri, [44] n.;
probably same as Bharati, [148];
becomes wife of Brahma, [149];
as “mother of the Vedas” and female form of Purusha, [149].
Sästï, feline goddess of maternity, [152], [153].
Satanava (sătän´ăvă), name of Bhishma, [166].
Satapathă Brahmana (sătăpät´ha), [15], [84];
transmigration doctrine in, [116].
[Sătï] (suttee), in Europe, [xxxvii];
the goddess, ideal wife, [150], [151], [312].
Satrughna (săt-rüg´hnă), brother of Rama, [378];
desires to slay hunchback, [397].
Saturn, Indra like, [13];
the planet of in Ganesa myth, [151].
Satyaki (săt´yăkee), at meeting of Pandava allies, [270] et seq.;
death of, [322], [323].
Satyavan (sat´yă-vän), “the truthful”, in Savitri story, [45] et seq.
Satyavati (săt´yă-vätee), the fisherman's daughter, story of King Shantanu's wooing of, [166] et seq.;
the mother of Vyasa, [167].
Savitri (săvit´ri), assists Indra as world artisan, [10];
the “stimulator”, as a sun god, [32];
mantra still addressed to, [33].
Savitri (shävit´ree), the heroine, [xlvii];
a perfect woman, [xlviii];
Sita, a perfect woman, [xlviii];
story of, [44] et seq.
Scandinavians, “prehistoric romance” regarding, [xxiii];
as Aryans, [xxiv];
late period of culture, [xlv].
Scandinavian thunder giant, [2].
Scef, Agni as, [21].
Scholars, the hermits as, [81], [82].
Scotland, erring wives burned in, [xxxvii];
Highlanders of cattle lifters like Gauls and Aryo-Indians, [15];
black and white fairies of, [70];
giant theory does not apply to, [71];
spirits as birds in, [75];
Aryo-Indians had clans like Highlanders of, [77];
the “upwardly man” in, [79];
metrical charms of, [85], [86] n., [87];
hatred of pork in, [136];
hags of and the Indian, [380] n.
Scott, Sir Walter, on the “speech of spirits”, [75].
Scottish goddess, compared with Egyptian and Indian deities, [xli].
Scottish “thunder ball”, the, [2];
Finn as a thunder giant, [3].
Scyld, Agni as, [21], [22].
Scythians, Indian traces of, [xxvii];
horse sacrificed by the, [93];
Sakas as, [287] n.
Sea, the, unknown to early Aryo-Indians, [76];
origin of name for, [83], [84];
trade in Age of Solomon, [84];
in horse-sacrifice creation myth, [94];
in Manu story, [140] et seq.;
Surasa hag of the, [414];
Sinhika dragon of, [414];
king of the, [417], [418].
[Sea of Milk], Vishnu in, [123];
the churning of, [143] et seq.;
Indra visits Vishnu in, [377].
Seed, the creation, becomes a golden egg, [101].
Seers, priests as, [80].
Sek´het, Egyptian goddess, compared with Indian and Scottish deities, [xli];
Käli like, [150].
Self, the universal, [98].
See [World Soul].
Sergi on Mediterranean race, [xxviii].
Serpent, the World, Vishnu's sleep on and birth of Brahma, [124].
Serpent demons or demigods, [65].
Serpent goddess, [152].
Serpent king, in Indian and Egyptian myth, [353] n.
Serpent worship, Aryans adopt, [66].
Serpents, in the Garuda myth, [145];
associated with Shiva, [147].
Set, [xliv];
boar demon of Egypt, [136];
red like Indian Rakshasas, [208] n.
Shakuni (shă-koo´nee), plots to overthrow Pandavas, [199];
plots against Pandavas, [269];
prince of Gandhara, plots to overthrow Pandavas, [237];
plays dice with and cheats Yudhishthira, [240] et seq.;
in great war, [287];
death of, [305].
Shakuntala (shă-koon´tă-läh), reference to reincarnation in story of, [13];
the hermit maiden, story of in the Mahábhárata, [157] et seq.;
in Kalidasa's drama, [163] n., [164] n.
Shä´mash, Babylonian sun god, Mitra as, [29].
Shän´tănu, King, [164];
wooing of Ganga, [164] et seq.;
wooing of the fishermaid, [166] et seq.;
king, wooing of the fisherman's daughter, Satyavati, [167] et seq.
Sheep, early Aryans had, [76];
charms to protect, [86].
Shepherd, the divine, Mitra as, [41].
She´shă, king of serpents (Nagas), [65], [66];
as world serpent, Vishnu's sleep on, [124];
Balarama an incarnation of, [128], [143].
Shitala (she´tălă), goddess of smallpox, [153].
[Shiva], in Brahmanical revival age, [xl];
restrains avenging goddess like Ra of Egypt, [xli];
identified with Rudra, [26];
the Destroyer in the trinity, [119];
the cult of, [122];
evidence of Greek ambassador Megasthenes regarding, [122];
Vedic prototype, [123];
cult of, [124];
worshipper of plots to slay Krishna, [128];
as Brahmā, [134];
in epic narratives, [139];
how he became the “blue throated”, [144];
as a mountain god, [146];
as “lord of all creatures”, [146];
compared with the Irish Balor, [146];
in form of Vishnu, [147];
weapons of, [147];
as destroyer of disease, [148];
the brides of, [149] et seq.;
stops goddess slaughtering enemies, [150];
trident of made by goddess, [149];
in myth regarding origin of goddesses, [151];
destroys the love god, [151];
Ganesa and Kartikeya, sons of, [151], [152];
in Draupadi story, [222];
Sishupala, Rajah of Chedi, slain by Krishna, an incarnation of, [234];
Arjuna wrestles with for weapons, [255], [256];
Aswatthaman and on “night of slaughter”, [308];
at Dasaratha's horse sacrifice, [376], [377];
bow of, Rama breaks the, [382], [383].
Siberia, burial customs in, [xxxiv];
horse sacrifice in, [90].
Sid´dhăs, spirits of ancestors, at horse sacrifice, [376].
Siegfried (seeg´freed), the Indian, [66],
[67];
bird spirits and, [75].
Sikhandin (sikhăn´din), Drupada's daughter who became a man, [295];
incarnation of Princess Amba, [295] n.;
fall of Bhishma, [295].
Sikhs (sheeks), number of in India, [xviii].
Silver age (white age) in Indian, Greek, and Celtic mythologies, [107] et seq.
Sin, creation horse-sacrifice removes, [94], [95].
Sin-cleansing smoke, at horse sacrifice, [318].
Sin´dre, Twashtri and, [11].
Sin´hika, sea dragon, [414].
Sishupala (sish-oo-päh´lă), Rajah of Chedi, at Yudhishthira's imperial sacrifice, [232];
slain by Krishna, [233], [234];
as an incarnation of Shiva, [234] n.
Sita (see´tä), the heroine, [xlvii];
as an incarnation of Vishnu's wife, [149];
story of Rama and, [374] et seq.;
Rama wins by breaking Shiva's bow, [382];
marriage and honeymoon, [383], [384];
refuses to part with exiled husband, [387];
departure of to jungle, [393];
wanderings of with Rama and Lakshmana, [400] et seq.;
the golden deer, [403];
rape of by demon king, [404-7];
Rama's lamentations for, [411], [412];
rejects Ravana, [412], [413];
visited by Hanuman, [415], [416];
return of to Rama and ordeal of fire, [424], [425];
second exile of, [426];
vanishes with earth goddess, [427];
as Lakshmi in paradise, [428].
Skull shapes, permanence of, [xxii].
Sky axe, lightning caused by, [2].
Sky god, Dyaus-pita as, [12].
See [Dyaus] and [Vivasvant].
Slavs, as Aryans, [xxiv].
Sleep of Brahma, [105].
Sleeping giant, Kumbha-Karna the, [419];
slain by Rama, [420].
Sloka metre, invented by Valmiki, [374].
Smallpox, Shitala, goddess of, [153].
Smith, Professor Elliot, his “brown race”, [xxviii].
Smiths, in Vedic period, [77].
Smoke, sins cleansed by, [93], [318].
Snake goddess, the, [152].
Snakes, in the Garuda myth, [145].
Social grades. See [Caste].
[“Solar race”], eastern Indians as, [xxxix];
Dasaratha of the Rámáyana is of the, [375].
Solomon, sea trade of with India, [84].
[Soma] (sō´mă), nectar of gods, [5];
cause of Indra's victory, [7];
Twashtri's moon bowl for, [12];
Indra's fondness for, [15];
juice of unknown plant, [35];
influence of, [35], [36];
identified with Chandra, the moon god, [35], [36];
as moon mead, [36];
frog hymn to as rain charm, [36], [37];
marriage of, [37];
the drink of immortality, [41];
prepared by Gandharva, [69];
drunk by early Aryo-Indians, [77];
Sudras did not drink, [79];
Samavedic hymns to, [83];
gods receive from priests, [84];
Tarasun, the Mongolian, [90], [91];
in horse sacrifice, [92];
as the moon god and ancestor of the Bharatas, [157] et seq.
Son, religious need for a, [59], [60].
Song, the Divine, [125].
See [Bhagavad-gita].
Soul, as “the man in the eye”, [42];
of childless man in hell, [59];
escape from body of, [85];
salvation of through knowledge, [99], [100] (also see [Bhagavad-gita]);
mind as, [101].
Soul in the egg, myth of, [101], [102].
Soul, the World. See [World Soul].
Souls, children's' wait for mothers, [xliii];
bound by Yama, god of death, [42];
as birds, [75];
reborn as tigers, fish, &c., [117];
transmigration of, see [Transmigration of souls].
Spaniards, Brahmans resemble, [xxviii].
Spartans, horse sacrifice of, [93].
“Speech of spirits”, the “language of birds”, [75].
Spells, for disease, [85], [87];
for love, [86].
Spirit, the, the life breath as, [37].
Spirits of the dead, beliefs regarding, [38];
of day and night, [70];
birds as in Europe, Africa, and Asia, [75];
magical formulas to control, [85], [86], [87].
Spirits of weapons, Arjuna beholds, [256];
do homage to Rama, [381];
Gaelic weapon demons, [381] n.
Spitting customs, significance of, [37].
“Spitting Stones”, [37].
Sri (sree), Lakshmi, wife of Vishnu is, [149];
Sita as, [427].
Standing stones, ceremonies at for offspring, [xliii], [xliv].
Stars, myth of Saturn and Ganesa, [151];
rishis as “Great Bear” and wives of as Pleiades, [153];
Abhimanyu as one of the, [327].
Stars, the Polar, Kas´yapa, the Brahman as, [145].
Steeds of Indra, [4];
names of, [5].
Stevenson, Robert Louis, [xlviii].
Stone Age, the late, Europe in, [xxii];
people of Britain of, [xlii];
“hammer god” of, [2].
Stones, standing, Shiva worshipped at, [147].
Subhadra (soo-bhăd´rä), sister of Krishna and Balarama, worship of, [137];
Arjuna's marriage by capture with, [227];
Draupadi receives, [228].
Sudäs, a Vedic king, [154];
Vishwamitra's and Vasishtha's connection with, [154];
Purus and other tribes oppose, [155].
Sudeva (soo-day´vü), the Brahman, discovers Damayanti, [356], [357], [358];
visits Nala, [359], [360].
Sudhanvan (sud-hăn´văn), Indra as, [10].
Sudras (sud´răs), the black, [xxv].
See [Caste].
Sugriva (sug´rivă), the ape king, son of Surya, [410];
Rama slays his rival Bali, [411];
revelries of, [413];
silver hue of, [418];
in Ceylon war, [419] et seq.
Sumit´rä, wife of Dasaratha, [376];
Lakshmana and Satrughna sons of, [378].
Sun, “has nature of Agni”, [36];
the “man” in the, and death as, [42];
Rahu, the devourer of, [64], [144];
horse sacrifice to, [92] et seq.;
the bride of the, [149].
Sun, god of, Sumero-Babylonian name of Mitra, [29];
as offspring of the moon, [29];
Narayana as, [114];
Vishnu as a phase of, [122], [123].
Sun egg, in Indian and Egyptian mythologies, [101].
Sun maiden, marriage of with moon god, [37];
Tapati the, loved by a king, [71] et seq.
Sunset, Kushna fiery demon of, [66].
Sura (soorä), an early Aryo-Indian ale or mead, [77].
Surăs, the Indian gods called, [61].
Suräsă, sea hag, [414].
Surpä´-năkhä, the rape of Sita, [403] et seq.;
curses Ravana, [423].
Surya (soor´yă), sun god, Savitri and, [10];
in rival group of deities, [32];
Aryan steeds of, [32];
as eye of Varuna-Mitra, [32];
daughter of loved by a king, [71] et seq.;
Saranyu the bride of, [149];
as grandsire of Queen Madri's sons, [176];
shines on Karna at the tournament, [191];
gifts food pot to Pandavas, [249];
his warning to Karna, [262];
Sugriva, ape king, son of, [411].
[Suttee] (sătï) in Europe, [xxxvii].
See [Sati].
Swan maidens, [75].
Swans, Irish gods and Indian rishis as, [75], [153];
the gold winged, in story of Nala, [329], [330].
Swăr´gă, [4];
Kauravas and Pandavas in, [327].
See [Heaven of Indra].
Swăyăm´vără, Bhishma captures King of Kasi's daughters at, [169], [160];
Draupadi's, [211], [212].
Swine, religious treatment of in India, Egypt, and Europe, [136];
Rakshasas ride in battle, [419].
Tapati (tä´păti), sun maiden, story of king's love for, [71] et seq.
Taraka (tä´răkä), the hag, slain by Rama, [380].
[Tarku], Hittite “hammer god”, [3];
Shiva compared with, [146].
Teachers, Brahmans as, [82].
Tears, the creative, Prajapati sheds, [100], [101].
Tel-el-Amarna letters, Aryans and, [xxx].
Terra mater, the Indian, [13].
Teutonic and Celtic treatment of boar, [136].
Teutonic beliefs regarding soul and world's ages, [xliv].
Teutonic modes of thought, [xliv] n.;
compared with those of Vedic period, [xlv].
Teutonic mythology, doctrine of transmigration absent from, [103].
Teutonic wonder smith, like Indian, [11], [12].
Teutons, Aryan affinities of, [xx];
traditions of migrations of, [xlv].
[Thor], Indra and, [xxxi], [3];
elfin artisans and, [11];
like Indra, son of Earth Mother, [13];
the “friend of man”, [15], [16];
a slayer of giants like Indra, [64];
Arjuna compared with, [257] n.
Thorns of Hades, [326].
Thothmes III (thoth´mes), Egyptian king, Mitanni Aryans and, [xxx].
Thunder- “ball”, “bolt”, and “stone”, [2].
Thunder gods. See [Hammer Gods], also [Balor], [Finn mac Coul], [Hrungner], [Indra], [Jupiter], [Pa'n Ku], [Ptah], [Rammon], [Rimmon], [Shiva], [Tarku], [Thor], [Zeus].
Thunder horn, Arjuna receives from Indra, [258];
Finn mac Coul has, [258] n.
Tiamat. See [Tiawath].
[Tiawath] of Babylonian myth, [9], [90].
Tiger, Damayanti's appeal to the, [347].
Tigers, demons with heads of, [71];
Bharata as tamer of, [161].
Titans, the Indian, [64].
See [Danavas].
Tortoise incarnation of Vishnu, [143].
Torture, in Hades, [326].
Tournament, the, [185] et seq.
“Towers of Silence”, Parsees expose dead on, [xxxiii].
Trade, in Vedic period, [78];
Solomon and Indian products, [84].
Traders, caste of, [79].
See [Caste].
[Transmigration of souls], “germs of theory”, [xliii], [116];
racial aspect of doctrine, [xliv], [116];
in Egyptian, Celtic, and Greek religions, [103], [118];
the Irish Tuan Mac Carell legend, [111] et seq.;
a Post-Vedic doctrine in India, [103];
becomes orthodox, [115];
present-day beliefs, [117], [118];
in Buddhism, [130] et seq.;
Yudhishthira on, [254].
Treasure, god of (see [Kuvera]);
Yakshas guard the hidden, [68].
Tree, of Paradise, [41];
of Brahma, [102];
of religion, of passion, [156].
Trees, the “blood of”, [37];
horses tied to at sacrifices, [93].
Trétä Yuga, length of, [104];
the Yellow Age, [108], [109];
in Greek and Celtic mythologies, [109] et seq.;
Vishnu slays Bali in, [123].
Tribes. See [Bharatas], [Gandari], [Kasis], [Kosalas], [Kurus], [Panchalas], [Purus], [Videhas], &c.
Tri´gärtis, Rajah of, attack on Virata, [267];
Pandavas defeat, [268].
Trinity, Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva, [119], [124].
Trinity of goddesses, Saraswati (white), Lakshmi (red), Par´vati (black), [150], [151].
Tritsus (tree´tsus), as an Aryan tribe, [154];
identified with the Vasishthas, [154], [155];
priestly aristocracy of, [155].
Trumpet of thunder god, [70].
Turkestan, fair type in, [xxix].
Turki, a blend of Alpine and Northern stocks, [xxix].
Turkish language, [xix].
[Twashtri] (twăsh´tre), the divine artisan, shapes Indra's “thunderstone”, [4];
in hymn of victory, [6];
makes Indra's hammer from Rishi's bones, [8];
father of Saranyu and grandsire of Ribhus, [11];
gives origin to human life, [11];
Ribhus as rivals of, [11], [12];
Agni an incarnation of, [20];
as father of the sun god, [32];
as maker of heavens, [57-9].
Twin, Yama signifies, [40].
Twin deities. See [Mitra] and [Varuna], [Yama] and [Yami], [Yima] and [Yimeh], [Indra] and [Agni], [Nasatya], [the Aswins], [Dioskouri], [Castor] and [Pollux].
Tȳphōn, the Indian, [65].
Typhoon, the, Hanuman the ape god as, [106].
Ugrians, a blend of Alpine and Northern stocks, [xxix].
Ulúpí, the serpent nymph, Arjuna loved by and birth of Iravat, [226];
son of in great war, [286] et seq.;
fall of, [293];
Arjuna restored to life, [314], [315].
Umä, goddess of wisdom, bride of Shiva, [150].
Universal destruction, at end of “day” of Brahma, [113].
Universal self, Brahmă the, [98].
See [World Soul].
Universities, the ancient, forest hermitages were, [82].
Upănishăds, [xl];
transmigration belief in, [xliii], [117];
evidence regarding Asura problem in, [62], [63] et seq., [88];
horse sacrifice doctrines in, [93] et seq.;
the fruit-tree lesson of, [99];
fundamental thought of doctrine of, [100];
influence of, [102], [103];
Hinduism based on, [120];
Vedic gods and, [121];
bold Pantheism of, [122];
Jainism and, [133];
present-day Hindu esteem of, [139];
composed in the “middle country”, [155].
Uranus, slain like Dyaus, [13].
Urvasa (ur´väsă), the Apsara, woos and curses Arjuna, [256].
Ushäs, goddess of dawn, [34], [148];
Saranyu developed from, [149].
Uttar (oot´ăr), son of Rajah of Virata, [268].
Uttărä, Princess of Virata, married to Abhimanyu, [269].
Ütü, Sumerian sun god, Mitra as, [29].
Väch, the “mother of the Vedas”, Saraswati as, [149].
Vadhar, the weather, Vritra as, [8] n.
Váhuka (vä´hukă), the charioteer, Nala as, [355] et seq.
Vaishnava (vaish´năvă) faith. See [Vishnu].
Vaisya caste, [79].
See [Caste].
Vaisyas (vais´yăs), the yellow, [xxv].
Vaka (vä´kă), the Asura king, slain by Bhima, [207] et seq.
Vala (vä´lă), the demon, cloud cows in cave of, [68].
Valhal, [xliv];
Indra's heaven like, [59];
pork eaten in, [136].
Valmiki (väl´meek-e), the poet, how sloka metre was invented by, [374];
composes Rámáyana, [375];
Sita takes refuge with, [426].
Vamadeva (vä´mă-day-vă), family priest, [375].
Vamana (väm´ănă), dwarf form of Vishnu, [123].
Vanars (vä´nărs) (apes), Rama secures as allies, [410] et seq.
See [Apes].
Varáha (văr-ä´hă), boar incarnation of Vishnu, [135].
Varanavartha (văr´ăn-ă-vărt´´hă), Pandavas exiled to, [199] et seq.
Vărnă. See [Caste].
[Vartikas] (vär´tikăs), “of one wing, one eye, one leg”, [68];
the rational theory, [71].
[Vărună], in Vedic Age, [xxxi];
in Asia Minor, [xxxii];
his Hebraic grandeur, [26];
the Omniscient One, worshipped with devotion, [27];
Mitra and, [28];
dethroned by Indra, [28];
protector of hearth and home, [29];
in early group of deities, [30];
in “sea of heaven”, and as god of ocean, [31];
a god of Mitanni, [32];
Surya as “the eye” of, [33];
“house of clay” (the grave) in hymn to, [38];
in “Land of the Fathers” (Paradise), [41];
Babylonian aspect of, [41];
the heaven of, [58];
Adityas his attendants, [58] n.;
worshipped by demons and giants, [59];
as an Asura, [61];
early title “wise Azura and King”, [62];
god of the overlords of Assyria, [62];
giants and demons controlled by, [65];
Vishnu and, [123];
as suitor of Damayanti, [332] et seq.
Văsish´thă, as rival of Vishwamitra, [154] et seq.;
Vasus cursed by, [164];
in the Rámáyana, [375], [378].
Vasishthas, a family of priests, [154];
identical with the Tritsus, [154], [155];
priestly aristocracy of, [155].
Vasudeva (vä´soodevă), father of Krishna, [128];
brother of Queen Pritha, [173];
at Pandava imperial sacrifice, [232] et seq., [323].
Vasuka. See [Vasuki].
[Vasuki] (vä´suke), Naga serpent demigod, [65];
as the “churning rope”, [143];
King of Nagas, welcomes Bhima in underworld, [178];
gives Bhima the draught of strength, [179];
jewel of restores Arjuna to life, [314], [315].
Vasus (vä´sus), attendants of Indra, [17];
as children of Ganga and King Shantanu, [164] et seq.;
Bhishma among in Paradise, [327].
Vä´ta. See [Vayu].
Vate (va´te), the Teutonic, compared with Vata (Vayu), [24].
[Vä´yu], wind god, compared with Odin, [24];
hymns to, [25];
in rival group of deities, [32];
Bhima, son of, [105], [176];
Hanuman, ape god son of, [106], [411];
sends Garuda to help Rama, [419].
Vedas (vay´dăs), geographical evidence of, [xx];
Indra hymns, [6], [7];
creation myth in, [10];
goddesses vague in, [13];
gods of in Buddhistic Age, [120];
still regarded sacred, [139];
father Manu in, [140];
the “mother” of the, [149];
Vyasa as arrayer of, [154].
Veddas of Ceylon, [xxvi].
Vedic Age, the, length of, [xxx];
the “Great Mother” in, [xxxi];
burial customs of, [xxxii];
eclipse of gods of, [xl];
Teutonic modes of thought in, [xlv];
the change in post Vedic times, [xlv];
glimpses of life of in epics, [xlvi];
gods are Asuras in early and Suras in late, [61];
folk movements in, [76];
dice and drinking in, [77];
trade and culture in, [78];
doctrines of transmigration and world's ages unknown in, [104];
one of four ages, [119];
goddesses vague in, [148].
Vedic Aryans, “father right” recognized by, [xxx].
Vedic hymns, [15], [16];
majority of addressed to Indra and Agni, [19];
Brahmanas and Upanishads and, [62], [63] et seq.;
materialism of, [82].
[Videha] (ve´day-hă), Eastern Aryan kingdom, [xxxix].
Vidura (ve-dür´ă), son of Kyasa, [172];
assists Drona to prepare for tournament, [183], [184];
at the tournament with blind king, [185] et seq.;
ambassador to Pandavas after marriage, [223], [224];
at the gambling match, [240] et seq.;
attitude of during negotiations, [276];
retires to forest, [319].
Villages, life in during Vedic Age, [78].
Vind´hyä mountain, ape god assumes proportions of, [109].
Viräj, female form of Purusha, Saraswati as, [149].
Virata (vir-ăt´ä), Pandavas' sojourn in, [266] et seq.;
Pandava allies meet at, [270], [273];
warlike preparations, [273];
rajah of slain by Drona, [301].
Virchow, view on Aryan problem, [xxiii].
[Vishnu] (vish´noo), in Brahmanical revival age, [xl];
Vedic god of grace, assists Indra, world artisan, [10];
the Preserver in the Trinity, [119];
the cult of, [122];
evidence of Greek ambassador, Megasthenes, regarding, [122];
a god of grace in Rigveda, [122], [123];
Brahma springs from in lotus bloom, [124];
sleep of on World Serpent, [124];
Avataras of, [125];
the Buddha Avatara of, [129];
Puranas and cult of, [134];
as Brahmä, [134];
demons secure salvation through, [135];
his lion incarnation, [135];
his boar incarnation, [135], [136];
Parasu-rama (Rama with the axe) incarnation of, [136];
belief in the coming of on white horse (Kalki), [137];
Bhagavad-gita and cult of, [139];
in epic narratives, [139];
Manu and, [140];
in “churning of the ocean” myth, [143] et seq.;
white steed of, gem of, and wife of rise from Sea of Milk, [144];
Garuda the vehicle of, [146];
in form of Shiva, [147];
discus of made by goddess, [149];
in Ganesa myth, [151];
in myth regarding origin of goddesses, [151];
father of the love god, [151];
Ganges flows from toe of, [152];
wife of as daughter of Daksha, the rishi, [154];
incarnation of slays incarnation of Shiva, [234] n.;
at Dasaratha's horse sacrifice, [376], [377];
Indra's appeal to, [377];
Dasaratha's sons as incarnations of, [377];
Rama as, [427].
See [Krishna] and [Rama].
Vishwakarman (vish´wă-kăr´´män), the divine artisan, Twashtri is, [58].
Vishwamitra (vish´wä-meet´´ră), as rival of Vasishtha, [154];
raised from Kshatriya to Brahman caste, [154];
as father of Shakuntala, [159];
Indra's dread of and temptation of, [159], [160];
takes away Rama and Lakshmana to destroy demons, [379], [380], [381];
breaking of Shiva's bow, [382], [383].
Vital spark, cause of life and bodily heat, [37];
Agni symbolizes, [19].
Vivahvant, the Persian, [40].
[Vivăsvănt], the sky god, [40].
Vivăsvăt, as a sun god, [32].
See [Vivasvant].
Volund, [24].
Vows, by spitting and before fires, [37].
Vritra (vrit´rä), the drought demon, slain by Indra, [6], [7];
as leader of Danavas, [7];
reference to myth of in Brahman as, [63];
“the encompasser”, [66];
captures cloud cows, 4 et seq., [67];
rational explanation of, [71].
Vulcan, the Hindu, Twashtri as, [11].
Vultures, as protectors of the fairy babe, Shakuntala, [159], [160];
king of, see [Jatayus].
Vyasa (vyäs´ă), reputed Vedic compiler and author of Mahábhárata, [154];
identified with the legendary Vasishtha, [154];
son of Parashara and Satyavati, [167];
father of Dhritarashtra, Pandu, and Vidura, [171], [172];
meets Pandavas during first exile, [206];
reveals why Draupadi must be joint wife of Pandavas, [222];
advises Arjuna to visit Shiva, [255];
gifts divine vision to Sanjaya, [287];
advises horse sacrifice as atonement after war, [312];
at horse sacrifice, [316];
causes dead to return, [320], [321].
Wales, hatred of pork in, [136].
Wallis, Cosmology of Rigveda, [10] n., [11] n.
War of gods and giants, [70].
See [Giants] and [Asuras].
Warriors, possessed by spirits, [85];
caste of, [79].
See [Caste].
War-shell, Arjuna's a thunder horn, [258].
[Water of life], soma the, [36];
moon as source of, [37];
creative tears as, [100], [101].
[Water spirits], givers of boons, [148].
Waters, the primordial, in creation myths, [100], [101] et seq.;
universe returns to, [105], [141], [142];
“home” of the creator, [114];
in the boar myth, [136].
“Watling Street”, [24].
Wealth and culture, [82].
Weapons, the early Vedic, [77].
Weather, Indian demon of, [8] n.
Weeping of the creator, [100].
Well worship, [37].
Wells, the sources of luck, [148].
“Westerners”, Indian tribes called, [xxxix].
White Age, the Krita Yuga, [108];
in Greek and Celtic mythologies, [109] et seq.
Widows, drown themselves after return of dead warriors, [321];
burning of, see [Suttee].
Wiedemann, Professor, [11] n.
Wieland (we´land), [24].
Wife, the ideal, goddess Sati as, [150].
Wife hunters, [60].
Wife of Amon, [366].
“Wild Huntsman”, the Indian, [26].
Williams, Sir M. Monier, [40], [40] n., [41], [42], [42] n.
Wilson, Vedic hymns, [13], [16], [105] n.
Winckler, Professor Hugo, reading of Indra inscription, [xxxi].
Wind, as “air of life”, [37].
Wind god, Bhima and Hanuman sons of, [106].
See [Vayu].
Winter burial customs among Buriats, [xxxiv].
Wisdom, goddess of, Uma as, [150].
Wives, burning of as punishment in Egypt and Scotland, [xxxvii];
marriage by capture of, [60].
Wolves, Rakshasas ride in battle, [419].
Wonder smiths, Teutonic myth of and Indian, [11], [12].
Works and Days, Hesiod's doctrine of world's ages in, [109] et seq.
World's ages, doctrine of the, post-Vedic conception of, [103];
Greek evidence regarding Indian doctrine, [122];
not in Teutonic mythology, [103];
Tuan Mac Carell Irish legend, [111] et seq.;
the “day” and “night” of Brahma, [105];
the four Yugas, [104];
the “white”, “red”, “yellow”, and “black” in India, [108];
Hanuman's account of to Bhima, [107], [108], [109];
Markandeya's account of, [112] et seq.;
Narayana's account of, [115];
Narayana at dawn of each Yuga, [124];
Manu's association with Brahma, [140].
See [Ages of the Universe].
World giant. See [Purusha] and [Ptah].
World guardians, the four gods in Nala story, [332].
World horse, myth of, [94] et seq.
World house of Vedic myth, [10].
World mother, Lakshmi as, [149].
World Serpent, Karoktáka as, [65];
Vishnu sleeps on, [124];
Balarama an incarnation of, [128];
issues from his mouth, [323].
[World Soul], hermits and Yoga, [82];
pantheistic conception of, [88];
in Purusha myth, [95];
in Rigveda hymn, [97], [98];
the “subtile essence” is the Self, [99];
the soul's being, [99], [100];
Brahma, the divine incarnation of, [100];
colours of in various Yugas (ages), [108], [109];
Greek and Celtic conceptions, [110] et seq.;
men's souls merged in, [118];
Vishnu and Shiva incarnations of, [122];
Buddha's teaching regarding, [130] et seq.
World tree, in Indra creation myth, [102];
as Brahma's, [102].
Worlds, the three, [65].
Xerxes, Gandarians who fought with against the Greeks, [168] n.
Yädăvăs, Krishna prince of, [215];
end of power of, [323].
Yajurveda (yă-joor´vedă), exposure of female children in, [60];
the civilization of, [84];
the schools of thought in period of, [88];
Vishnu in, [123];
Mahadeva in, [146].
Yakshas (yăk´shăs), “the good people”, [68];
invisible sentinels, [106];
none in world's first age, [107];
changes sex with princess, [171];
Kuvera king of, [258];
Dharma as one of the unseen, [264], [265].
[Yama] (yă´mă), god of the dead, as the “first man”, [xxxii];
in Nala story, [31];
burial customs, [38];
discoverer of “the path of the fathers”, [39], [40];
his sister Yami and Persian parallel, [40];
in “land of the fathers” (Paradise) with Varuna, [41];
Babylonian aspect of, [41];
as Judge, Lord, Finisher, Leveller, &c., [42];
as instrument of destiny, [42] et seq.;
in story of Ruru, [43], [44];
in story of Savitri, [44];
concessions won from, [50] et seq.;
the heaven of described, [57];
parents only admitted to heaven of, [59];
journey of to “land of fathers”, [116];
vision of in Dwaraka, [322];
as suitor of Damayanti, [332] et seq.
[Yămí], sister of Yama, [40];
Babylonian aspect of, [41];
Yăvănăs, the, allies of Kauravas, [287];
identified with Greeks, [287] n.
Years, the Divine, length of, [104], [105].
See [World's ages].
Yellow age, the Dwãpara Yuga, [108], [109];
in Greek mythology, [109], [110];
in Celtic mythology, [110] et seq.
[Yima], the Persian Yama, [40].
[Yimeh], the Persian Yamí, [40].
Ymer, the Teutonic chaos giant, Purusha like, [90].
Yōgă, religious state called, [82].
Yorkshire, burial rites in, [xxxvii].
Yudhishthira (yoo-dish´thi-ră), [xlviii];
son of Queen Pritha and god Dharma, [176];
at the tournament, [185] et seq.;
made “Little Rajah”, [197];
Duryodhana causes exile of, [198], [199];
the “house of lac”, [200];
escape of with brothers and mother, [201];
Arjuna offers Draupadi to, [220];
regrets Arjuna's exile, [225];
imperial sacrifice held by, [228] et seq.;
Surya's gift to in exile, [249];
unfolds his faith to Draupadi, [252] et seq.;
his sense of honour, [255];
Kuvera's advice to, [258];
generosity towards Duryodhana, [260];
refuses Duryodhana's invitation, [261];
Jayadratha attempts to carry off Draupadi, [262], [263];
rescues his brothers from temporary death, [263] et seq.;
Dharma's questions, [264] et seq.;
in Virata, [266] et seq.;
at meeting of Pandavas allies at Virata, [270] et seq.;
negotiations with Kauravas, [274] et seq.;
in the great war, [285];
secures a Kaurava prince as ally, [287];
flight of from battlefield, [297];
smites Bhima, [307];
sorrows for slain children, [310];
the great jewel, [311];
proclaimed rajah at Hastinapur, [312];
horse sacrifice rites performed, [312] et seq.;
beholds return of the dead, [320], [321];
divides his kingdom, [323];
departure of to Indra's heaven, [324];
tested and approved, [324-6].
Yugă, meaning of term changes, [xliv];
meaning of in Rigveda, [104].
Yugas, the, colours of, [108], [109];
in Greek and Celtic mythologies, [109] et seq.;
Markandeya lives through the various, [112] et seq.;
Manu's association with Brahma, [140].
See [World's ages].
Yüyüt´sü, Kaurava prince, joins the Pandava army, [287];
made rajah, [323].
Zend an Aryan language, [xix].
[Zeus] pater, [3];
Dyaus-pita in India, [12];
parent of twin deities, [32];
serpent enemy of, [65];
in world's ages doctrine, [110].
Zoroastrian chief god. See [Ahura-Mazda].
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