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,