supposed to be lost by contact with menstruous women, x. 81

Viscum album, common mistletoe, xi. 315 sqq.

—— quernum, xi. 317

Vishnu invoked at rain-making, i. 283;

a Brahman sacrificer supposed to become, i. 380;

embodied in the Salagrama, a fossil ammonite, ii. 26, 27 n.;

supposed to pervade the Holy Basil (tulasi), ii. 26;

mock human sacrifice in the worship of, iv. 216

Vision, charm by means of eagle's gall to ensure good, i. 154;

sharpness of, conferred by dragon-stone, i. 165 n. 6