A History of Sanskrit Literature

Abhidhāna-chintāmaṇi, 433

Abhidhāna-ratnamālā, 433

Aborigines, 113, 152, 161, 387

Absolute, the, 220

Abstract deities, 100–102

Accent, Vedic, 53–54

Achæmenid dynasty in India, 408

Açoka, 310, 412;
inscriptions of, 14, 15, 16, 25, 27

Actors, Greek, 414

Açvaghosha, 319

Açvakas, 408, 409

Āçvalāyana, 52, 191, 274;
his Çrauta Sūtra, 245;
Gṛihya Sūtra, 249

Açvins, 84, 123, 150

Adbhuta Brāhmaṇa, 210

Aditi, 70, 102, 103, 105, 132

Ādityas, 102, 103, 105

Æsop, 420

Agni, 70, 71, 74, 93–97, 102, 105, 124, 125, 135, 172, 214

Agohya, 106

Agriculture, 166

Ahargaṇa, 426

Ahi budhnya, 110

Ahura, 112

Aitareya Āraṇyaka, 51, 208, 211;
Brāhmaṇa, 155, 156, 163, 203, 205;
Upanishad, 209, 226–227

Ajātaçatru, 222

Alaṭa, 434

Albērūnī, 13, 18, 413

Alexander the Great, 1, 2, 8, 13, 18, 150, 154, 165, 365, 410, 413, 414

Alexandria, 415, 423

Algebra, Indian, 424, 434

Allegorical play, 367

Alphabet, arrangement of the Sanskrit, 17

Al-Razi, 427

Amarakoça, 433

Amara siṃha, 324, 433

Amaru, 342

Anaxagoras, 422

Ancestor worship, 257

Anekārtha-saṃgraha, 433

Anekārtha-samuchchaya, 433

Angas, 156, 195

Angirases, 108, 189, 190

Animals, domestic, 149;
mythological, 109

Aniruddha, 394

Anthologies, 379

Anthropology, 126

Anthropomorphism, 71, 72, 84, 86, 94

Anudātta accent, 54

Anukramaṇīs, 39, 52, 267, 271–272, 274

Anus, 153, 154

Anushṭubh metre, 56, 68

Anvār-i-Suhailī, 418

Apabhraṃça dialect, 27, 349

Apāṃ napāt, 88, 92

Āpastamba, 246, 258–259, 302;
his Çrauta Sūtra, 246;
Gṛihya Sūtra, 250;
Dharma Sūtra, 258;
Kalpa Sūtra, 258

Āpastambas, 176

Apollonius of Tyana, 415

Apsaras, 107;
Apsarases, 182

Arabian Nights, 368

Arabs, 1, 421, 424, 425, 426, 427

Āraṇyakas, 34, 50, 204

Araṇyānī, 111

Architecture, 158, 437

Ardha-māgadhī, 27

Argumentum ex silentio, 16, 150

Arithmetic, Indian, 424

Arjuna, 165, 216, 296, 405

Arjuna Miçra, 290

Army, divisions of, 165

Arnold, Sir Edwin, 427

Ārsheya Brāhmaṇa, 209

Ārsheya-kalpa, 245

Art, Indian, 436–437

Āruṇi, 213, 214

Āryā metre, 307, 393, 435

Āryabhaṭa, 325, 426, 435

Āryabhaṭīya, 435

Āryan civilisation, 9;
invasion of India, 40, 408

Āryans, home of Rigvedic, 145

Āryas, 152

Āryāvarta, 23

Asat, 136

Asceticism, 184, 397, 410

Ashṭāngahṛidaya, 436

Asiatic Society of Bengal, 3

Asiknī, 140, 144, 155

Astronomers, Indian, 13, 425, 426, 434–435;
Arab, 426

Astronomical data, 195, 325

Astronomy, Greek and Indian, 425

Asura, 112, 113

Asuras, 182

Āsuri, 215

Atharvaveda, 30, 31, 185–201, 206;
various readings of, 187;
Upanishads of, 238–243

Atharvāngirasaḥ, 189

Atharvans, 189

Ātman, 205, 218–222

Aufrecht, T., 431, 433

Augury, 120, 222–223

Avantī dialect, 27

Avatārs, 81, 300, 411

Avesta, 12, 43, 55, 63, 67, 68, 87, 88, 99, 100, 108, 110, 112, 113, 118, 141, 165, 216, 253

Avicenna, 427

Avidyā, 389, 401

Ayodhyā (Oudh), 157, 176, 214, 305, 308

Babrius, 420

Bādarāyaṇa, 240, 402

Bālāki Gārgya, 222

Balhikas, 195

Balibandha, 347

Bāṇa, 20, 288, 318, 321, 332, 362, 413, 421, 429

Banyan, 147

Bardesanes, 423

Barlaam and Josaphat, 419, 420

Barley, 145

Barygaza, 415

Barzōī, 417

Battle of ten kings, 154

Baudhāyana, 246, 259;
Çrauta Sūtra, 246;
Gṛihya Sūtra, 250;
Dharma Sūtra, 259;
Kalpa Sūtra, 259

Bear, 148

Beef, 110, 164

Benares, 27, 222

Benfey, Prof. Theodor, 173, 420

Bhagavadgītā, 2, 283, 288, 405

Bhāgavata Purāṇa, 402;
popularity of, 302

Bhāgavatas, 402

Bhāguri, 273

Bhakti, 403

Bhāradvāja, his Çrauta Sūtra, 246;
Gṛihya Sūtra, 250

Bharata, 216, 347

Bhārata-manjarī, 290

Bharatas, 154, 155, 156, 175

Bhāratī, 155

Bhāravi, 318, 329

Bhartṛihari, 1, 329, 340, 378, 381, 382, 431

Bhāshā, 22

Bhāskarāchārya, 435

Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa, 365

Bhaṭṭikāvya, 329

Bhaṭṭoji, 432

Bhaṭṭotpala, 435

Bhavabhūti, 352, 353, 362–365

Bhoja, 20, 304, 366

Bhṛigus, 108, 154, 189

Bidpai, fables of, 417

Bilhaṇa, 339

Birch bark MSS., 18

Black Yajurveda, 177, 179, 180

Blackskins, 152

Bloomfield, Professor, 186, 189

Boar, 148, 302

Boats, 167

Bodleian Library, 18

Böhtlingk, Otto von, 379, 431, 433, 434;
and Roth’s Dictionary, 63

Bopp, Franz, 4

Brahma, 133, 205, 219, 220, 223

Brahma, 32, 182, 195, 401, 402

Brahmā, 93, 101, 102, 194, 285, 401, 402

Brahmā (priest), 102, 161, 194, 195, 217

Brahmachārin, 200

Brahmagupta, 426, 435

Brahma-mīmāṃsā, 400

Brahmans, 17, 23, 73, 122, 183, 197, 409, 411, 415, 425, 430

Brāhmaṇa, 161

Brāhmaṇas, 31, 32, 33, 48, 49, 73, 81, 88, 93, 96, 99, 101, 105, 107, 112, 117, 133, 145, 156, 162, 189, 190, 195, 196, 202–218

Brahmanism, 7

Brāhma Sphuṭa-siddhānta, 435

Brahma-sūtras, 402, 403

Brahmāvarta, 141, 155, 175

Brahma-veda, 189, 195

Brahma-vidyā, 195

Brāhmī writing, 15, 17, 18

Brahmodya, 131

Bṛihadāraṇyaka Upanishad, 213, 219, 221, 222, 223, 224, 234–238

Bṛihaddevatā, 272, 273, 281, 378

Bṛihadratha, 230

Bṛihajjātaka, 435

Bṛihaspati, 102;
sūtras of, 406

Bṛihatkathā, 376

Bṛihatkathā-manjarī, 376

Bṛihatsaṃhitā, 318, 435

Broach (town), 415

Bronze, 151

Buddha, 11, 13, 15, 24, 215, 225, 308, 309, 362, 387, 406, 421;
as a Christian saint, 420

Buddhacharita, 319

Buddhism, 7, 11, 25, 115, 215, 223, 230, 322, 369, 386, 390, 395–396, 397, 412, 414, 427

Buddhist councils, 15, 308, 369, 413;
influence, 375;
literature, 156, 295, 306, 307, 369, 379, 384, 411, 412, 436;
pilgrims, 13;
sculptures, 377, 437

Buddhists, 184, 286, 287, 308, 411

Bühler, Professor, 6, 15, 16, 17, 186, 259, 290, 322, 376

Bunder-log, 149

Burial, 125

Burnell, A. C., 194, 290, 428