V

Vāch, 93

Vāchaspati Miçra, 393

Vāgbhaṭa, 436

Vaiçālī, 309

Vaiçeshika system, 403–405

Vaiçya, 133

Vaidarbha style, 303

Vaijayantī, 433

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

Vairāgya-çataka, 378

Vaishṇava Dharma-çāstra, 428

Vaitāna Çrauta Sūtra, 217, 218, 246–247

Vājasaneya Sūtra, 250

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

Vājasaneyins, 176, 215

Vākyapadīya, 431

Vala, 102, 114

Vālakhilya hymns, 52, 127

Vallabhadeva, 379

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

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

Vaṃça Brāhmaṇa, 211

Varadarāja, 432

Varāha Mihira, 318, 324, 425, 435

Vararuchi, 324

Vardhamāna, 431

Varṇa, 86

Vārttikas, 431

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

Vasishṭha, 155, 159, 160

Vasishṭha Dharmaçāstra, 260–261

Vasishṭhas, 164

Vāsavadattā, 332

Vāshkalas, 52

Vasubandhu, 325

Vasus, 105

Vāta, 90, 91

Vatsabhaṭṭi, 320

Vāyu, 90, 91, 164

Veda, 29

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

Vedāngas, 264–267

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

Vedānta-sāra, 241

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

Veṇīsaṃhāra, 365–366

Vernacular languages, 24;
words in Vedic, 24

Vetālapanchaviṃçati, 375

Vibhīdaka tree, 128

Viçākhadatta, 365

Viçpalā, myth of, 84

Viçvakarman, 132, 134

Viçvāmitra, 154, 155

Viçvanātha Kavirāja, 434

Viçvaprakāça, 433

Viçvedevas, 106

Vidarbha style, 303, 320, 321

Videgha, 214, 215

Videha, 213, 214, 215

Vidhāna, 192

Vijayanagara, 59, 275–276

Vijnāna-bhikshu, 394

Vijnāneçvara, 429

Vikram and the Vampire, 375

Vikrama, 320

Vikramāditya, 320, 323, 324, 325, 339

Vikramorvaçī, 108, 353, 354, 358–359

Villages, 158

Vīṇā, 169

Vināyakas, 251

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

Vipāç (Beäs), 93, 140, 154

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

Vishṇu Purāṇa, 194

Vishṇu Smṛiti, 428

Vitastā (Jhelum), 140

Vivasvat, 97, 118

Vocabulary of Atharvaveda, 196

Voltaire, 1

Vopadeva, 432

Vrātya, 187;
Stomas, 210

Vṛitra, 72, 84, 85, 86, 110, 114, 312

Vṛitrahan, 85

Vṛitta (rhythm), 56

W

Wackernagel, Prof. J., 430, 432

Warfare, 165–166.

Waters deified, 92

Wealth, 129, 130

Weaving, 168

Weber, Professor, 176, 177, 206, 212, 307, 311, 360, 414, 415, 420

Wedding ceremony, 8;
hymn, 123–124, 149

Wednesday (budhavāra), 262

White Yajurveda, 177, 179, 206

Whitney, Professor W. D., 186

Widow, 126;
burning, 126

Wife, position of, 162

Wilkins, Charles, 2

Wilson, Prof. Horace Hayman, 60

Windisch, Prof. E., 415

Witchcraft, 31, 191, 192

Wolf, 148

Women, 129, 130

Wood (original matter), 134

World, origin of, 132

World-giant, 132, 133

Worshippers and gods, 73

Writing, age of, 16;
beginnings of, 15, 408;
two kinds, 15;
materials, 18, 19

Y

Yādava-prakāça, 433

Yādavas, 157, 411

Yadus, 153, 154, 156, 157

Yājnavalkya, 213, 214, 222, 223;
his Dharma Çāstra, 428

Yājnikī Upanishad, 211

Yajurveda, 30, 73, 156, 174–184;
schools of, 175

Yama, 68, 70, 74, 98, 116, 117, 118, 125, 146, 169, 218, 225;
and Yamī, 119, 346

Yamī, 117

Yamunā (Jumna), 142, 154, 411

Yāska, 22, 46, 50, 60, 61, 62, 258, 265, 267, 268, 269, 273, 274

Yātrās, 244, 345, 347

Yavanas, 415, 425

Yavanikā, 415, 416

Year, enigma of, 131;
lunar and solar, 106

Yima, 68, 118

Yimeh, 118

Yoga, 232, 396–399, 405, 407, 423

Yoga Sūtras, 396, 398

Yueh-chi tribes, 413

Z

Zachariæ, Prof. T., 433

Zeus, 68, 74, 75, 411, 425

Zoroastrian devas, 113;
rite, 253

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