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________________ 708 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. Ixi; Vedic literary categories, Xxxv ff. vedi, fire-altar, 200; cf. parigrihyâ. veins, 22, 259. vermin in the field, exorcism of, 142, 485; cf. worms. vigrîva, a demon, 70. viligi, designation of a serpent, 28; cf. âligi. village, the scene of Atharvan per formances : see gråmayâgin. Virág, a female divinity, 80, 110, 186, 211, 215-6, 219, 221, 593, 647, 667. virility, charm to increase it, 31, 369; charm to deprive a man of it, 108, 537. visapha (a demon ?), 67, 339. Vishnu, a god, 80, 89, 160, 193, 200, 221, 251, 342, 655. visikha, a demon, 70. Visvakarman, the supreme god, 206, 209, 592, 629, 686. Visvarüpa, son of Tvashtar, 318, 522. Visvavasu, a demon, 319. Vîtahavya, a people, 31; cf. Vaita havya. Vivasvant, a god, 57, 160, 366. vomiting as a cure for poison, 374. vrishâkapi-Brahmans, 533 n. Vritra, a cloud-demon, 18, 40, 62-3, 79, 81, 91-2, 95, 121, 126, 129, 158, 303, 310, 349, 370, 382, 384, 596; his eye becomes mount Trikakud, 382. wedding, charms used at, 502, 546; ceremony at the consummation, 276, 546; of a royal personage, 498. weeds, charm to remove them, 465. wheel, parts of, 493. white-footed arrow, 633, 638; cow or she-goat, ibid. wife, charm to obtain one, 95, 502 ff.; of the sacrificer, 180 ff., 185 ff., 610 ff., 645 ff.; wives of the gods, 162, 167. wild beasts, charm against, 147, 366. will o' the wisp, 411. wishes, charm for obtaining one's, xlvii, 605; three wishes, 181, 613. wolf and calves, 174; wolves and sheep, 132, 151. woman, of the waters, 621; truant, charm to bring her back, 106, 496; women with evil bodily characteristics, 109, 260; fond of the kushtba-plant, 6, 680; sleeping women, described, 105; charms pertaining to women (strikarmâni), 94 ff., 275, 311, 371, 479-80. womb, performances for steadying it, 284, 467. worms of all sorts, in human beings and animals, 22-4, 323, 314 tiny 351. Wagon, parts of, 587; cf. chariot. washerman, 188. waters (divine), 14-5, 161; water, healing, 40-1, 48; produced by ants, 27; as a remedy against jealousy, 107; for the conse- cration of a king, 111; -animals, varieties of, 157, 621; -plants, 514, 579; -skin, 107; -sprites, 409. weather - prophet, propitiation of, 159, 532. Yagus, 161, 204, 225-6, 229. Yakshas, a kind of divinities, 161. Yama, god of death, 37, 44, 52, 54, 57, 59, 60, 90, 107, 110, 118, 161, 167, 177, 185-6, 192, 195, 318, 361, 404, 416, 422, 456, 500, 585, 655; horse of, 21; cf. dogs of Yamna. Yamuna, a river, 62. yâtu, yâtuvid, and yâtudhana: see sorcerers and sorceries, yellow birds and objects for the cure of jaundice, 264. younger brother's precedence over an older, expiation of, 164, 523. Digized by Google
SR No.007679
Book TitleSatapatha Bramhana Part 03
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorJulius Eggeling
PublisherOxford
Publication Year1894
Total Pages2382
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English
File Size45 MB
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