Vowel Sounds.—a, 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 (ab-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-ke´ans), burial rites of, xxxvi;
as pork eaters, 136.
Achilles (a-kel-es), contrasted with Indian hero, xlviii, 17.
A´dad, the “hammer god”, 3.
“Adam's Bridge”, apes construct for Rama, 418.
Aditi (a-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 (ag´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 (a´hee), the demon, “the confiner”, 66.
Ahura (a´hÜr´a), 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-ho´tep) the Magnificent, Mitanni Aryans and, xxx.
Amrita (am´rÏta), soma as, 36;
the Indian Ambrosia, 142;
in “Churning of the Ocean” myth, 143 et seq.;
Garuda captures, 145, 146.
Amvika (am´vika), the goddess, sister of Rudra, 150.
Ananta (an´anta), the serpent, 143.
Ancestors, worship of, 61;
the “fathers” and patriarchs, 102.
See Pitris.
Andhaka (an´dhak-a) (Darkness), the Asura, 151.
Anglo-Saxons, Pope Gregory on pagan practices of, 135.
Animals, domesticated, charms to protect, 86.
Antaka (an´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 (ap´sarÄs) 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.
Aran´yÄkas, the “forest books”, 88.
Aran´yÄni, the forest nymph, 74, 75.
ArchÆological Ages, xxxv.
Arjuna (ar´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;
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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 (b?´?-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 (bh?´g?-v?d-gÏtÄ) (Divine Song), the, 125;
doctrines of, 125 et seq.;
heroic narrative interrupted by, 138, 139.
BhÁradwÄja, father of Drona, 179.
Bharata (bÄh´r?-t? or bhÄh´ra-ta) as son of King Dushyanta and Shakuntala, story of, 157 et seq.;
the eponymous king and patriarch, 156;
named by the gods the “cherished”, 163.
Bh?´r?t? (of the RÁmÁyana), 378;
hunchback and mother of plot to raise, 384;

loyalty of to Rama, 396;
renounces throne, 397;
pleads with Rama to return, 398, 399;
Rama's sandals, 400;
welcomes Rama to Ayodhya, 425.
BhÄratas, tribe of, xxxix;
as “late comers”, xl;
invasion of and change of beliefs, xliv;
river goddess of, xl, 148, 149;
union of with Kuru Panchalas, 155, 156;
of “the lunar race”, 157 et seq.;
tribal name of given to all India, 164.
Bha´ratavÄr´´sha, Hindustan and then all India called, 164.
Bha´ratÏ, river goddess of the Bharatas, identified with Saraswati, 148, 149, 155.
BhÏls, the Prince of, story of, 182, 183.
Bhima (bhee´ma), the Pandava hero, like Siegfried, Dietrich, Beowulf, and Finn-mac-Coul, 66, 67;
his search for celestial lotuses, 105;
meeting with Hanuman, 106;
Hanuman describes the four Yugas to, 107, 108, 109;
son of Queen Pritha and Vayu, wind god, 176;
youthful Duryodhana attempts to kill, 178;
receives draught of strength from Nagas, 179;
at the tournament: combat with Duryodhana, 187;
ridicules Karna at the tournament, 193;
in battle against Drupada, 195, 196;
burning of “House of Lac”, 200;
flight of Pandavas, 201;
wooed by Rakshasa woman, 202, 203;
slays Hidimva, 204, 205;
his Rakshasa bride, 206;
his Rakshasa son, 206;
Vaka, the Asura king, slain by, 206 et seq.;
combat at Draupadi's swayamvara, 218, 219;
Draupadi at feast in potter's house, 220;
expedition against Jarasandha, 229-31;
at gambling match, 238 et seq.;
vows to slay Duhsasana and Duryodhana, 244 et seq.;
the helper in exile, 250;
accuses Yudhishthira of weakness, 254, 255;
rescues Duryodhana from Gandharvas, 259;
scornful message of to Kauravas, 261;
punishes rajah Jayadratha, 262, 263;
temporary death of, 263 et seq.;
in Virata, 266;
slays Kichaka, 267;
Duryodhana taunts regarding his vows, 285;
feats of in great war, 292 et seq.;
slays Duhsasana and drinks his blood, 303, 304;
fights with and mortally wounds Duryodhana, 306-7;
Dhritarashtra seeks to slay, 311;
slays horse for sacrifice, 318.
Bhima, rajah of Vidarbha, father of Damayanti, in story of Nala, 328 et seq.
Bhishma (bheesh´ma), xlviii;
the Vasus and, 17, 166, 327;
the son of goddess Ganga and King Shantanu, 166;
his vow of renunciation, 168;
as regent, 168;
capture of three daughters of King of Kasi, 169, 170;
vow of the Princess Amba, 171 and 171 n.;
rears Pandu, Dhritarashtra, and Vidura, 172;
employs Drona as preceptor of Pandavas and Kauravas, 181;
at the tournament, 185 et seq.;
at division of raj, 224;
at Pandava imperial sacrifice, 232 et seq.;
at the gambling match, 240 et seq.;
advises Duryodhana to recall Pandavas, 260, 261;
declares Pandavas' exile has ended, 268;
at Hastinapur conference, 274 et seq.;
as leader of Kaurava army, 286 et seq.;
fall of, 295;
return of from Paradise, 320, 321.
BhrÏgÜ, the tribal patriarch a celestial Rishi, 102;
the priestly family of, 153;
as sire of goddess Lakshmi, 154;
Agni cursed by, 154.
Bhrigus (bhree´goos), tribe of, fire brought to, 22, 23.
Bibhishana (bib-hish´ana), the Ceylon Rakshasa, 416;
becomes ally of Rama, 417 et seq.;
made King of Ceylon, 424.
Birch tree, horses sacrificed tied to, 93.
Birds as spirits, cuckoo and cremation rite, xxxiv;
as messengers of death, 41;
beliefs in Europe, Africa, and Asia, 75;
Rishis appear as, Shakuntala nursed by, 159, 160;
love messengers in Nala story, 329, 330;
king of vultures (see Jatayus).
Black Age, the Kali Yuga, 108, 109;
in Greek mythology, 109, 110;
in Celtic mythology, 110 et seq.
Black dwarfs, Dasyus and, 70.
Black fairies, 70.
Black pigs, Irish night demon's herd of, 136.
Blessings, for houses, &c., 86 n.
Blonde types in Europe, xxviii;
in Asia and Africa, xxix.
Blood, the life, spirit identified with, 37.
“Blood of trees”, sap as, 37.
Bloomfield, Professor, 87 n.
Blue demons, 71.
Boar, the wild, Rudra the “Howler” rides, 26.
Boar, the, incarnation of Vishnu, 135, 136;
treatment of in Egypt and Europe, 136.
Body, the celestial, 57.
Boghaz KÖi, Asia Minor, Indra referred to at, xxxi, 3.
“Bold and the Brown”, Indra's steeds, 5.
Bopp's Comparative Grammar, xix.
Boulder throwers, giants as, 70.
Bow of Shiva, Rama breaks, 382, 383.
Brahma (bram´ha or brah-ma), the “World Soul”, 88, 96, 97;
BrahmÄ the divine incarnation of, 100;
the soul's being, 99;
salvation through knowledge of, 100;
release obtained through, 117, 118.
BrahmÄ, the Creator, greater than Vedic gods, xl;
river goddess wife of, xl;
as “the grandsire”, 7;
Agni as, 19;
the two wives of, 44, 98;
the divine incarnation of Brahma (World Soul), 100;
emerges from chaos egg like Egyptian Ra, 101;
identified with Purusha, 102;
celestial Rishis are mind-born sons of, 102;
Kalpa, or day, of, 105;
length of “year” of, 105;
the sleep of, 105;
universal destruction at end of day of, 113;
Creator in the Trinity, 119;
Vishnu identified with, 123;
Indra and Agni become subject to, 134;
as the fish in the deluge story, 139 et seq.;
as the chaos boar, 136;
Manu associated with at creation, 140;
Vedic gods appeal to, 143;
Saraswati becomes the wife of, 149;
Valmiki and, 374;
at Dasaratha's horse sacrifice, 376, 377;
Indra's appeal to, 377;
curse of on Ravana, 412;
appears to Rama, 427.
Brahman, a Celtic, 111.
Brahman Caste, 79.
See Caste.
BrÄhm´anas, the, the soul as “the man in the eye” in, 42;
“it is sorrowful to have a daughter”, 60;
evidence regarding Asuras in, 62, 63 et seq.;
ritualism of sacrifice, 81;
expositions of Vedic hymns, 88;
the “Ka” of, 98;
Yugas in, 104;
transmigration doctrine, 116;
begun before Bharatas joined Kurus, 155;
Vishnu's rise in, 123.
Brahmanical Age, religious revolution in, xxxix;
growth of ritualism and pantheism, 119, 120;
religious revolts in, 120, 121;
bold pantheism of, 122.
Brahmanism, post-Buddhistic rival of, xl, 134, 135;
during the Buddhist Age, 132, 138;
goddesses prominent after reform of, 148.
BrÄh´mans, the “white”, xxv;
as members of Mediterranean race, xxvii;
rise of organized priesthood, 80;
four periods of lives of, 81;
as hermits, 82;
what culture owes to, 82;
algebra the gift of, 83;
as “human gods”, 84;
powers derived from penance, 85;
ceremonies of riddance by, 86, 87;
centre of ancient culture of, 88;
pantheistic doctrines of, 88;
Upanishadic doctrine of the world soul, 99;
teaching of, 102;
concessions by to popular opinion, 103;
systematized religion, 116;
the modern, 119;
gods and men depend upon, 121;
supremacy over Kshatriyas, 121;
struggle with Kshatriyas, 136;
Kuru Panchala country the centre of, 155.
Brahmaputra, a male river, 152.
Breath of life. See Air of Life.
Bretons, Celts and, xxxv;
Normans mix with, xxxvi.
Brihaspati (brÏ-h?sh´p?t-Ï), “Lord of Prayer” in Vedic creation myth, 10.
Britain, cremation custom in, xxxvi, xxxvii;
early people and invaders in, xxxviii;
reversion to type in, xlii;
folk customs of compared with Indian, xlii.
British Isles, cremating invaders in, xxxv.
Brittany, Alpine race in, xxvii.
“Broad heads” in India, xxv, xxvi:
burial customs of, xxxv;
identified with Celts, xxxv.
Bronze age, burial customs in Europe, xxxiii;
European cremation rites in, xxxv et seq.;
late in Scandinavia, xlv;
Aryan invasion of Punjab in, 77.
Bronze age (mythical), in Indian, Greek, and Celtic mythologies, 107 et seq.
Brown race, Mediterranean peoples of, xxviii;
recognition of “mother right” by, xxx;
in “Aryan blend”, xxxi, xxxix;
Bharatas of the, xl;
Dravidians and, xlii;
transmigration belief in communities of, xliii, xliv;
beliefs and habits of life, xxxv.
Corn gods, Agni and Indra as, 14, 15;
Mithra as, 30.
Cornwall, Dravidian-like customs in, xlii.
Cough, charm for, 87.
Cow, Creator assumes form of, 95, 102;
of Vasishtha, 154.
Creation, Hymn of, the Rigvedic, 97, 98.
Creation myths, the Babylonian, 9;
the Indian “World House” made by Indra, 10;
sacrificial origin of life and the world, 89;
the giants of, 89, 90;
the Purusha doctrine, 89, 90;
in Egypt, China, Babylon, &c., 90;
horse sacrifice in, 94 et seq.;
first man and woman, &c., 95;
“creative tears”, 100;
Prajapati like Horus, 101;
Brahma sun-egg like Egyptian Ra sun-egg, 101;
Brahma's tree, 102;
Markandeya's account of Yugas, 112 et seq.;

gods and doctrines existed before, 118;
Narayana and Brahma, 124.
Cremation in Vedic age, xxxii;
not practised by Persians, Babylonians, or Egyptians, xxxiii;
seasonal rites among Buriats, xxxiv;
migratory peoples practised, xxxv;
in ancient Austria, Greece, &c., xxxvi;
evidence of Palestine, xxxvii;
origin of, xxxviii, xxxix, 38, 39;
practised by Agni worshippers, 116;
ceremony of after “great war”, 312.
Crete, cremation introduced into, xxxviii;
reversion to type in, xlii.
Cronus, Indra like, 13.
Crooke, Mr., view on Aryan influence, xli.
Crops, human sacrifices for, 89.
Cuckoo and burial rites, xxxiv.
Culture, wealth brings leisure and, 82.
Curds, early Aryo-Indians made, 77.
Curses, power of, the Rishis, 153, 154, 155;
Damayanti kills huntsman by cursing, 346;
Narada curses Karkotaka, 353;
Brahman's wife cursed and rescued by Arjuna, 313;
in tale of the hermit's son, 394, 395;
Brahma's curse on Ravana, 413.
Cyclops (ky´klops), the Indian. See Vartikas.
Dadhicha (dad-hee´cha, ch as in chat), the Rishi, thunderbolt made from bones of, 7, 8.
Dadyak (dad´yak), the Indian Loke, 12.
Daeva, the Persian, cognate with Sanskrit “deva”, 62.
Daityas (dait´yas), in Varuna's heaven, 59;
giants of ocean, 64;
enemies of gods, 65;
Arjuna's expedition against, 256-8.
Daksha (dak-sha), the Deva-rishi, in Sati myth, 150;
story of quarrel with Shiva, his goat head, 153.
Damayanti (dam-a-yÄnt´ee), xlvii;
loves Nala, 329;
message of the swan, 330;
gods desire, 332;
Nala visits in secret, 333-5;
the swayamvara and marriage, 335-7;
demon possesses Nala, 340;
the gambling match, 341, 342;
exile of Nala, 342, 343;
deserted by Nala, 344, 345;
serpent seizes, 346;
appeal to tiger and mountain, 347;
appeal to asoka tree, 348;
disaster to caravan, 349-51;
in Chedi, 351, 352;
discovered by Brahman, 356, 357;
search for Nala, 358, 359;
the second swayamvara, 360;
Nala drives king to Rituparna, 360, 361;
Kali ejected, 362;
Damayanti vigil, 363;
maid of interviews Nala, 365-8;
Nala's interview with, 368-70;
kingdom restored, 371-3.
Danann (dÄn´an) Age, in Irish mythology, 110 et seq.
Danavas (dÄn´ava), allies of drought demon, 7, 8;
ocean home of, 9;
in Varuna's heaven, 59;
Asuras of ocean, 64;
enemies of gods, 65;
wives of have bird voices, 75;
Bali one of the, Vishnu slays, 123;
story of Prahlada and Vishnu, 135;
Arjuna's expedition against, 256-8.
Dance of Destruction, Kali performs the, 150.
Dance of Shiva, 147, 148.
Dancing girls in Indra's heaven, 69.
Dandad´hara (dan-dÄd´hara), “wielder of the rod”, Yama is, 42.
Danu (dÄ´noo), mother of the Asuras, 64.
Dar´bas, “the tearers”, like Pisachas, 68.
“Dark folk”, the mythological and racial, 70.
Darwin, Charles, his theory of man's origin in Africa, xxiv.
Dasa (dÄ´sa), colour reference probable, 70.
Dasaratha (das-ar-at´ha), father of Rama, 375;
horse sacrifice for offspring, 376;
sons of incarnations of Vishnu, 377;
Vishwamitra takes away Rama and Lakshmana, 379;
at Rama's wedding, 383;
Rama chosen as heir apparent, 384;
plot of Kausalya and hunchback, 384 et seq.;
scene in the mourning chamber, 386, 387;
Rama exiled, 388 et seq.;
tale of the hermit's son, 394, 395;
death of, 396;
Rama faithful to memory of, 398, 399.
Dasyus (dÄsh´yoos), as demons, 67;
as dark aborigines, 69, 70;
Macdonell and Keith on, 70 n.;
racial theory, 71.
Daughter, “it is sorrowful to have a”, 60.
Dawn, goddess of, 34.
Day fairies, 70.
Day of Brahma, universal destruction at end of, 113.
Dead, disposal of, cremation, inhumation, casting out, and exposure, xxxii et seq.;
services to by children, 59, 60;
the demon Pisachas devourers of, 67;
horses sacrificed to, 93;
return of, Ganges' vision, 320, 321.
See Burial customs.
Dead, judge of. See Yama.
Death, messengers of, 41 (see Yama);
as “the man in the eye”, 42;
as creator, 94;
god of, as divine ancestor of Irish Milesians, 111;
the gods fear, 121;
Buddha's conception of, 130 et seq.
Deiwo, “heavenly”, 62.
DelbrÜck, view on Aryan parent language, xxii.
Deluge, the, in Irish mythology, 112;
at end of “Day” of Brahma, 113;
Manu and the divine fish in story of, 140 et seq.
Demons, in Varuna's heaven, 59;
when called Asuras, 61;
the Persian as Aryan gods, 62;
Asuras completely identified with, 63 et seq.;
mother of, 64;
Norse and Indian, 65;
Rakshasas are, 66;
Vritra, Ahi, and Kushna, 66;
as beautiful women, 67;
man-eating, slain by heroes, 67;
Pisachas, Kali, Dwapara, Panis, Dasyus, the, 67;
Vala, Darbas, Vartikas, the, 68;
rational explanation of criticized, 70, 71;
the red, blue, and green, 71;
priests enable gods to overcome, 84;
wrath and “battle fury” caused by, 85;
overcome by sacrifice at creation, 94;
none in the Krita Age, 107;
Bali slain by Vishnu, 123;
Ravana, king of, 125;
salvation for through Vishnu, 135;
story of Prahladha, 135;
story of Hiranyaksha and Vishnu, 135, 136;
epic warriors as allies of, 138;
in “Churning of the Ocean” myth, 143 et seq.;
Durga's wars against, 149;
slain by the avenging goddess Kali, 150;
Arjuna's expedition against, 256-8;
the allies of Duryodhana, 260;
Kali and Dwapara in Nala story, 338 (see Nala);
in weapons, 381;
the headless, 410;
Surasa and Sinhika, sea dragons, 414.
Desert, the fiery, in Hades, 326.
Destiny, belief in, 42 et seq.
Destroyer, the, Indra as, 16;
Rudra as and Shiva as, 26, 119;
Nirriti the goddess as, 67;
Narayana as, 114, 115;
Durga as and Kali as, 149 et seq.
Deussen's Philosophy of the Upanishads, 100.
Deva (de-va), god in India, demon in Persia, 62;
references in Brahmanas to, 63 et seq.
Deva-bratta (de´va-bratta), name of Bhishma, 166 n.
Devaki (de´vak-ee), father of Krishna, 128.
Deva-rishis (de´va-ree´shees) (see Rishis, the celestial), Daksha and the Sati myth, 150;
the most prominent, 153, 154, 155;
Narada and Parvata in story of Nala, 331;
at ordeal of Sita, 425.
“Devils”, the “foreign”, 70.
Devon, Dravidian-like customs in, xlii et seq.
Dharma (dh?r´m?) or Dharma-rajah, god of death and lord of justice, Yama is, 42;
in story of Ruru, 43, 44;
Vidura an incarnation of, 172;
Yudhishthira a son of, 176;
visits Yudhishthira, 250;
causes temporary death of Pandavas, 263 et seq.;
as Yudhishthira's dog, 324, 325;
Drona with in Paradise, 327.
See Yama.
Dhrista-dyumna (dhrÏs-t?-dyum´n?), son of Drupada, miraculous birth of, 210;
at the potter's house, 220;
as leader of Pandava army, 286 et seq.;
slays Drona, 302;
slain by Aswatthaman, son of Drona, 308;
in vision of dead warriors, 321.
Dhritarashtra (dreet´a-rÄsh´´tra), son of Vyasa, 172;
becomes king: his wife Gandhari, 177;
children of called Kamavas, 177;
at the tournament, 186 et seq.;
invites Pandavas to visit Hastinapur, 223;
divides raj with Pandavas, 224;
at Yudhishthira's imperial sacrifice, 232 et seq.;
the gambling match between Pandavas and Kamavas, 239 et seq.;
terrified by omens, 246;
releases Pandavas, 247;
second match and Pandavas exiled, 248;
attitude of before the great war, 274 et seq.;
Sanjaya relates incidents of great war to, 287;
seeks to slay Bhima, 311;
reconciled to Bhima, 311, 312;
at horse sacrifice after great war, 316;
retires to forest, 319;
return of the dead, 320, 321;
perishes in jungle fire, 322;
as celestial king of Gandharvas, 327.
Dhyaum´ya (dhyowm´y?), Pandava Brahman, 250, 312.
Diana, horse sacrifice to, 93.
Diarmid (yeer´mit), lover of burned, xxxvii.
Dice, in early Aryo-Indian period, 77;
the loaded used by Shakuni, 240;
in Nala story possessed by demon, 341;
Rituparna gives Nala secret of, 362.
Dietrich (deet´reech: ch guttural), the Indian, 66, 67;
Arjuna like, 257 n.
Dionysus, Shiva as, 122.
Dioscuri (dÏ-os-kÖ´rÏ), Castor and Pollux, 32, combats of in battles, 289 et seq.;
hides from Pandavas, 305;
conflict with Bhima, 306;
fall of, 306, 307;
night slaughter plot, 307;
death of, 309;
in vision of dead warriors, 321.
Dushyanta (doosh´yÄn-ta), king, in the Shakuntala story, 157 et seq.
Dutt, Romesh C., tribute to Max MÜller, xx.
DwÁpara (dwÄ-p?r?), the demon in Nala story, 67, 338, 339, 341.
DwÃpara Yuga, length of, 104;
the Red Age, 108, 109;
in Greek and Celtic mythologies, 109 et seq.
DwÁrakÁ (dwÄ´r?k-Ä), capital of YÁdharas, Krishna welcomes Arjuna to, 226;
a doomed city, 322;
revolt in, 322;
destruction of, 323.
Dwarf form of Vishnu, 123.
Dwarfs, the black, Dasyus and, 70.
Dyaus (rhymes with mouse), the Aryan sky god, xxxi, 12;
slain by son like Uranus, 13;
as red bull and black steed, 13;
harvest offering to, 14;
flees from Agni, 20;
Varuna and Mitra twin forms of, 28;
Ushas (dawn), daughter of, 34.
EÄ, Babylonian artisan god, 12.
Earth, sustained by soma, “water of life”,

36.
Earth goddess, in India and Egypt, xxxi;
Prithivi as, 6;
the European and Egyptian, 13;
the Dravidian, recent human sacrifices to, 89;
Sri, Vishnu's wife, as, 148, 149;
Kali as, 149, 150;
Sita departs with, 427.
“Easterners”, Indian tribes called, xxxix;
traditions of in the RÁmÁyana, xlvi.
Echo, Aranyani as, 74, 75.
Eclipse, Rahu the Indian demon of, 144.
Egg, myth of soul in, 102.
Egg, the golden, Brahma emerges from, 101.
Egg, the sun, Brahma emerges from like the Egyptian Ra, 101.
Eggeling, Professor, 15, 42 n., 84 n.
Egypt, Mitanni Aryans and, xxx;
sky and earth deities of, xxxi;
early burial customs in, xxxiii;
folk tale reference to wife burning, xxxvii;
goddesses of compared with Indian, xli;
reversion to type in, xlii;
traces of ages doctrine in, xliv;
belief in transmigration in, xliv, 116, 118;
“Hammer god” of, 3;
KhnÛmÛ of, like Indian Ribhus and European elves, 11;
earth mother of, 13;
“husband of his mother” belief in, 14;
Indian rajah like Pharaoh of, 74 n.;
chaos giant of, 90 n.;
Prajapati has origin like Horus, 101;
monasticism in, 133;
treatment of boar in contrasted with Indian, 136;
priestly theorists of and the Indian, 139, 140;
myth of slaughtering goddess, Indian parallel, 150;
belief regarding “two mothers” in, 229 n.;
serpent king of like Indian, 353 n.
Eka-chakra (eka-chak´ra, ch as in charge), Pandavas in city of, 206;
story of Vaka, the Rakshasa, 207 et seq.
Elam, 3;
“Maltese cross” on Neolithic pottery of, 155, 156.
Elephant, the, in Vedic myth, 32;
the sun and, 32;
of Indra, 4, 17, 18, 144;
Shiva wears skin of, 147;
Ganesa has head of, 151.
Elephants, Rakshasas ride in battle on, 419.
Elf King of India, 69.
Elginbrodde, Martin, and Agni worshipper like, 24.
Elves, Gandharvas like, 68, 69;
rational explanation of criticized, 70 et seq.
England, ancient. See Britain.
Epics, the great Indian, xlvi;
development of from hero songs, 138.
See MahÁbhÁrata and RÁmÁyana.
Eternal Being, 98.
See World Soul.
Europe, as racial cradle of Aryans, xx et seq.;
“Broad heads”, xxii;
Neolithic burial customs in, xxxiii;
cremation customs in, xxxv et seq.;
widow burning in, xxxvii;
fairies and elves of, 70 et seq.
Evil, Divine One the source of, 115.
Evil Age. See Kali Yuga.
Exogamy in modern India, 60.
Exorcism. See Charms.
Exposure of female children, 60.
Eye, the “man” in the, soul as, 42.
“Eye of Ra”, 150.
Fairies, rational explanation of criticized, 70 et seq.;
the “black” and “white”, 70;
the Yakshas as “the good people”, 68;
the Apsaras, 68, 69.
Fairy queen of India, 69.
Family life, in Vedic period, 77;
of the Brahmans, 81, 82.
Father, the (Pitris), adored by ancestor worshippers, 102.
“Father”, the “Great”, Vedic Aryans worshippers of, 13;
Brahma as “father of all”, 101.
See Narayana, PrajÁpati, Purusha, Shiva, and Vishnu.
“Father Right”, among Vedic Aryans, xxx, xli, 77.
Fathers, rescued from hell by sons, 59, 60.
Feline goddess, Sasti the, 152, 153.
Female children, exposure of, 60.
Fertility, Mongolian horse sacrifice to ensure, 91;
Indian ceremonies, 92.
Finn Mac Coul (fin´mak´´kool), wife of burned, xxxvii;
the Indian heroic, 66, 67, 249 n.
Fire, worship of in Persia, xxxiii;
as vital principle (bodily heat) in India, 37;
vows taken before, 37;
spirits transferred to Hades by, 38;
Narayana as, 114;
the everlasting, 326.
See Agni and Cremation.
Firstfruits, gods' dispute regarding, 14.
First man. See Manu, Purusha, and Yama.
Fish, Manu and the, Deluge story, 140 et seq.
Fits, caused by demons, 85.
Fitzgerald, Jamshid of his “Omar”, 40.
Flowers of Paradise, 59;
celestial lotuses, 105 et seq., 250, 251.
Folk religion. In Atharvaveda, 85 et seq.
Fomorians (fo-more´eans), the Indian, 64, 65.
Food, in Vedic hymns, 76, 77.
Food of the gods, supplied by the priests, 84.
“Food Vessel” burials, xxxv.
Foreordination, belief in, 42 et seq.
Forest Books, the, hermits composed, 82, 83, 88, 102.
Forest of Hades, 326.
Frazer, Professor, 29 n.;
on Mithra, 30.
Frogs, in Vedic rain charm, 36, 37.
“Gad whip” in Lincolnshire and India, xlii.
Gajasahvaya (gaj-as-ah-vÄ´ya), city of, in Shakuntala story, 161.
Gambling, dice in Vedic period, 77;
the match between Kauravas and Pandavas, 238 et seq.;
Nala and his brother, 341 et seq.
GandÄr´ians, allies of Xerxes against the Greeks, 168.
GÁndhÁrÏ, Queen, wife of Dhritarashtra, 177;
at the tournament, 187 et seq.;
lament of for sons, 311;
retires to forest, 319, 320, 321;
death of, 322.
GÄnd´hÄrÍ, the tribe, 168.
Gandharva (gÄnd´har-va), the atmospheric deity, 69.
Gandharva marriage, 160.
Gandharvas, the, king of, in folk tale, 43;
in Indra's heaven, 58;
like elves, 68;
celestial musicians, 69;
tribal significance of, 70;
story of told to Arjuna, 71;
as invisible sentinels, 106;
capture of Duryodhana by, 259;
at horse sacrifice, 316;
Dhritarashtra as celestial king of, 327;
at ordeal of Sita, 425.
Gane´sa (gane´sha), elephant-headed god of wisdom, 151.
GangÁ (gang´Ä), goddess of Ganges, 152;
as wife of King Shantanu, 164 et seq.
Ganga-bratta, name of Bhishma, 166 n.
Ganges river, mentioned in late Rigvedic period, 76;
Ganges, 83;
story of Manu and the fish and, 140 et seq.;
myth of the descent of, 152;
goddess of as wife of king, 164 et seq.;
dead warriors rise from, 320, 321;
the heavenly, 326.
Gardens of Hela, in Indian myth, 59.
GarÚda (gar-ood´a), half giant, half eagle, Amrita story of, 145;
the vehicle of Vishnu, 146;
in Ganesa myth, 151;
helps Rama in Ceylon war, 419;
carries Rama to Paradise, 428.
Gauls, the, widow burning among, xxxvii;
transmigration of souls belief among, xliv, 118;
cattle lifters like Vedic Aryans, 15;
Aryo-Indians had clan feuds like, 77;
as pork eaters, 136.
Gauri (gow´ree), wife of Shiva, 405.
Gayatri (gay´atree), the milkmaid goddess, second wife of Brahma, 44, 149.
Germans as Aryans, xxiv.
Ghatotkacha (g?t-ot-k?tch´Ä), the Rakshasa son of Bhima, 206;
in great war, 286 et seq.;
avenges death of Iravat, 293, 294;
fall of, 301;
in vision of dead warriors, 320, 321.
Ghosts, belief in, 38;
birds as, 75.
Ghosts and fire. See Cremation.
Giant, the chaos, Purusha like Ymer, 89, 90;
concealed soul of, 102;
Vishnu as a, 123.
Giants, in Varuna's heaven, 59;
when called Asuras, 61, 63 et seq.;
Yakshas, “the good people”, as, 68;
rational explanation of criticized, 70, 71;
mother of, 64;
Norse and Indian, 65;
the struggle with gods for ambrosia, 142 et seq.;
slain by the avenging goddess Kali, 150.
See Asuras, Danavas, Daityas, and Rakshasas.
Girisha (ge-reesh´?), mountain god, Shiva as, 146.
Goat, early Aryans had, 76;
slain at horse sacrifices and at burials, 91;
creator assumes form of, 95, 102;
the Rishi Daksha has head of, 153.
Goblins, Shiva as lord of, 146.
Goddesses, shadowy in Vedic Age, xxxi;
rise of the, 148;
sun goddess makes Shiva's trident and Vishnu's discus, 149.
Gods, Vedic Aryans exalted, xxxi;
dispute among and race run by, 14;
the Indian as Persian demons, 62;
enemies of Asuras in epic literature, 63;
magical control of, 80;
priests as, 84;
none in Krita Age, 107;
fear of death among, 121.
“Gold Toothed”, the, Agni and Heimdal called, 21.
Golden Age (Yellow Age), in Indian, Greek, and Celtic mythologies, 107 et seq.
Goloka (go´lok-?), paradise of Krishna, 323.
Gomme, G. L., xlii.
Gon´esh, 151 n.
Good, Divine One the source of, 115.
“Good people”, the, Yakshas called, 68.
Goose, the chaos, 65.
Hittites, Aryans and, xxix;
peace treaty with Mitanni Aryans, xxxi;
“Hammer god” of, 3;
Mitannian relations with, 31;
raid on Babylon and connection of Kassites with, 155, 156.
Hogg, Professor H. W., on Mithra problem, 30.
Hogs, Rakshasas ride in battle, 419.
Homeric burial customs, xxxvi, 38.
Homer's ghosts, like bats, 75.
Horse, Babylonian name of, xxix, 156;
when introduced into Egypt and India, xxx;
Aryans breeders and tamers of, 76;
Creator assumes form of, 95, 102;
the white (Kalki), the next incarnation of Vishnu, 137;
Avartas of, 360.

Horse sacrifice, Buriats' offer to dead, xxxiv;
prevalent in early times, 88;
symbolism of, 90;
among Mongolians, 90;
to ensure fertility, 91;
as atonement for sin, 92, 312, 426, 427;
the Roman and Greek, &c., 92, 93;
in Upanishadic creation myth, 94 et seq.;
in myth of descent of Ganges, 152;
“the horse speaks”, 317;
in RÁmÁyana, Dasaratha performs for offspring, 376;
gods attend, 376, 377.
Horses, hymn to Indra for, 15, 16.
Horus (ho´rus), the Egyptian, Prajapati rises from lotus like, 101.
Hospitality, importance of in religious life, 81.
Hotri priests, reciters, 80.
Household fairy, Jara, the Rakshasa woman, as a, 229.
“House of clay”, the grave as, xxxii, 115, 116.
Hrungner (hroong´ner), Scandinavian giant, 2, 64.
Human gods, priests as, 84.
Human sacrifice prevalent in early times, 88;
recent instances of, 89;
symbolism of, 95, 96.
Hunting period, the Aryans and, 76.
Hura (hoo´ra), the Persian mead, 77.
“Husband of his mother”, 14.
Hyenas, Rakshasas ride in battle, 419.
Iliad, the civilization of, xlvii;
the MahÁbhÁrata book as long as and Odyssey, 129, 139, 156.
Immortality, achieved by knowledge of Brahma, 99, 100.
India, reversion to type in, xli, xlii.
Indians, ancient Egyptians, Greeks, Celts, &c., and, 116 et seq.
Indo-European languages and peoples, xx, xxiv.
Indo-Germanic languages and peoples, xix;
MÜller prefers Aryan, xx;
the Celtic theory, xxiii.
Indra (ind´ra), in Vedic age, xxxi;
tribal aspect of, xxxii;
brother of Agni, xxxiii, 19;
goddess Durga rivals, xl;
as “Hammer god”, 1;
his thunderbolt, 2;
in Mitanni, 3, 32;
“thunderstone” of fashioned, 4;
victory after birth, 4;
attacks and slays drought demon, 5, 6;
war song of, and hymn to, 6, 7;
hammer of made from Rishi's bones, 7, 8;
flight of in epic myth, 8;
Bel Merodach and, 9;
Pa'n Ku, Ptah, and, 9, 10;
as world artisan, 10;
Thor and, 11;
Twashtri and, 11;
a god of fertility, 12;
parents of, 12;
like Cronus, his father's slayer, 13;
harvest offerings to, 14;
as winner of god's race, 14, 15;
as “friend of man”, 15;
cattle-lifters' hymn to, 15, 16;
his human qualities, 17;
dog and elephant of, 17, 18;
Agni a drinker like, 23;
attributes of absorbed by Agni and Vayu, 24;
rain god and, 26;
contrasted with Varuna, 27, 28;
after redistribution of deities, 31;
as discoverer of soma, 36;
the heaven of, 58, 59;
god of the overlords of Assyria, 62;
reference to myth of in Brahmanas, 63;
imprisons giants, 64;
aerial city of, 65;
hater of demon Panis, 67;
dancing girls in heaven of, 69;
made strong by the priests, 84;
at horse sacrifice, 92;
Vishnu source of strength of, 123;
Krishna opposed to the worship of, 129;
subject to Brahma, 134;
cursed by Durvasas, 142;
at “churning of the ocean”, 143 et seq.;
origin of the elephant of, 144;
battle with Garuda, 145;
“before his mother”, 148;
elephant of decapitated, 151;
in myth of descent of Ganges, 152;
Narada, the rishi, messenger of, 153;
dread of Vishwamitra's creative power, 159, 160;
Arjuna a son of, 176;
guards Arjuna at the tournament, 191;
Pandavas as five incarnations of, 222;
heaven of attained by Kshatriyas, 230;
welcomes Arjuna in Swarga, 256, 257;
praises his warrior son, 258;
adored by the Pandavas, 259;
takes Karna's armour and ear-rings, 262;
Karna uses weapon of, 301;
at horse sacrifice of, 318;
welcomes Yudhishthira to paradise and tests, 324 et seq.;
Pandavas and Kauravas in paradise of, 327;
in story of Nala, 331;
a suitor of Damayanti, 332 et seq.;
at Dasaratha's horse sacrifice, 376-7;
appeal of to Brahma and Vishnu against Ravana, demon king, 377;
becomes an ape, 377;
Bali, ape king, son of, 411.
Indrajit (ind-ra´jit), the Rakshasa, in Ceylon war, 419 et seq.
Indrani (ind-rÄn´ee), wife of Indra, 17.
Indra-prastha (indra-prast´ha), Pandavas build, 224, 225;
Arjuna returns to, 228.
Indus river, the sea and, 83, 84.
Infanticide, in ancient and modern India, 60.
Inspiration, to draw in a spirit, 85.
“Iranian period”, a convenient term, xxxi.
Iranian plateau as Aryan racial cradle, xix.
Iravat (eer´Ä-vat), son of Arjuna and serpent nymph UlÚpÍ, 226;
in great war, 286 et seq.;
fall of, 293.
Ireland, doctrine of ages of universe in, xliv, 110 et seq.;
transmigration of souls belief in, xliv;
Tuan MacCarell legend in, 111 et seq.;
Milesians of descended from god of death, 111;
prejudice against pork in, 136.
Iron, early Aryo-Indians and, 77.
Iron Age, in Indian, Greek, and Celtic mythologies, 107 et seq.;
the “Black Age” in India, 108, 109;
in Greek mythology, 109, 110;
in Celtic mythology, 110 et seq.
Isaiah, sacrifices condemned by, 132.
Ishtar (ish´tar), 13;
bird-like spirits in legend of, 75.
Isis (i´sis), festival of, xliii;
Indian goddess Kali like, 150;
as joint mother of Osiris, 229 n.
“Islands of the Blest”, 59.
Italians, Brahmans resemble, xxvii.
Ivory, Solomon got from India, 84.
“Jack and Jill”, as carriers of moon mead, 36.
Jag´ganath (Juggernaut), a Vishnu trinity, 136, 137;
car of, 137.
Jain´ism, Upanishadic teachings and, 120;
Vishnu prominent before rise of, 124;
origin of and doctrines of, 133, 134.
Jamshid of Fitzgerald's Omar, 40.
Janaka (jan´aka), Rama breaks Shiva's bow before, 382, 383.
Janeckpoor, 382 n.
JarÄ, the household fairy, at birth of Jarasandha, 229.
Jarasandha (ja-rÄ-sund´ha), the rajah, has two mothers like Osiris, 229;
the slaying of, 229-31.
Jatayus (jatÄ´yus), king of vultures, attempt to rescue Sita from Ravana, 406, 407;
Rama finds, 409;
revelation and death of, 410;
brother of helps Rama, 413.
Jayadratha (jay-a-drat´ha), the rajah, attempts to carry off Draupadi, 262;
Bhima makes him a slave, 263;
in great war, 297;
fall of, 299, 300.
Jewel, the great, 311;
the magic life-giving, 315.
Jones, Sir W., views of on Aryan problem, xix.
JÖrd (yerd), mother of Thor, 13.
Jotuns (y?´toons), the Indian, 64, 65.
Jubainville, on world ages doctrine in Greek and Celtic mythologies, 110 et seq.
Juggernaut. See J?gg?n?th.
Jumna river, mentioned in late Rigvedic period, 76, 83;
Krishna as babe causes miracle at, 128, 129.
Jupiter, 3;
the Indian, 12.
Justice, lord of, Yama as, 57.
See Dharma.
KÄ, the great unknown, 98.
Kaegi Adolf, on Vritra and “weather”, 8;
rain-charm hymn, 37.
Kaikeyi (ky-kay-yee´), wife of Dasaratha, 376;
Bharata, son of, 378;
plot against Rama, 384 et seq.;
Rama exiled, 388;
anger of Bharata, 396 et seq.
KailÄ´s?, mountain of Shiva, 146;
Arjuna visits Shiva on, 255, 256.
Kali (k?l´e), the demon in Nala story, 67;
personification of Kali Yuga, 338;
plots against Nala, 338, 339;
enters Nala and causes ruin of, 340, 341;
causes Nala to desert wife, 344;
serpent poisons, 353;
ejected by Nala, 362.
Kali (kÄ´lee), the goddess, wife of Shiva, xl;
like Egyptian and Scottish deities, xli, 150;
as earth mother, 149;
as slayer of enemies of gods, 149, 150.
K?lÏ Yug?, the Black or Evil Age, 104, 108, 109;
in Greek and Celtic mythologies, 109 et seq.
KalkÏ, the white horse incarnation of Vishnu, 137.
K?lp?, a “day” of Brahma, 105.
Kamadeva (kÄ-m?-dev?), the love god, in story of the sun maiden, 72;
the love god, Shiva consumes, 146;
son of Vishnu and Lakshmi, 151.
Kands tribe, exogamy in, 60.
K?ns?, King of Mathura, 128.
KÄnv?, the Brahman, in the Shakuntala story, 158 et seq.
KÄrkotÁka (kÄrkot?´ka), Naga serpent demi-god, 65;
the serpent king, Narada's curse, 353;
rescued by Nala, 354.
K?rn?, xlviii;
Scef and Agni myths and, 14;
Brahmans become greater than, 84;
origin of caste of in Purusha myth, 89;
Buddhism and Jainism originate among, 120, 132;
Brahmans achieve spiritual dominion over, 121, 136;
destroyed by Vishnu's warrior incarnation, 136;
Vishwamitra raised to Brahman caste, 154;
Gandharva marriage for, 160.
KÜber?, god of treasure, Bhima's journey to region of, 105;
Bhima reaches lotus lake of, 109.
See Kuvera.
Kumbha-Karna (koom´bh?-k?r´n?), the sleeping giant, 419;
slain by Rama, 420.
Kurds, Armenians contrasted with, xxii;
as descendants of Aryan raiders, xxxviii.
Kurma (koor´m?), king of tortoises, 143.
Kuru (koo´roo), the tribe called, united with the Panchala tribe, 155.
Kuru, King, as son of sun maiden and rajah Samvarna, 74, 156, 164.
Kuru-Kshetr?, country of the Kurus and famous battlefield of, 155, 156;
Pandavas and Kauravas assemble for battle, 286.
Kuru-P?nchÄl?s, kingdom of, xxxix;
doctrinal influence of, xliv;

late invasion of and nation of, 155;
wars of in epic narrative, 156.
Kurus, the Kauravas of epic fame, 156.
KÜsa, son of Rama and Sita, 426.
Kushna (koosh´na), the demon, “the scorcher”, 66.
KÜvera, the heaven of, 59;
demoniac hosts of, 68;
like the Germanic Laurin, 251;
Pandavas behold dwelling of, 258;
advice of to Yudhishthira, 258.
See Kubera.
Laksh´mana, xlviii;
son of Duryodhana, in great war, 291, 292.
Laksh´mana, brother of Rama, 378;
goes against demons, 379-81;
goes into exile with Rama, 392 et seq.;
story of the hag Surpa-nakha, 400 et seq.;
the golden deer, 404;
rape of Sita, 405 et seq.;
searches with Rama for Sita, 408;
revelation of the vulture king, 409;
conflict with headless demon, 410;
among the apes, 411 et seq.;
in the Ceylon war, 418 et seq.;
Sita's second banishment, 426.
Lakshmi (laksh´mee), an earth goddess, xl;
origin of in sea of milk, 144;
as love goddess and Sri, 149;
mother of the love god, 151;
as daughter of Daksha, the rishi, 153, 154;
Rukmini an incarnation of, 234 n.;
Sita as, 427.
Lamb, sacrifice of in Devon, &c., and India, xlii.
Land laws, in Vedic period, 78.
“Land of the Fathers”, paradise as, 39-41, 42 et seq.
Language, indication of nationality not race, xxiii.
“Language of Birds”, significance of belief regarding, 75.
LankÄ (Ceylon), Ravana, demon king of, 65, 66, 377 et seq.
Lapps, fairies and elves as, 70 et seq.
“Last battle”, in Teutonic and Indian lore, 65.
Latham, Dr. Robert Gordon, views of on Indo-European problem, xx.
Laurin (law-reen), the rose garden of, 251.
Lava, son of Rama and Sita, 426.
Leopard, Shiva wears skin of, 147.
Life, essence of, soma as, 37;
sanctity of in Buddhism, 132;
“cut off”, belief regarding “the man in the eye” (soul), 42;
air of (see Air of life).
Life, water of. See Water of life, Moisture of life, Mead of gods.
Life blood, spirit identified with, 37.
Life of life, the Brahma. See World soul.
Lightning, Shiva a god of, 146.
See Agni, Indra, and Maruts.
Lincolnshire, the “gad whip” in, xlii.
Lion, horse for sacrifice becomes a, 314.
Lioness, King Bharata suckled by a, 161.
Lions, Bharata as tamer of, 161.
Liquors, intoxicating, made by early Aryo-Indians, 77.
Literature, god of, Ganesa as, 151.
Lithuanian language, xx, xxi.
Loke (lo´ke), Dadyak the Indian, 12, 16.
“Long heads” in India, xxv, xxvi;
burial customs of, xxxv.
Lotus, Prajapati rises from like the Egyptian Horus, 101;
Brahma rises from, 124.
Lotuses, the celestial, Bhima's journey for, 105 et seq.
Love, charms for, 86.
Love god, consumed by Shiva, 146;
son of Vishnu and Lakshmi, names of, 151.
Luck, water spirits the source of, 148.
“Lunar Race”, tribe of Bharatas as, xxxix;
King Bharata and descendants belong to, 157 et seq.
Lunar worship, rebirth and, 117.
Macalister, Professor, xxxviii n.
MacCulloch, Colonel, stamped out infanticide, 60.
Macdonell, Professor, date of Aryan invasion of India, xxx;
on Vedic burial customs, xxxii;
on origin of transmigration theory, xliii, 116;
on Ribhus, 11;
on moon bowl, 12;
on Vayu, 25;
on “path of fathers” and “path of the gods”, 39;
Yama hymn, 40;
on monotheism of Mithra cult, 41, 87 n.;
on Upanishadic doctrines, 88;
the Kuru and Puru tribes, 155.
Macdonell and Keith, on Dasa and Dasyu, 70 n.
Macpherson, Major, infanticide custom, 60.
Madan, the love god, 151.
Mad´hyadesa. See Middle country.
Mad´ra, in story of Savitri, 44.
Madras, human sacrifices in, 88.
Madri (mad´ree), Queen, wife of King Pandu, 173;
purchase of, 175;
mother of two Pandavas, 176;
performs suttee, 177.
Maghad´ha, Eastern Aryan kingdom, xxxix.
Magical control of gods and nature, 80, 84.
Magical formulas, in Atharvaveda, 85;
in Scotland, 86 n.
Magyar language, xix.
Mahabharata (mahÄ´bhÄ´´rata), the, hero songs beginning of, xlvi;
heroes and heroines of, xlvii;
villains of, xlviii;
cattle harrying in, 4 n.;
Indra-Vritra battle in, 7 et seq.;
Ruru and Savitri tales from, 43 et seq.;
descriptions of the various heavens in, 57-9;
religious need for a son in, 59, 60;
Rakshasas like gorillas in, 66;
demoniac Vartikas in, 68;
purpose of horse sacrifices in, 92;
smoke cleanses sins, 93;
world's ages (yugas) in, 105;
Markandeya's account of the yugas (world's ages) in, 112 et seq.;
Vishnu and Brahma in, 123;
early myths in, 124;
Bhagavad-gita (Divine Song) in, 125 et seq.;
Krishna appendix to, 129;
history of Brahmanism enshrined in, 138;
furnishes knowledge regarding Brahma, 139;
Markandeya's account of the Deluge in, 140 et seq.;
“Churning of the Ocean” in, 142;
Shiva worshipped by Krishna in, 146;
Shiva's gift of weapons in, 146;
Vyasa as author of, 154;
Kuru-Kshetra battlefield in Kuru country, 155;
founded on tribal hero songs: heroes of, 156;
compared with Iliad and date of origin of, 156;
story of, 157 et seq.;
Pandavas favoured in, 178 n.
Maha deva (mahÄ´dayva), Shiva as, 146.
Maha-rishis (mahÄ´reesh´´es), 102.
See Rishis, the Celestial.
“Maltese cross” in Elam and Babylon, 155, 156.
Man, the first, Purusha as, 89;
like the Teutonic Ymer, 90;
like Chinese P'an Ku and Egyptian Ptah, 90 n.
“Man in the eye”, the, soul as, 42.
Managarm, Teutonic moon devourer, Rahu the Indian, 64, 142.
MÄn´asa, snake goddess, 152.
Mandapala (manda´palÄ), the childless Rishi, refused entry to heaven, 59.
Mandara mountain, in “Churning of the Ocean” myth, 143.
Mani (man´ee), Germanic moon god, 36.
Manipur, Arjuna weds princess of, 226.
Man´mat´´ha, the love god, 151.
Mannus, Teutonic patriarch, 23.
Mant´hara, the hunchback, plots against Rama, 385 et seq.;
Satrughna desires to slay, 397.
Manu, laws of, reincarnation in, 13;
Narayana creation myth in, 101 et seq.;
celestial Rishis in, 102;
transmigration doctrine in, 117;
Gandharva marriage legalized in, 160;
the Niyoga custom, 171;
second marriages unlawful in, 369 n.
Manu (man´oo), patriarch of Agni worshippers, 23;
Yama and, 39 n.;
eponymous ancestor of mankind, 101;
different forms of, 102;
in vedas and epics, 140;
the story of the fish and the Deluge, 140 et seq.
Manus, the seven and fourteen, 102;
fourteen reign during “day of Brahma”, 105.
Mara, the love god, 151.
Maricha, the Rakshasa of Ceylon, Rama drives over ocean, 381;
as the golden deer, 403;
Rama slays, 404, 405.
Marichi (ma´reech-ee, ch as in each), the rishi, the grandfather of Vishnu's dwarf incarnation, 154.
MÄrkandey´a, long-lived Indian sage, 112 et seq.;
visit of to Pandavas during exile, 259.
Marriage customs, the choice of Savitri, 45, 46;
capture, 60;
Gandharva marri age, 160;
Bhishma on various modes, 169;
his capture of king's three daughters, 169, 170;
Draupadi becomes joint wife of Pandavas, 222, 223;
Arjuna and UlÚpÍ, and princess of Manipur, and Subhadra, 226-8;
second marriages unlawful, 369 n.
Mars, horse sacrificed to, 92, 93.
Maruts (m?r´oots), Indra's attendants, 5;
in battle, 5, 6;
Vayu and, 25;
Rudras and, 26;
in Indra's heaven, 58;
at Dasaratha's horse sacrifice, 377.
M?tÄli, Indra's chariot driver, 256, 258, 259.
Maternity, Sasti goddess of, 152, 153.
Mathematics, Brahmans and study of, 83.
M?t´hurÃ, Krishna and king of, 128.
May customs, Buriats burn house of dead, xxxiv;
“ram feast” of Devon, xlii.
Mead, the early Aryo-Indian, 77.
Mead of the gods (see Amrita and Soma), Teutonic and Hindu giants and, 36;
as “water of life”, 37.
Mediator, the, Mithra as, 30, 31.
Mediterranean race, xxvii;
Brahmans of, xxviii;
the new Brahmanical Pantheon, xl.
See also Brown race.
Mediterranean racial type and customs in Britain, xlii.
Megas´thenes, the Greek ambassador in India, evidence of regarding Vishnu, Shiva, and Krishna, 122.
Memphis (mem´fis), “Hammer god” of, 3, 139.
Men?kÄ, the Apsara, 43, 69, 159, 160.
Merodach, Babylonian god, in creation myth, 90.
Meru (may´roo), 17.
See Mount Meru.
Mesopotamia, Aryan gods in, 62.
“Metal of heaven”, iron the, 77.
Metaphysical thought, Brahmans and, 82.
Metempsychosis, doctrine of. See Transmigration of souls.
Mexico, ancient, 90.
“Middle Country” (Madhyadesa) of Northern India, xxxix;
tribal struggles and hero songs of, xlvi;
early Aryo-Indians in, 76, 340;
gambling match with brother, 341, 342;
exile of, 342, 343;
deserts Damayanti, 344;
the serpent Karkotaka, 353;
is transformed, 354;
as Vahuka, the charioteer, 355;
Damayanti's search for, 358, 359;
the second swayamvara, 360;
journey to Rituparna, 360-3;
Kali ejected, 362;
Damayanti's maid interviews, 365-8;
interview with Damayanti, 368-70;
second gambling match and kingdom won back, 371-3.

NÄla (of the RÁmÁyana), the green ape artisan, 418.
Nan´di, bull of Shiva, 147.
Narada (nÄ´rada), the Devarishi, in story of Savitri, 45;
descriptions of various heavens by, 57-9;
a renowned teacher and musician, 153;
message of to Pandavas, 321, 322;
in story of Nala, 331;
curses Karkotaka, 353;
in the RÁmÁyana, 374.
NÃrÃyana (nÄr´Äyana), divine incarnation of world soul, 100;
Brahma as, 101;
colours of in various yugas (world's ages), 108;
Markandeya's vision of at end of yugas, 114 et seq.;
Vishnu as, 124.
Nasatya, in Asia Minor, xxxii, 32.
Natesa (na-tesh´a), the dancer, Shiva as, 147, 148.
Nature, feeling for in Sanskrit literature, xlvii;
magical control of, 80.
Necklet, coin called after, 78.
Nectar, of the gods, soma as, 35;
of Nagas, 66.
Neith (ne-ith), Egyptian “earth mother”, 13.
Nemed's Age, in Irish mythology, 110 et seq.
Neolithic Age, European burial customs in, xxxiii;
Indra as a god of, 2.
Nepthys (nep´this), as joint mother of Osiris, 229 n.
New Year celebrations, xliii.
Nifelhel (nifel´hel), xliv.
Night, Ratri goddess of, 34.
Night fairies, 70.
Nirriti, goddess of destruction, 67;
region of in Brahmanas, 81.
NirvÄna, “eternal emancipation”, Buddha's teaching regarding, 131 et seq.
Normans, xxxv, xxxvi.
Northern fair race, xxvii, xxviii, xxix.
Oak in Aryan languages, xxi.
Ocean of Milk, xl;
the churning of the, 142 et seq.
Also Sea of Milk.
Ocean, heaven of. See Varuna.
Odin (o´din), xlv, 12, 13, 24, 36, 37.
Odyssey, the MahÁbhÁrata compared with, 129, 156;
the RÁmÁyana compared with, 139.
Offspring, religious need for, 59, 60.
Oldenberg, Professor, on Vedic burial customs, xxxii;
on Agni's mothers, 20;
on Agni and Mitra, 22;
on Vishwamitra-Vasishtha problem, 154;
on the Puru, Kuru, and other clans, 155.
Olympus, 4.
Om, the three Vedas and the Trinity, 111;
Vishnu as, 126.
Omar, Fitzgerald's, 40.
“Ord na Feinne”, the Gaelic thunder hammer, 3.
Orkney, cremating invaders reach, xxxv.
Ormuzd, xxxiii.
Osiris (Osi´ris), xliv;
Rajah Jarasandha has two mothers like, 229 n.
Ossianic (osh´e-an-ik), wife burning reference, xxxvii.
Oudh. See Ayodhya.
Owls as messengers of death, 41;
Egyptian spirits as, 75.
Pachomios, the first Christian monk, 133.
PalÆolithic Age, 71.
Palestine, cremation in, xxxvii;
“hammer god” in, 3.
P'an Ku, China's “first man” and thunder god, 2;
like Indra and Ptah, 9, 10;
as chaos giant, 90 n., 148.
Panchala (pan-chÄl´a—ch as in change) tribe united with Kuru tribe, xxxix;
Drupada becomes rajah of, 180;
divided by Drona, 197;
Drupada's son and daughter the hope of, 210;
swayamvara of Draupadi at, 211 et seq.;
Draupadi becomes joint wife of Pandavas at, 222.
Pandavas (pÄn´davas), epic heroes, rivals of the Kauravas (Kurus), 156;
the sons of Pritha and Madri, 176;
as youthful rivals of the Kauravas, 177 et seq.;
rivalries at the tournament, 185 et seq.;
defeat Drupada for Drona, 195, 196;
conquests by, 197;
first exile of, 198 et seq.;
sojourn in Eka-chakra, 206 et seq.;
journey of to Panchala, 211, 212;
Draupadi to be possessed by all, 219 et seq.;
division of raj with Kauravas, 224;
Arjuna's exile, 225;
imperial sacrifice of at Indra-prastha, 228 et seq.;
at the gambling match with Kauravas, 237 et seq.;
exiled, 248 et seq.;
second exile of, 249 et seq.;
need of celestial weapons, 255;
rescue of Duryodhana by, 259, 260;
four brothers stricken down at holy pond by Dharma, 263 et seq.;
end of forest exile, 263;
in city of Virata, 266 et seq.;
Kauravas declare exile of not completed, 268;
preparations for the “great war”, 270 et seq.;
the Virata meeting of allies of, 270 et seq.;
negotiations and preparations for war, 273 et seq.;
war breaks out with Kauravas, 285 et seq.;
triumph of mingled with grief, 310 et seq.;
behold return of the dead warriors, 320, 321;
gloom of last days of, 322;
journey of five brothers and Draupadi to Indra's heaven, 323-327.
Pandu (pan´dÜ), son of Vyasa, 172;
wives of when king, 173;
story of doom of, 175 et seq.;
in paradise, 327.
PÄnis, aerial demons, enemies of Indra, 67.
Pantheism, the Upanishadic, 88.
See Brahma and World soul.
Paradise, the Indian, xlvii;
dead walk to, or are transported to by fire, 39.
Also see Heaven.
Parashara (parÄsh´ara), the Brahman, father of Vyasa, 167.
ParasÜ´-rÄmaa (Rama with the axe), an incarnation of Vishnu, 136.
Parjan´ya, rain cloud as, 26.
ParmÄda, the Brahman, discovers Nala, 359.
Parsees, number of, xviii;
burial custom of, xxxiii.
Parthians, the, ancient Indians archers on horseback like, 187 n.
PÄrth´olon's age, in Irish mythology, 110 et seq.
Par´vata, the rishi, rival of Narada, 153;
in story of Nala, 331.
Parvati (pÄr´vatee), the goddess, wife of Shiva, 150;
mother of Ganesa, 151;
as mother of Kartikeya, 152;
horse for sacrifice becomes mare owing to curse of, 314.
Pastoral life, the Aryan, 76.
PÄtÄla, Indian Fomorians confined in, 64;
“Asura fire” in, 65;
Danavas and Daityas dwell in, 256.
Patriarchal life in Vedic period, 77.
Patriarchs, the tribal, Brighu as a celestial rishi, 102.
Patroklos (pÄ-trok´los), cremation of, xxxvi, xxxviii, 38.
Peacocks, Solomon obtained from India, 84.
Penance, power derived from, 85;
Irish saint performs like Brahmans, 111.
Persia, as Aryan racial cradle, xix;
Assyrian influence in mythology of, 62;
horse sacrificed in, 93.
Persian Gulf, Ea, artisan god of, 12.
Persian language compared with Sanskrit, 61, 62.
Persian mythology, Mithra in, 29, 30;
Haoma (soma) in, 36.
Petrie, Professor Flinders, on monasticism in Egypt, 133.
Pharaoh, Rajah a god among men like a, 74 n.
Physician of the gods, 144.
Pig, the, treatment of in Asiatic, European, and African mythologies, 136.
Pigeon as a messenger of death, 41.
Pinches, Professor, 12, 29 n.
Pisachas (pe-shÄtch´as), devourers of dead bodies, 67.
Pitri´pati, “lord of the fathers” (dead) Yama is, 42.
Pit´ris, the spirits of ancestors, xxxviii;
Yama king of the, 57, 58;
worship of, 61, 102.
Pitris (Fathers), the land of, xxxii;
childless Rishi sent back from, 59, 116.
Pleiades, wives of Rishis as, 153.
Pleistocene age, men of as elves and fairies, 71.
Plough, the, used by early Aryo-Indians, 76.
Poetry, God of, Ganesa as, 151.
Poets, priests were, 33, 78, 79, 80.
See Rishi.
Pole Star, Brahman identified with, 145.
Pope Gregory the Great, 135.
Pork, prejudice against and where eaten, 136.
Posts, sacrificial, 93.
“Pot of Worth”, 249 n.
Prabhasa (pr?-bhÄ´s?), city of, Arjuna in, 226.
Pr?dyum´n?, the love god, 151.
Pr?hlÄd´?, the demon king's son, story of, 135.
Pr?jÄ´p?ti, the Creator, 94, 98;
as the Chaos Boar, 136;
divine incarnation of World Soul, 100;
creative tears of, 100, 101;
rises from lotus like the Egyptian Horus, 101.
Pr?m?dv?r?, in story of “The Brahman and his Bride”, 43, 44.
Prayers, mantras as, 87.
Predestination, belief in, 42 et seq.
Prehistoric monsters, bones of and giant stories, 71.
Preserver, the, Vishnu as in Trinity, 119.
Preserver, Vishnu as child creator, 124.
Priesthood, rise of the, 80;
four periods of Brahman's life, 81;
how maintained, 82;
as human gods, 84.
See Rishi, Hotri, Purohita, Brahman.
Priests, as poets and leaders, 33, 78, 79;
caste of, 79.
See Caste.
Prishata (prish´Ät?), father of Drupada, 179.
Pritha (preet´hÄ), mother of Pandavas, 21;
mother of, a nymph, 173;
Surya, sun god, father of her son Karna, 174;
choice of King Pandu at swayamvara, 175;
mother of three Pandavas, 176;
desires to perform suttee, 176, 177;
at the tournament, 186 et seq.;
the coming of Karna, 189 et seq.;
in first exile of Pandavas, 200;
flight of, 201;
story of Bhima and the Rakshasas, 202 et seq.;
sends Bhima to slay Vaka, 207;
journeys with sons to Panchala, 211;
exile of Arjuna, 225;
Draupadi and Subhadra, 228;
interview with Krishna, 282;
reveals to Karna she is his mother, 283;
Karna's promise, 284;
her sorrow for the dead after “great war”, 312;
retires to forest, 412;
Hanuman discovers Sita in captivity, 413-6;
King of Ocean's advice, 417;
“Rama's bridge” constructed, 418;
invasion of Ceylon, 419;
battles with Rakshasas, 420-3;
Ravana slain, 423;
Sita's ordeal by fire, 424, 425;
return to kingdom and coronation, 425;
Sita's second exile, 426;
meets his sons, 426;
Sita vanishes with earth goddess, 427;
ascends to heaven, 428.
“Rama's bridge”, green apes construct, 418.
“Rama with the axe” (Parasu-rama), an incarnation of Vishnu, 136.
Ramayana (rÄm-ay´?n-? or rÄ-my´?n-?), the, Aryan tribes in, xxxix;
traditions of “easterners” in, xlvi;
heroes and heroines of, xlvii;

demon's grief in, xlviii;
Ravana the Typhon of, 65;
Rakshasas are great demons in, 66;
purpose of horse sacrifices in, 92;
early myths in, 124;
hero of, an avatara of Vishnu, 125;
history of Brahmanism enshrined in, 138;
its religious significance, 139;
the “churning of the ocean” in, 142;
story of, 374 et seq.
“Ram feast” of Devon, xlii;
Indian and other parallels, xlii, xliii.
RÄm´mon, 3;
Shiva compared with, 146.
RÄn, Teutonic sea goddess and Agni's mothers, 21.
Rat, the, Ganesa as, 151.
RÄ´trÏ, goddess of night, 34;
hymn to, 35, 148.
Ravana (rÄ´vÁnÁ), a demon, 125;
demon king of Ceylon, power of derived from Brahma, 377;
plot to abduct Sita, 403;
disguised as Brahman, 405;
carries Sita away, 406, 407;
Rama hears of, 409, 410;
apes tell of, 411;
in peril if he injures Sita, 412;
Bibhishana deserts, 417;
the Rama war, 418 et seq.;
lamentation of for son's death, 421;
seeks to slay Sita, 421, 422;
sister curses and Rama slays, 423.
Razors, used in Vedic period, 77.
Red Age, the Treta Yuga, 108, 109;
in Greek mythology, 109, 110;
in Celtic mythology, 110 et seq.
Red demons, 71.
Red hair, dislike of, 208.
Religion and caste, 79;
distinction between mythology and, 135.
Rhode, Erwin, 118 n.
Rib´hus, divine artisans, in Vedic creation myth, 10;
like Khnumu of Egypt and elves of Europe, 11, 12;
rivalry with Twashtri, 11, 12.
Ridgeway, Professor, on cremation custom, xxxv.
“Riding the marches”, an ancient ceremony, xliii.
Rigve´da, belief regarding soul in the, xliii;
cosmology of, 10;
Soma book of, 35;
gods Asuras in, then Suras, 61;
forest nymph of, 74;
horse sacrifice in, 91;
meaning of Yuga in, 104;
only Veda in Krita Yuga (First and Perfect Age), 108;
germs of transmigration theory, 116;
Vishnu in, 122.
Rim´mon, Naaman's worship of, 3.
Ripley, W. Z., xxii;
on language and race, xxiii;
views on Mediterranean race, xxvii;
view on cremation custom, xxxv;
Kurds as descendants of Aryan raiders, xxxviii, xxxix.
Rishis, gods derive powers from, 7;
Indra's hammer made from bones of, 7, 8;
Danavas conspire to destroy, 9;
associated with gods, 14;
poets and priests, 33;
story of the childless, who is not admitted to heaven, 59;
ascends to sun in Tapati love story, 74;
as swans, 75;
composers of “new songs”, 79, 80.
Rishis, the celestial, mind-born sons of Brahma, 102;
Manu as one of, 140;
in story of the Deluge, 141 et seq.;
the various royal and celestial, 153 n., 154, 155.
See Deva-rishi.
Risley, views on India's races, xxv et seq.;
his Scythian theory, xxvii;
on infanticide, 60.
Ritualism of sacrifice, 80, 81 et seq.;
growth of in Samavedic hymns, 83.
Ritupar´na, Rajah of Ayodhya, Nala takes service with, 342;
Nala drives to sham swayamvara of Damayanti, 360 et seq.;
gives Nala secret of dice, 362.
River, the boiling, in Hades, 326.
River goddesses, 148.
Rivers, worship of, xl;
Shiva the source of five, 146.
Rivers of India, all female except two, 152.
Roads constructed in Vedic period, 78.
RÖer, Dr. E., 100 n.
Roman age in Britain, xxxviii.
Romans as Aryans, xxiv;
horse sacrifice of, 92, 93.
RÜd´ra, storm god, as “wild huntsman” and Shiva, 26;
appealed to against Varuna, 28;
Shiva a development of, 123, 148;
the goddess Amvika and, 150;
as Mahadeva, 146;
Shiva called, 147.
Rudras, the, Maruts as, 26.
RÜk´mini, Krishna's capture of, 233;
an incarnation of Lakshmi, 234 n.
RÜrÜ, story of life sacrifice of, 43, 44.
Rydberg, on Aryan origins, xxi.
Sacrifice, Buriats offer horse to dead, xxxiv;
of lambs in England, India, &c., xlii;
cake offerings and first fruits, 14;
the priests' fee for, 15;
of life for a woman, 43, 44;
ritualism of, 80;
the human (purusha-medha) and the horse (aswa-medha), 88 et seq.;
the human in recent times, 89;
creation the result of, 89;
the horse among Mongolian Buriats, 91;
epic ceremonies, 92 et seq.;
trees and, 93;
chaos horse myth, 94 et seq.;
symbolism of human sacrifice, 95, 96;
Isaiah and Buddha oppose, 132;
Sati (Suttee) offers herself on pyre, 150;
the imperial (RajasÚya) held by Yudhishthira, 228 et seq.
Sages, long-lived, in Indian and Irish legend, 112 et seq.
Sahadeva, son of Queen Madri and twin Aswins, 176;
temporary death of, 263 et seq.;
journey of towards paradise, 324 et seq.
Sais, 139.
SÄkas, the, allies of the Kauravas, 287;
identified with Scythians, 287 n.
Saliva, as moisture of life, 37.
Salvation, release is, 82;
by knowledge, doctrine of in Bhagavad-gita, 126 et seq.
Salya (sÄl´ya), Rajah of Madra, overcome by Bhima at Draupadi's swayamvara, 218, 219;
in the great war, 289 et seq.;
as leader of Kauravas and fall of, 305.
Salzburg, Austria, ancient cremation rites at, xxxvi.
Sam´ana, “the leveller”, Yama is, 42.
SÄm´aveda, Soma hymns of, 83.
Sam´avurti, “the impartial judge”, Yama is, 42.
Sam´pati, brother of vulture king, 413, 414.
Sam´Üdra, the sea, origin of name, 83, 84.
Samvar´nÄ, King, story of his love for sun maiden, 71 et seq.
SanjÄy´Ä, as ambassador to the Pandavas, 274, 275;
relates incidents of great war to Dhritarastra, 287.
Sanskrit, xix;
Lithuanian language and, xx;
compared with Persian language, 62;
alphabet has Semitic basis, 78;
influence of Brahmanic scholarship upon, 82.
Sanskrit poets, heroes and heroines of, xlvii;
feeling of for nature, xlvii.
San´va, Rajah of, rejects Princess Amba after capture of by Bhishma, 170, 171.
Saranyu (saran´yoo), mother of Ribhus, 11;
bride of the sun god and divine artisan, 149.
Saraswati (saras´'watee), a river goddess, xl;
her rival Gayatri, 44 n.;
probably same as Bharati, 148;
becomes wife of Brahma, 149;
as “mother of the Vedas” and female form of Purusha, 149.
SÄstÏ, feline goddess of maternity, 152, 153.
Satanava (satÄn´ava), name of Bhishma, 166.
Satapatha Brahmana (satapÄt´ha), 15, 84;
transmigration doctrine in, 116.
SatÏ (suttee), in Europe, xxxvii;
the goddess, ideal wife, 150, 151, 312.
Satrughna (sat-rÜg´hna), brother of Rama, 378;
desires to slay hunchback, 397.
Saturn, Indra like, 13;
the planet of in Ganesa myth, 151.
Satyaki (sat´yakee), at meeting of Pandava allies, 270 et seq.;
death of, 35;
influence of, 35, 36;
identified with Chandra, the moon god, 35, 36;
as moon mead, 36;
frog hymn to as rain charm, 36, 37;
marriage of, 37;
the drink of immortality, 41;
prepared by Gandharva, 69;
drunk by early Aryo-Indians, 77;
Sudras did not drink, 79;
Samavedic hymns to, 83;
gods receive from priests, 84;
Tarasun, the Mongolian, 90, 91;
in horse sacrifice, 92;
as the moon god and ancestor of the Bharatas, 157 et seq.
Son, religious need for a, 59, 60.
Song, the Divine, 125.

See Bhagavad-gita.
Soul, as “the man in the eye”, 42;
of childless man in hell, 59;
escape from body of, 85;
salvation of through knowledge, 99, 100 (also see Bhagavad-gita);
mind as, 101.
Soul in the egg, myth of, 101, 102.
Soul, the World. See World Soul.
Souls, children's' wait for mothers, xliii;
bound by Yama, god of death, 42;
as birds, 75;
reborn as tigers, fish, &c., 117;
transmigration of, see Transmigration of souls.
Spaniards, Brahmans resemble, xxviii.
Spartans, horse sacrifice of, 93.
“Speech of spirits”, the “language of birds”, 75.
Spells, for disease, 85, 87;
for love, 86.
Spirit, the, the life breath as, 37.
Spirits of the dead, beliefs regarding, 38;
of day and night, 70;
birds as in Europe, Africa, and Asia, 75;
magical formulas to control, 85, 86, 87.
Spirits of weapons, Arjuna beholds, 256;
do homage to Rama, 381;
Gaelic weapon demons, 381 n.
Spitting customs, significance of, 37.
“Spitting Stones”, 37.
Sri (sree), Lakshmi, wife of Vishnu is, 149;
Sita as, 427.
Standing stones, ceremonies at for offspring, xliii, xliv.
Stars, myth of Saturn and Ganesa, 151;
rishis as “Great Bear” and wives of as Pleiades, 153;
Abhimanyu as one of the, 327.
Stars, the Polar, Kas´yapa, the Brahman as, 145.
Steeds of Indra, 4;
names of, 5.
Stevenson, Robert Louis, xlviii.
Stone Age, the late, Europe in, xxii;
people of Britain of, xlii;
“hammer god” of, 2.
Stones, standing, Shiva worshipped at, 147.
Subhadra (soo-bhad´rÄ), sister of Krishna and Balarama, worship of, 137;
Arjuna's marriage by capture with, 227;
Draupadi receives, 228.
SudÄs, a Vedic king, 154;
Vishwamitra's and Vasishtha's connection with, 154;
Purus and other tribes oppose, 155.
Sudeva (soo-day´vÜ), the Brahman, discovers Damayanti, 356, 357, 358;
visits Nala, 359, 360.
Sudhanvan (sud-han´van), Indra as, 10.
Sudras (sud´ras), the black, xxv.
See Caste.
Sugriva (sug´riva), the ape king, son of Surya, 410;
Rama slays his rival Bali, 411;
revelries of, 413;
silver hue of, 418;
in Ceylon war, 419 et seq.
Sumit´rÄ, wife of Dasaratha, 376;
Lakshmana and Satrughna sons of, 378.
Sun, “has nature of Agni”, 36;
the “man” in the, and death as, 42;
Rahu, the devourer of, 64, 144;
horse sacrifice to, 92 et seq.;
the bride of the, 149.
Sun, god of, Sumero-Babylonian name of Mitra, 29;
as offspring of the moon, 29;
Narayana as, 114;
Vishnu as a phase of, 122, 123.
Sun egg, in Indian and Egyptian mythologies, 101.
Sun maiden, marriage of with moon god, 37;
Tapati the, loved by a king, 71 et seq.
Sunset, Kushna fiery demon of, 66.
Sura (soorÄ), an early Aryo-Indian ale or mead, 77.
Suras, the Indian gods called, 61.
SurÄsa, sea hag, 414.
SurpÄ´-nakhÄ, the rape of Sita, 403 et seq.;
curses Ravana, 423.
Surya (soor´ya), sun god, Savitri and, 10;
in rival group of deities, 32;
Aryan steeds of, 32;
as eye of Varuna-Mitra, 32;
daughter of loved by a king, 71 et seq.;
Saranyu the bride of, 149;
as grandsire of Queen Madri's sons, 176;
shines on Karna at the tournament, 191;
gifts food pot to Pandavas, 249;
his warning to Karna, 262;
Sugriva, ape king, son of, 411.
Suttee (satÏ) in Europe, xxxvii.
See Sati.
Swan maidens, 75.
Swans, Irish gods and Indian rishis as, 75, 153;
the gold winged, in story of Nala, 329, 330.
Swar´ga, 4;
Kauravas and Pandavas in, 327.
See Heaven of Indra.
Swayam´vara, Bhishma captures King of Kasi's daughters at, 169, 160;
Draupadi's, 211, 212.
Swine, religious treatment of in India, Egypt, and Europe, 136;
Rakshasas ride in battle, 419.
Tapati (tÄ´pati), sun maiden, story of king's love for, 71 et seq.
Taraka (tÄ´rakÄ), the hag, slain by Rama, 380.
Tarku, Hittite “hammer god”, 3;
Shiva compared with, 146.
Teachers, Brahmans as, 82.
Tears, the creative, Prajapati sheds, 100, 101.
Tel-el-Amarna letters, Aryans and, xxx.
Terra mater, the Indian, 13.
Teutonic and Celtic treatment of boar, 136.
Teutonic beliefs regarding soul and world's ages, xliv.
Teutonic modes of thought, xliv n.;
compared with those of Vedic period, xlv.
Teutonic mythology, doctrine of transmigration absent from, 103.
Teutonic wonder smith, like Indian, 11, 12.
Teutons, Aryan affinities of, xx;
traditions of migrations of, xlv.
Thor, Indra and, xxxi, 3;
elfin artisans and, 11;
like Indra, son of Earth Mother, 13;
the “friend of man”, 15, 16;
a slayer of giants like Indra, 64;
Arjuna compared with, 257 n.
Thorns of Hades, 326.
Thothmes III (thoth´mes), Egyptian king, Mitanni Aryans and, xxx.
Thunder- “ball”, “bolt”, and “stone”, 2.
Thunder gods. See Hammer Gods, also Balor, Finn mac Coul, Hrungner, Indra, Jupiter, Pa'n Ku, Ptah, Rammon, Rimmon, Shiva, Tarku, Thor, Zeus.
Thunder horn, Arjuna receives from Indra, 258;
Finn mac Coul has, 258 n.
Tiamat. See Tiawath.
Tiawath of Babylonian myth, 9, 90.
Tiger, Damayanti's appeal to the, 347.
Tigers, demons with heads of, 71;
Bharata as tamer of, 161.
Titans, the Indian, 64.
See Danavas.
Tortoise incarnation of Vishnu, 143.
Torture, in Hades, 326.
Tournament, the, 185 et seq.
“Towers of Silence”, Parsees expose dead on, xxxiii.
Trade, in Vedic period, 78;
Solomon and Indian products, 84.
Traders, caste of, 79.
See Caste.
Transmigration of souls, “germs of theory”, xliii, 116;
racial aspect of doctrine, xliv, 116;
in Egyptian, Celtic, and Greek religions, 103, 118;
the Irish Tuan Mac Carell legend, 111 et seq.;
a Post-Vedic doctrine in India, 103;
becomes orthodox, 115;
present-day beliefs, 117, 118;
in Buddhism, 130 et seq.;
Yudhishthira on, 254.
Treasure, god of (see Kuvera);
Yakshas guard the hidden, 68.
Tree, of Paradise, 41;
of Brahma, 102;
of religion, of passion, 156.
Trees, the “blood of”, 37;
horses tied to at sacrifices, 93.
TrÉtÄ Yuga, length of, 104;
the Yellow Age, 108, 109;
in Greek and Celtic mythologies, 109 et seq.;
Vishnu slays Bali in, 123.
Tribes. See Bharatas, Gandari, Kasis, Kosalas, Kurus, Panchalas, Purus, Videhas, &c.
Tri´gÄrtis, Rajah of, attack on Virata, 267;
Pandavas defeat, 268.
Trinity, Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva, 119, 124.
Trinity of goddesses, Saraswati (white), Lakshmi (red), Par´vati (black), 150, 151.
Tritsus (tree´tsus), as an Aryan tribe, 154;
identified with the Vasishthas, 154, 155;
priestly aristocracy of, 155.
Trumpet of thunder god, 70.
Turkestan, fair type in, xxix.
Turki, a blend of Alpine and Northern stocks, xxix.
Turkish language, xix.
Twashtri (tw?sh´tre), the divine artisan, shapes Indra's “thunderstone”, 4;
in hymn of victory, 6;
makes Indra's hammer from Rishi's bones, 8;
father of Saranyu and grandsire of Ribhus, 11;
gives origin to human life, 11;
Ribhus as rivals of, 11, 12;
Agni an incarnation of, 20;
as father of the sun god, 32;
as maker of heavens, 57-9.
Twin, Yama signifies, 40.
Twin deities. See Mitra and Varuna, Yama and Yami, Yima and Yimeh, Indra and Agni, Nasatya, the Aswins, Dioskouri, Castor and Pollux.
T?ph?n, the Indian, 65.
Typhoon, the, Hanuman the ape god as, 106.
Ugrians, a blend of Alpine and Northern stocks, xxix.
UlÚpÍ, the serpent nymph, Arjuna loved by and birth of Iravat, 226;
son of in great war, 286 et seq.;
fall of, 293;
Arjuna restored to life, 314, 315.
UmÄ, goddess of wisdom, bride of Shiva, 150.
Universal destruction, at end of “day” of Brahma, 113.
Universal self, Brahm? the, 98.
See World Soul.
Universities, the ancient, forest hermitages were, 82.
Up?nish?ds, 223, 224;
at the gambling match, 240 et seq.;
attitude of during negotiations, 276;
retires to forest, 319.
Villages, life in during Vedic Age, 78.
Vind´hyÄ mountain, ape god assumes proportions of, 109.
VirÄj, female form of Purusha, Saraswati as, 149.
Virata (vir-?t´Ä), Pandavas' sojourn in, 266 et seq.;
Pandava allies meet at, 270, 273;
warlike preparations, 273;
rajah of slain by Drona, 301.
Virchow, view on Aryan problem, xxiii.
Vishnu (vish´noo), in Brahmanical revival age, xl;
Vedic god of grace, assists Indra, world artisan, 10;
the Preserver in the Trinity, 119;
the cult of, 122;

evidence of Greek ambassador, Megasthenes, regarding, 122;
a god of grace in Rigveda, 122, 123;
Brahma springs from in lotus bloom, 124;
sleep of on World Serpent, 124;
Avataras of, 125;
the Buddha Avatara of, 129;
Puranas and cult of, 134;
as BrahmÄ, 134;
demons secure salvation through, 135;
his lion incarnation, 135;
his boar incarnation, 135, 136;
Parasu-rama (Rama with the axe) incarnation of, 136;
belief in the coming of on white horse (Kalki), 137;
Bhagavad-gita and cult of, 139;
in epic narratives, 139;
Manu and, 140;
in “churning of the ocean” myth, 143 et seq.;
white steed of, gem of, and wife of rise from Sea of Milk, 144;
Garuda the vehicle of, 146;
in form of Shiva, 147;
discus of made by goddess, 149;
in Ganesa myth, 151;
in myth regarding origin of goddesses, 151;
father of the love god, 151;
Ganges flows from toe of, 152;
wife of as daughter of Daksha, the rishi, 154;
incarnation of slays incarnation of Shiva, 234 n.;
at Dasaratha's horse sacrifice, 376, 377;
Indra's appeal to, 377;
Dasaratha's sons as incarnations of, 377;
Rama as, 427.
See Krishna and Rama.
Vishwakarman (vish´wa-kar´´mÄn), the divine artisan, Twashtri is, 58.
Vishwamitra (vish´wÄ-meet´´ra), as rival of Vasishtha, 154;
raised from Kshatriya to Brahman caste, 154;
as father of Shakuntala, 159;
Indra's dread of and temptation of, 159, 160;
takes away Rama and Lakshmana to destroy demons, 379, 380, 381;
breaking of Shiva's bow, 382, 383.
Vital spark, cause of life and bodily heat, 37;
Agni symbolizes, 19.
Vivahvant, the Persian, 40.
Vivasvant, the sky god, 40.
Vivasvat, as a sun god, 32.
See Vivasvant.
Volund, 24.
Vows, by spitting and before fires, 37.
Vritra (vrit´rÄ), the drought demon, slain by Indra, 6, 7;
as leader of Danavas, 7;
reference to myth of in Brahman as, 63;
“the encompasser”, 66;
captures cloud cows, 4 et seq., 67;
rational explanation of, 71.
Vulcan, the Hindu, Twashtri as, 11.
Vultures, as protectors of the fairy babe, Shakuntala, 159, 160;
king of, see Jatayus.
Vyasa (vyÄs´a), reputed Vedic compiler and author of MahÁbhÁrata, 154;
identified with the legendary Vasishtha, 154;
son of Parashara and Satyavati, 167;
father of Dhritarashtra, Pandu, and Vidura, 171, 172;
meets Pandavas during first exile, 206;
reveals why Draupadi must be joint wife of Pandavas, 222;
advises Arjuna to visit Shiva, 255;
gifts divine vision to Sanjaya, 287;
advises horse sacrifice as atonement after war, 312;
at horse sacrifice, 316;
causes dead to return, 320, 321.
Wales, hatred of pork in, 136.
Wallis, Cosmology of Rigveda, 10 n., 11 n.
War of gods and giants, 70.
See Giants and Asuras.
Warriors, possessed by spirits, 85;
caste of, 79.
See Caste.
War-shell, Arjuna's a thunder horn, 258.
Water of life, soma the, 36;
moon as source of, 37;
creative tears as, 100, 101.
Water spirits, givers of boons, 148.
Waters, the primordial, in creation myths, 100, 101 et seq.;
universe returns to, 105, 141, 142;
“home” of the creator, 114;
in the boar myth, 136.
“Watling Street”, 24.
Wealth and culture, 82.
Weapons, the early Vedic, 77.
Weather, Indian demon of, 8 n.
Weeping of the creator, 100.
Well worship, 37.
Wells, the sources of luck, 148.
“Westerners”, Indian tribes called, xxxix.
White Age, the Krita Yuga, 108;
in Greek and Celtic mythologies, 109 et seq.
Widows, drown themselves after return of dead warriors, 321;
burning of, see Suttee.
Wiedemann, Professor, 11 n.
Wieland (we´land), 24.
Wife, the ideal, goddess Sati as, 150.
Wife hunters, 60.
Wife of Amon, 366.
“Wild Huntsman”, the Indian, 26.
Williams, Sir M. Monier, 40, 40 n., 41, 42, 42 n.
Wilson, Vedic hymns, 13, 16, 105 n.
Winckler, Professor Hugo, reading of Indra inscription, xxxi.
Wind, as “air of life”, 37.
Wind god, Bhima and Hanuman sons of, 106.
See Vayu.
Winter burial customs among Buriats, xxxiv.
Wisdom, goddess of, Uma as, 150.
Wives, burning of as punishment in Egypt and Scotland, xxxvii;
marriage by capture of, 60.
Wolves, Rakshasas ride in battle, 419.
Wonder smiths, Teutonic myth of and Indian, 11, 12.
Works and Days, Hesiod's doctrine of world's ages in, 109 et seq.
World's ages, doctrine of the, post-Vedic conception of, 103;
Greek evidence regarding Indian doctrine, 122;
not in Teutonic mythology, 103;
Tuan Mac Carell Irish legend, 111 et seq.;
the “day” and “night” of Brahma, 105;
the four Yugas, 104;
the “white”, “red”, “yellow”, and “black” in India, 108;
Hanuman's account of to Bhima, 107, 108, 109;
Markandeya's account of, 112 et seq.;
Narayana's account of, 115;
Narayana at dawn of each Yuga, 124;
Manu's association with Brahma, 140.
See Ages of the Universe.
World giant. See Purusha and Ptah.
World guardians, the four gods in Nala story, 332.
World horse, myth of, 94 et seq.
World house of Vedic myth, 10.
World mother, Lakshmi as, 149.
World Serpent, KaroktÁka as, 65;
Vishnu sleeps on, 124;
Balarama an incarnation of, 128;
issues from his mouth, 323.
World Soul, hermits and Yoga, 82;
pantheistic conception of, 88;
in Purusha myth, 95;
in Rigveda hymn, 97, 98;
the “subtile essence” is the Self, 99;
the soul's being, 99, 100;
Brahma, the divine incarnation of, 100;
colours of in various Yugas (ages), 108, 109;
Greek and Celtic conceptions, 110 et seq.;
men's souls merged in, 118;
Vishnu and Shiva incarnations of, 122;
Buddha's teaching regarding, 130 et seq.
World tree, in Indra creation myth, 102;
as Brahma's, 102.
Worlds, the three, 65.
Xerxes, Gandarians who fought with against the Greeks, 168 n.
YÄdavas, Krishna prince of, 215;
end of power of, 323.
Yajurveda (ya-joor´veda), exposure of female children in, 60;
the civilization of, 84;
the schools of thought in period of, 88;
Vishnu in, 123;
Mahadeva in, 146.
Yakshas (yak´shas), “the good people”, 68;
invisible sentinels, 106;
none in world's first age, 107;
changes sex with princess, 171;
Kuvera king of, 258;
Dharma as one of the unseen, 264, 265.
Yama (ya´ma), god of the dead, as the “first man”, xxxii;
in Nala story, 31;
burial customs, 38;
discoverer of “the path of the fathers”, 39, 40;
his sister Yami and Persian parallel, 40;
in “land of the fathers” (Paradise) with Varuna, 41;
Babylonian aspect of, 41;
as Judge, Lord, Finisher, Leveller, &c., 42;
as instrument of destiny, 42 et seq.;
in story of Ruru, 43, 44;
in story of Savitri, 44;
concessions won from, 50 et seq.;
the heaven of described, 57;
parents only admitted to heaven of, 59;
journey of to “land of fathers”, 116;
vision of in Dwaraka, 322;
as suitor of Damayanti, 332 et seq.
Y?mÍ, sister of Yama, 40;
Babylonian aspect of, 41;
Y?v?n?s, the, allies of Kauravas, 287;
identified with Greeks, 287 n.
Years, the Divine, length of, 104, 105.
See World's ages.
Yellow age, the DwÃpara Yuga, 108, 109;
in Greek mythology, 109, 110;
in Celtic mythology, 110 et seq.
Yima, the Persian Yama, 40.
Yimeh, the Persian YamÍ, 40.
Ymer, the Teutonic chaos giant, Purusha like, 90.
Y?g?, religious state called, 82.
Yorkshire, burial rites in, xxxvii.
Yudhishthira (yoo-dish´thi-r?), xlviii;
son of Queen Pritha and god Dharma, 176;
at the tournament, 185 et seq.;
made “Little Rajah”, 197;
Duryodhana causes exile of, 198, 199;
the “house of lac”, 200;
escape of with brothers and mother, 201;
Arjuna offers Draupadi to, 220;
regrets Arjuna's exile, 225;
imperial sacrifice held by, 228 et seq.;
Surya's gift to in exile, 249;
unfolds his faith to Draupadi, 252 et seq.;
his sense of honour, 255;
Kuvera's advice to, 258;
generosity towards Duryodhana, 260;
refuses Duryodhana's invitation, 261;
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