वेदों की प्राचीनता एवं काल-निर्णय / ओरायन (लोकमान्य बाल गंगाधर तिलक - खगोलीय वैदिक शोध)

GENERAL INDEX. 469 latest researches in, effect of, on primitive history, 4; on Vedic interpretation, 7; summary of the latest researches in, 37, 38. Arctic regions, characterised by mild climate suitable for hu- man habitation in inter-glacial times, 24, 38, 419; a wide conti- nent before the glacial epoch, 41; appearance of the heavens in, 51, 52; duration of day and night in, 55, 56; dawn in, 56, 57; distin- guishing characteristics of, sum- med up, 59. Ardhau, the two celestial hemis- pheres in the Ṛig-Veda, 262. Ardvi Sûra Anâhita, Avestic celes- tial river, like the Vedic Sarasvatî, 265, 363; grants a boon to Thraê- taona, 266, 402. Aristotle, mentions an aerial river, 276; his belief in the reality of the deluge, 388. Ârya, Indra, dealing measure for measure to Dâsa or Vṛitra, 140, 143. Âryabhaṭṭa, 422. Aryan, race and people, their unity in primitive times, 2; controversy regarding the original type of, 16; Vedic, settled in central Asia in the Orion period, 420; primitive, interglacial and not post-glacial in origin, 433; European Neoli- thic, not progressive but retro- gressive savages, 444; origin of and differentiation from other hu- man races, lost in geological anti- quity, 445. —Home, primitive, cannot be loc- ated in Central Asia, 18; nor in North Germany or Scandinavia, 408; must be located in the Arctic regions, 232, 296, 390, 409, 417-418; destroyed during the last Glacial epoch, 381, 82; mig- ration therefrom at the beginning of the post-glacial period, 429. —Culture and religion, primitive, Schrader's view of, 3; in their Arc- tic Home, 435-438; higher than the Neolithic European, 439-445. —Languages, unity of, 2; not de- veloped from the Finnic, 18; not of Neolithic origin, 438; origin of, lost in geological antiquity, 444. Âshvina-shastra, a prize in the race of matutinal deities, 82, 83, 299. Ashvins, a dual matutinal deity in the Veda, their path, 74; time of singing the hymn or prayer of, 82; rescuers of Dîrghatamas, 169, 170; physicians of gods, explained by Max Muller as restorers of the winter sun, 244, 299; their double equipment, boat and golden cha- riot, 277; help Indra in his fight with Vṛitra, 298, 299; their ex- ploits and character, 301–304; save their proteges from bottom- less darkness, 304, 305; inex- plainable by the vernal theory, 305-311; safely deliver Sapta- vadhri from ten months' confine- ment in the womb of his mother, 312-316; satisfactorily explained by the Arctic theory, 319; their three stations, the third hidden, explained, 333; their achievements said to be ancient, that is, inter- glacial, 460. Asia, Northern, the glaciation of, and milder climate in, 14; Central, the theory of the original Aryan home in, challenged by Poshe and Pen- ka, 4; Taylor's view, 5; Rhys'